Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Youth are being deceived in Palmyra “Tadmor” city by convincing them to join the National Defence Forces NDF in order to be exempted from the subsidiary military service. Activist in Palmyra...
(Zaman Al Wasl-Reuters)- The Syrian arm of al Qaeda attacked a Western-backed rebel group near Aleppo on Thursday, the rebel group and an organization monitoring the civil war said, threatening one of the few remaining pockets of the non-jihadist opposition,...
TOKYO (AP) — The fates of a Japanese journalist and Jordanian military pilot were unknown Friday, a day after the latest purported deadline for a possible prisoner swap passed with no further word from the Islamic State group holding them captive. "Government institutions are working...
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - While wars in Syria , Iraq and Ukraine make headlines in the West, around 30 other conflicts receive little press coverage, and the resulting lack of pressure for change could have serious implications for millions of people, experts say....
