By Zaman staff; Translation by Yusra Ahmed DAMASCUS (Zaman Al Wasl)- The severe siege on Eastern Ghouta in Damascus has reached to unbearable levels, and disturbance on many level. As a reaction, people sometimes demonstrated against monopoly, while...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The Syrian government has agreed "in principle" to the U.N. envoy's call for local cease-fires to try to ease the worst fighting in the country's civil war but needs more details before it can make a final decision, a Syrian official said Monday. The...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Families of the 18 regime army troops, who were beheaded by the Islamic State group according to video posted online on Sunday, have mourned their sons in their hometowns. The propaganda of terror carrying by ISIS had tended to show the faces of slain soldiers very...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain said Monday they will reinstate their ambassadors to Qatar after withdrawing them in an unprecedented move eight months ago. The six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council, which also includes Kuwait and...