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...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Russian soldiers would take over the task of protecting the gas lines and gas wells in the desert of Homs and Palmyra instead of pro-regime militias.` Well-informed sources in Badiyat Homs reported to Zaman Al Wasl that Russian soldiers have been...

The Islamic State militants have abducted some 900 Kurds in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo over the past three weeks amid fierce fighting for control of a nearby IS stronghold, a Kurdish official and Syrian activists said Friday. The abductions began shortly after the predominantly...

Reporting by Oqab Malek; Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman al-Wasl)- A military source said the Russian presence in Qamishli airport near the Turkish borders has been manifested in a group of officers and Russian military troops working on reconnaissance stations special for air, radar, and...