Nearly 300 Rohingya Muslims, who attempted to flee Myanmar’s restive Rakhine state, were temporarily detained and returned to refugee camps this month, according to local media and local government officials. A boat carrying 93 Rohingya Muslims, who left camps in Rakhine state’s...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two prominent female activists who were detained by the Air Force intelligence in 2011 have been confirmed dead, according to the Civil Registry department in the town of Douma, northeast of Damascus. Faten Rajab, Physics Scientist, was arrested in 2011 for he...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime intelligence launched a wide-scale arrest campaign in the eastern suburbs of Damascus, trucking former rebel fighters despite reconciliation deals reached last April, local activists said Tuesday. The notorious Air Force Intelligence has arrested former...

The Pentagon cautioned Russia Tuesday not to tamper with the site of an alleged gas attack in Syria's Aleppo and allow investigators to inspect the site. The global chemical weapons agency, known as the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), has said it will...