(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime has extended its major aerial and ground offensive on the two besieged towns of Moadamiya and Daraya, south of the capital, dropping at least 30 barrel bombs, activists said Saturday. For over a weeks, Syrian Republican Guards and notorious Division 4 have...

A German foreign ministry official expressed concern on Saturday about the execution in Saudi Arabia of prominent Shiite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr and reaffirmed the country's view that the death penalty is an inhumane form of punishment. "The execution of Nimr al-Nimr strengthens our...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 195 Syrian people have died of starvation in 2015 across the war-torn country due to the suffocating siege and starvation policy imposed by Syrian regime, local monitoring groups said. Syria's Revolutionaries Rally said 132 children, 55 men, and 21 women have...

Terrified families waved white flags as they emerged from homes reduced to rubble in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, where government troops were still battling Islamic State fighters holed up on Friday, five days after the army recaptured the city center. The provincial capital in the fertile...