The Syrian regime army took control Saturday of the strategic northwestern crossroads town of Saraqeb in the latest gain of a weeks-long offensive against the country's last major rebel bastion of Idlib. "Army units now exercise full control over the town of Saraqeb," state television...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Kurdish Democratic Union (PYD) has deprived dozens of displaced families from food rations after they refused to evacuate a shelter center to a refugee camp in Hasaka province, one of the dispalced told Zaman al-Wasl. Abdullah al-Hassan, 42, said that, since his...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- After Eight years of forced disappearance by the Syrian security, Naser al-Dugaim has returned to his family in Deir Ezzor province. The 43-year-old man was held in the Sednaya military prison near the capital for eight years where family and...

Hong Kong began enforcing a mandatory two-week quarantine Saturday for anyone arriving from mainland China, a dramatic escalation of its bid to stop the deadly new coronavirus from spreading. The new measures, which came into effect overnight, will see the vast majority of cases expected to...