(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces Wednesday have opened Babbila crossing after 45 days of sever siege and under pressure of rebels who threatened to end the cease-fire truce if the siege would be continued on the southern suburbs of Damascus. Activists reported 11...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A car bomb exploded in a rebel-held town of Daraa province Wednesday, killing at least 11 people and wounding dozens, activists said. The blast in Muzayrib town came two days after the humiliating defeat of Syrian regime forces in...

(Todays Zaman)- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has ruled out any possibility of accepting an autonomous Kurdish government in northern Syria similar to the one in northern Iraq, saying a government like this would cause major problems in the future. In his remarks...

(Reuters) - Japan has vowed to work with Jordan to secure the release of a Japanese journalist held by Islamic State militants after the killing last week of another Japanese captive, but it reiterated that it would not give in to terrorism. The hostage crisis has become...