The United Nations rowed back on Tuesday from describing an attack on an aid convoy in Syria as air strikes, saying it did not have conclusive evidence about what had happened. The incident, in which 18 trucks from a 31-vehicle convoy were destroyed on Monday evening, had looked likely to deal...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- People of Latakia have not believed the “luxury” they enjoyed during the Eid al-Adha's holiday, as electricity kept available around the clock besides water and fuel, added to cleaning the city and getting rid of rubbish. However, since Saturday evening, the end of Eid...

U.S. investigators sought clues on Tuesday to why an Afghan-born naturalized American citizen might have planted bombs in New York City and New Jersey over the weekend, including whether he had accomplices or was radicalized overseas. "The investigation is active and ongoing, and it is being...

At least 120 Palestinians in Israeli jails have begun an open-ended hunger strike to demand the release of three fellow prisoners who continue to languish in "administrative dentition", the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)'s committee on detainees said Tuesday. In a statement, the...