(Zaman Al Wasl)- In an effort to improve oil and gas production in Kurdish-held areas, the US-led Syrian Democratic Forces is building a new power plant south of the Jbeissa oil and gas field in northeastern Hasaka province. A source provided Zaman al-Wasl with aerial photographs of the...

The son of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is under a new investigation by Rio de Janeiro state prosecutors for allegedly hiring fake employees during his time as a state lawmaker, the state prosecutor's office said Saturday. This is the second state-level probe into Flavio Bolsonaro,...

Liverpool continue to look like Premier League champions in waiting as they combined grit and good fortune to secure a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park. The victory, secured by Roberto Firmino's 85th-minute winner, made it 30 league games unbeaten for Jurgen...

Hong Kong is set to hold local elections on Sunday with record turnout amid ongoing protests starting early in June in response to a move by the current administration to legalize extraditions to China. The local elections, held once every four years, are the only "fully democratic” polls...

The political chief of Palestinian resistance group Hamas on Saturday denounced a U.S. policy change on the illegality of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. "Our people will not give up in the face of this U.S.-Israeli plot," Ismail Haniyeh said in statements on the sidelines of...

Iranian Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri on Saturday warned regional countries of unspecified dire consequences if it is proven that they meddled to stoke unrest in Iran, the semi-official news agency Fars reported. “Some countries in the region should know that they will not have an easy...

French Defense Minister Florence Parly took aim Saturday at "gradual US disengagement" in the Middle East and said its failure to respond to provocations blamed on Iran set off a dangerous chain of events. Since May, tensions in the Gulf have escalated alarmingly with attacks against...

 One protester was shot dead in the Iraqi capital on Saturday according to medical sources, as dozens more were wounded in clashes with security forces across the country. Around 350 people have been killed and thousands wounded since demonstrations first broke out on October 1 in...

Kurdish-led fighters sought to fend off Turkish forces and their Syrian proxies Saturday near a key town in northern Syria, a Britain-based war monitor said. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said pro-Ankara fighters had launched an attack on Ain Issa, where they have bases and...

Iranians struggled to adjust to life offline for almost a week and were forced to resort to old ways due to a near-total internet blackout imposed amid violent protests. The demonstrations flared on November 15, hours after a shock decision announced at midnight to raise the price of petrol...

US Vice President Mike Pence made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Saturday, as the deadly clashes that have seen the deaths of at least 341 protesters continued to rage. The U.S. wants Iraq to show restraint as widespread anti-corruption protests in the country have killed more than 320...

Syria's Kurds have handed over an American toddler and three German children and their mother to their respective governments, a Kurdish official and a Kurdish source said on Saturday. After years of leading the battle against the Islamic State group in Syria, the Kurds hold hundreds of...

U.S. Central Command chief General Kenneth McKenzie said on Saturday there are 500 U.S. personnel in east Syria, adding he expected anti-Islamic State operations to pick up in coming days and weeks. McKenzie was speaking on the sidelines of the Manama Dialogue Conference in Bahrain.

Protesters picketed the home of Colombian President Ivan Duque on Friday, defying a curfew and the leader's promises of a "national conversation" on social policies following massive anti-government demonstrations that have left three dead and dozens wounded. "Starting next week, I will...

Iranian troops and members of the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps helped police quell violent unrest in Kermanshah province this week, Iranian officials said on Saturday, accusing "U.S. agents" of being among the armed protesters. Rights group Amnesty International said at least 30...

US forces have lost an unarmed drone aircraft over Libya, where well-armed rebels are battling for power with a UN-recognized government, the Pentagon announced Friday. "An unarmed US Africa Command remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) was lost over Tripoli, Libya" on Thursday, the command said...

Crouched between olive trees in northwest Syria, Jumaa al-Mustayf cuts long metal tubes with an electric saw to make tent frames for families displaced by war. With winter approaching in Idlib province, the man nicknamed "metalsmith of the camps" says his welding skills are in especially...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 10 civilians were killed 20 others wounded in a car bomb attack in the northern Syrian border town of Tal Abyad, local activists said Saturday.  .The attack is the second in a month. On November 2, 13 people were killed by a car bomb in Tal Abyad...

Fatma, a 11-year-old displaced girl hopes she can get treatment like every burned child in the war-torn country. Fatma’s doctor Yusuf Sheikhouni says she needs facelifts for hands, eyes and ears as well as she needs a silicon mask and an artificial hair transplant.  ...

Japan’s foreign minister said he plans to discuss the contentious issue of wartime laborers on the Korean peninsula at a meeting with his South Korean counterpart on Saturday, a day after Seoul retained an intelligence-sharing deal with Tokyo. The comments from Toshimitsu Motegi are the...