(Zaman Al Wasl-Reuters)- The Syrian arm of al Qaeda attacked a Western-backed rebel group near Aleppo on Thursday, the rebel group and an organization monitoring the civil war said, threatening one of the few remaining pockets of the non-jihadist opposition,...

TOKYO (AP) — The fates of a Japanese journalist and Jordanian military pilot were unknown Friday, a day after the latest purported deadline for a possible prisoner swap passed with no further word from the Islamic State group holding them captive. "Government institutions are working...

  Saudi Arabia’s newly inaugurated King Salman bin Abdulaziz has issued a series of landmark orders that ushered in fresh new faces into state institutions and awarded financial support for many Saudis. And the king ordered a total of $30...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- The United Revolutionary council in al-Hola region near Homscity demanded the National Coalition, Interim Government and Assistance Coordination unit helping them as Hola has been oppressed for ages....

(Reuters) - Islamic State's Egypt wing claimed responsibility for a series of attacks that killed at least 27 on Thursday in some of the worst anti-state violence in months, after commemorations around the anniversary of the 2011 uprising turned deadly this week. Egypt's...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - While wars in Syria , Iraq and Ukraine make headlines in the West, around 30 other conflicts receive little press coverage, and the resulting lack of pressure for change could have serious implications for millions of people, experts say....

(Reuters) - Sheets meant to hide residents from snipers' sights still hang over streets in the Syrian border town of Kobani, and its shattered buildings and cratered roads suggest those who fled are unlikely to return soon. Kurdish forces said this week they had taken full...

 (Reuters) - The proportion of infants immunized against polio in Syria is close to pre-war levels thanks to a vaccination drive triggered by a rare outbreak of the disease, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said. The crippling and incurable disease...

 At least 20 people were killed and 36 others injured in multiple blasts that rocked the northern quadrant of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Thursday, a medical source said. "Some 20 people were killed and around 36 others – both civilians and military men – injured in these...

(Reuters) - Representatives of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and opposition figures agreed at talks on Thursday to hold another round in Moscow, moderator Vitaly Naumkin said on Thursday, but no date was set. The talks, a Russian initiative to revive stalled peace efforts in...

By George Hadad; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl Leaks)- Violations committed by the National Defence forces Militias touched even people loyal to regime with no exception to families of their killed colleagues or members. Zaman al-Wasl is carrying on...

(Reuters) - Survivors tell the same story: they were taken from their homes by men in uniform; heads down and linked together, then led in small groups to a field, made to kneel, and selected to be shot one by one. Accounts by five witnesses interviewed separately by Reuters...

HANOI - Thousands of live cats destined "for consumption" have been seized in Hanoi after being smuggled from China, police said Thursday, but their fate still hangs in the balance. Cat meat, known locally as "little tiger", is an increasingly popular delicacy in Vietnam, and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Al-Qaeda's Syria wing Nusra Front said in statement issued on Thursday that efforts to solve discords with West-backed Hazm movement reached a dead-end, what looms to an imminent clash, activists said. The statement assured that the second powerful Islamist...

  (Zaman Al Wasl- Photos)- Zaman al-Wasl visited Nour al-Din al-Zinki rebel group in al-Mansoura fighting front in the western countryside of Aleppo this week. Syrian regime checkpoints on the touchline appeared with black banners as camouflage. Mansoura front...

(Reuters) -  Israel  said on Thursday it received a message from the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah that it was backing away from further violence, a day after the worst deadly clashes in years erupted along the border. The Israel-Lebanon frontier, where...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Rebels on Wednesday stormed bases of two factions affiliated to the Islamic State extremist group in the embattled Eastern Ghouta suburbs of Damascus, killing its commanders and arresting 50 militants, commander said....

   (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces Wednesday have opened Babbila crossing after 45 days of sever siege and under pressure of rebels who threatened to end the cease-fire truce if the siege would be continued on the southern suburbs of Damascus. Activists reported 11...

(Reuters) - An audio message purportedly from a Japanese journalist being held by Islamic State militants said a Jordanian air force pilot also captured by the group would be killed unless an Iraqi female prisoner in Jordan was released by sunset on Thursday. The message...

By Angelina Jolie KHANKE, Iraq — I HAVE visited Iraq five times since 2007, and I have seen nothing like the suffering I’m witnessing now. I came to visit the camps and informal settlements where displaced Iraqis and Syrian refugees are desperately seeking shelter from the fighting...