Translation by Dani Murad (Zaman Alwasl)- One of the tactics used by Bashar al-Assad against the Syrian revolution is to increase estrangement between the Syrian people using purely sectarian motives, by deepening the feeling of “them” and “us”, a reminder of the destruction of...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Warnings from an international research group and the Federal Aviation Administration underscore the rising threat to commercial aircraft posed by hundreds of anti-aircraft weapons that are now in the arsenals of armed groups in Syria and could easily be diverted...

(Reuters) - A Kurdish protester was shot dead and two others were wounded in southeastern Turkey on Tuesday as they clashed with security forces dismantling a newly erected statue of a prominent Kurdish militant. Soldiers backed by military helicopters were removing the statue...

(Reuters) - Israel said Palestinian militants fired rockets from Gaza on Tuesday in violation of a truce, attacks that swiftly drew air strikes and the recall of Israeli negotiators from talks in Cairo on a long-term ceasefire. Three rockets struck southern Israel ,...