France has convinced U.S. President Donald Trump to "stay in Syria long-term" and to limit this weekend's strikes to chemical weapons sites, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday. On Saturday, France in coordination with the U.S. and the U.K. conducted a series of military...

President Donald Trump on Sunday defended his use of the phrase "Mission Accomplished" to describe a U.S.-led missile attack on Syria's chemical weapons program, even as his aides stressed continuing U.S. troop involvement and plans for new economic sanctions against Russia for enabling the...

(Zaman Al Wals)- Syrian rebels on Sunday have thwarted major attack by regime army and allied militias in the central province of Homs, local report said. The attack on the eastern countryside of Homs left three civilians dead as rebels said 20 troops were killed and wounded. In...

The leaders of Russia, Iran and the Hezbollah group in Lebanon said Sunday that Western airstrikes on their ally, Syria, have complicated prospects for a political settlement to the country's seven-year conflict. A day after the U.S., Britain and France bombarded sites they said were...

WASHINGTON (AP)- President Donald Trump on Sunday defended his use of the phrase "Mission Accomplished" to describe a U.S.-led allied missile attack on Syria's chemical weapons program, saying "it is such a great Military term, it should be brought back." In an early-morning tweet,...

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian warned Sunday that a new humanitarian disaster was looming in Syria, in the rebel-held region of Idlib, seen as the next possible target of the regime's fightback. In an interview with Le Journal du Dimanche weekly a day after the U.S., Britain...

The United States will want to maintain a dialogue with Russia about strategic stability following Western missile strikes on Syria, Russian news agencies cited a Russian Foreign Ministry official as saying Sunday. "There is every reason to believe that after the U.S. strikes on Syria,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Dumayr air base east of Damascus has restarted its operations on Sunday after two days of the joint U.S.-British-French airstrikes on regime bastions, local activists said. The Russian military said Saturday that regime's Soviet-made air defense systems had...

 France is urging Russia to join a push for a political solution in Syria after joint U.S., French and British attacks on Syrian chemical weapons sites. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in an interview published Sunday in the Journal du Dimanche newspaper that "we...

The leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, said Sunday that the legal basis used to support British air strikes in Syria was debatable, adding that he would only support action backed by the United Nations Security Council. "I say to the foreign secretary, I say to the...

    Bashar Assad told a group of Russian lawmakers Sunday that Western missile strikes on his country were an act of aggression, Russian news agencies reported. Russian lawmakers met with Assad after the United States, France and Britain launched missile strikes on Syria in...

Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin has said the struggle between the U.S. and Russia in Syria "must go beyond proxy wars and geopolitical muscling". Writing for the Istanbul-based Daily Sabah, Kalin said: "It must focus on establishing a legitimate, democratic and inclusive political...

The UN Security Council on Saturday rejected Russian resolution condemning joint airstrikes by the U.S., France and the U.K. on Syria. The Security Council convened an emergency meeting at the request of Russia, which condemned US-led airstrikes on Syria overnight. The...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian air defense systems failed to intercept any of the U.S.-British-French missiles, reducing the entire chemical facilities to rubble, a military source told Zaman al-Wasl. The source, who supplied Zaman al-Wasl with satellite images for Institute 6000...

The Pentagon said Saturday that a joint U.S.-British-French operation against Syria's regime had "successfully hit every target," countering assertions from Russia that dozens of missiles were intercepted. The three allies used ships, a submarine and warplanes to launch a barrage of 105...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 20 militants loyal to Bashar al-Assad killed in the British airstrikes on chemical sites in central Homs province, local activists said Saturday. The two sites were a center for scientific research, which specialized in manufacturing the chemical weapons, and...

WASHINGTON (AP)- Allied missiles struck at the heart of Syrian chemical weapons arsenal in a show of force and resolve aimed at punishing the Assad government for a suspected poison gas attack against civilians and deterring the possible future use of such banned weapons. "A perfectly...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and British Prime Minister Theresa May discussed the latest developments in Syria over the phone on Saturday.  According to presidential sources, Erdogan highlighted the importance of not escalating tension in Syria further during talks with...

A Syrian military statement says the U.S., Britain and France fired 110 missiles during a joint attack on targets in Damascus and outside. Brig. Gen. Ali Mayhoub, who read the statement on Syrian TV, said "our air defenses effectively shot down most of them." He says one of the missiles...

The Russian military says Syria's Soviet-made air defense systems have shot down all 12 cruise missile aimed at a Syrian air base. The Russian Defense Ministry said that 12 cruise missiles have been launched at the Dumayr air base east of Damascus. It said that Syria's air defense...