Reporting by Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl) The town of Rawda in the Lebanese Bekaa valley witnessed on Friday a crime whose victim was a Syrian refugee. Activists stated that the refugee Abed al-Naser Qalaa nicknamed Abi...

(Zaman AL Wasl)- The Syrian regime has this Sunday afternoon released 194 detainees from different security detintion centres in the central city of Homs. Sources reported to Zaman Al Wasl that released detainees are from Homs and countryside, included 15 woman, the source confirmed that some...

Government troops and rebels appeared to be fighting to strengthen their positions in several parts of Syria on the eve of a truce between the government and most rebel groups, aimed at easing the suffering of civilians. A war monitor reported clashes around Aleppo and Damascus, but pushes...

Turkey appointed new administrators in two dozen Kurdish-run municipalities on Sunday after removing their elected mayors over suspected links to militants, triggering pockets of protest in its volatile southeastern region bordering Syria and Iraq. Police fired water cannon and tear gas to...