(Zaman al-Wasl) Al-Raqqah once deeply connected to the name al-Rashid for centuries, is now only known as ‘the capital of the Islamic State’.  For this privilege alone, the city and all its civilians, according to the Islamic State, must pay the heavy price of death and displacement...

Taline Menassian still trembles when she steps into the Aleppo Armenian Society’s open-air cafe, shaken by memories of the rockets that once rained down on the Syrian city’s front line. The eatery in Midan, Aleppo’s main Armenian district, was shuttered for four years after violence...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces carried out heavy bombardment Friday of a rebel-held district on the eastern edge of the capital in support of advancing troops, an activist and monitor said. Ain Terma lies in Eastern Ghouta, the largest rebel enclave around Damascus, which is part...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime on Friday stepped up its aerial and artillery bombardment on the eastern countryside of Daraa province, killing two people, local activists said. The heavy shelling targeted Allajat region at the border with Jordan and the towns of al Karak and...