Zaman al-Wasl has obtained a new package of mass torture photos for Syrian children, showed systematic killing and maimings by Bashar al-Assad's security services. The atrocious photos of mass torture had been taken between 2011 and mid 2013 in the well-known 601 military hospital in...

Ending the Kurdish insurgency in Turkey's impoverished southeast would unlock trade with  Iran , Iraq and eventually Syria, and kick-start a local economy long left behind by the rest of the country. Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan said last...

Houthi fighters and allied army units clashed with local militias in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Sunday, and eyewitnesses said gun battles and heavy shelling ripped through a downtown district near the city's port. The Houthi forces have been battling to take Aden, a last...

The Syrian government and some opposition figures will start a second round of talks in Moscow on Monday focusing on humanitarian issues, although a broader agreement is unlikely as Syria's main opposition group continues to boycott the talks. Participants say they do not expect any big...