Zaman Al-Wasl learned that the Syrian regime has appointed Major General Ali Youssef Hamad as Director of the Electronic Warfare Administration, succeeding Major General Younis Aziz Ali, who was referred to retirement.   Hamad, originally from Homs province, graduated from the Higher...

 Israel’s parliament on Sunday narrowly approved a new coalition government, ending the historic 12-year rule of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and sending the polarizing leader into the opposition. Naftali Bennett, a former ally of Netanyahu turned rival, became prime minister...

Global rights watchdogs have called for the release of journalist Tawfiq Ghanem, a former regional director of Anadolu Agency who was arrested in May. “#Egypt: authorities arrested Toufic Ghanem, 66, a retired journalist, on 21 May, forcibly disappeared him for days & questioned him...

BEIJING (AP) — At least 12 people were killed and 39 seriously injured Sunday after a gas line explosion tore through a residential neighborhood in central China. Responders to the early morning blast in the city of Shiyan in Hubei province sent more than 150 people to the hospital,...