United Nations-mediated talks to end more than a year of war in Yemen have adjourned and will reconvene in Kuwait on July 15 after the Muslim Eid holiday, the U.N. envoy, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, said on Wednesday. A shaky ceasefire coinciding with negotiations has paused fighting which...
At least 36 people were killed Tuesday evening in a suicide attack at the international terminal of Istanbul's Ataturk airport, the city's governor and media reports said. Two explosions hit the airport -- Turkey's biggest -- followed by gunfire, local television channels reported, adding that...
Eleven Kurdish rebels and three of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards were killed in clashes near the Iraqi border, the Fars news agency reported Tuesday. "A group of 11 counter-revolutionaries linked to the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI), who were attempting to infiltrate the...
An airstrike early Tuesday by a Saudi-led coalition targeting Shiite rebels in Yemen's southern province of Taez killed 25 people - 15 fighters and 10 civilians, security officials said. The airstrike also wounded eight civilians, the officials said. Most of the victims were shoppers or...
Iraq's army sought on Monday to eliminate Islamic State fighters holed up in farmland west of Falluja to keep them from launching a counterattack on the city, a day after the government declared victory over the militants there. Backed by air strikes from a U.S.-led coalition, Iraqi artillery...
Israel and Turkey on Sunday reached agreement to normalize ties, senior officials from both countries said, to end a rift over the Israeli navy's killing of 10 Turkish pro-Palestinian activists who tried to sail to the blockaded Gaza Strip in 2010. A formal announcement on the restoration of...
Iran's supreme leader has blasted as "foolishness" a decision by Bahrain's leaders to strip a top Shi'ite Muslim cleric of his citizenship, and said it could provoke violence from Shi'ites, who make up the majority in the Sunni-ruled Gulf kingdom. The speech by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, carried...
Iraqi forces recaptured the last district held by Islamic State militants in the city of Falluja on Sunday and the general commanding the operation declared the battle complete after nearly five weeks of fighting. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi claimed victory over Islamic State in Falluja...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday retracted his allegation that Israeli rabbis had called for the poisoning of Palestinian water, a remark that had drawn strong condemnation from Israel's prime minister. "After it became evident that the alleged statements by a rabbi on...
U.S. President Barack Obama discussed the British vote to leave the European Union in separate phone calls on Friday with British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the White House said. Obama assured Cameron that the special U.S. relationship with Britain...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- Prices of food products rocked varying between areas after local framers have put their produce on the market and some merchandise has entered from northern Iraq province, following the opening of al-Aliya crossing point on the Tigris river, whereas the prices of meals and...
Six Turkish soldiers have been killed in separate PKK terrorist attacks in two southeastern provinces, security sources said Friday. The sources, speaking to Anadolu Agency on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to the media, said four soldiers were martyred when PKK...
Ex-London mayor Boris Johnson, a leading campaigner for Britain to leave the EU and the bookmakers' favorite to replace David Cameron as Prime Minister, said nothing would change over the short term following the Brexit vote. "In voting to leave the EU it is vital to stress that there is now...
Upcoming military offensives in Iraq against Islamic State, including an assault on the northern city of Mosul, could displace at least 2.3 million people, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Iraq said on Thursday. The prediction of such a vast humanitarian emergency creates...
The powerful young prince behind modernizing reforms in Saudi Arabia presents himself as the champion of his nation's plugged-in youth, and his visit to Silicon Valley this week sought to bolster that image. The 31-year-old Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has unabashedly pitched...
The Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority has warned Israel of the possible repercussions of ongoing "secret excavations" currently underway in occupied East Jerusalem. In a Wednesday statement, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said the excavations were part of a longstanding plan by the...
Reporting by Ahmed al-Khalil; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Eqtsad)- Pharmacology is not in better situation than Medicine in Syria amid the war conditions. Rarely a specialist pharmacist manages his or her own pharmacy, as most of them are abroad and renting their certificates to who pay more...
An Egyptian court declared void on Tuesday a maritime border accord with Saudi Arabia that would have seen Egypt lose control of two Red Sea islands, judicial sources said. The state has the right to appeal the ruling at a higher court, and the accord must also be approved by parliament....
On the sidelines of a nuclear security summit in Washington in March, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a private meeting with Israel's energy minister, Yuval Steinitz. It was the highest level contact between Israel and Turkey since diplomatic relations broke down six years ago...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime loyalists adopted a call for a set-in in front of parliament protesting increase of fuel prices whereas media networks called to hold government accountable and cancel its decision considering it illegal which was denied by regime chairman of Bar Association....
