(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime on Wednesday has released dozens of detainees who were arrested in southern Daraa province due to a "presidential amnesty". Local sources confirmed to Zaman al-Wasl that 113 detainees have been released; most of whom were detained at checkpoints...

Firefighters battled against hundreds of bushfires across Australia’s east coast on Thursday as scores of blazes sprang up in new locations, triggering warnings that it was too late for some residents to evacuate. In Sydney, the country’s most populous city, residents were urged to keep...

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed two bills to back protesters in Hong Kong and send a warning to China about human rights, with President Donald Trump expected to sign them into law, despite delicate trade talks with Beijing. The House sent the bills to the White House...

A Pentagon Inspector General report says President Donald Trump's decision to retreat from northeastern Syria and allow a Turkish incursion there gives ISIS the ability to rebuild and plan attacks on the West. Prior to the Turkish incursion in early October, a Pentagon report indicated that...

An attack by Syrian regime forces on the rebel-held area of Idlib in northwestern Syria killed at least 15 and wounded several at a displaced persons camp on Wednesday, rescue workers said. Syria’s northwest corner, including the Idlib region, is the last major chunk of territory still...

Turkey's Interior Minister said Wednesday that around 100,000 Syrians living without approval in Istanbul had left it since early July, when the government set a deadline for Syrians not registered in the city to leave for other provinces. As sentiment towards Syrian refugees among Turks...

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) said in a legal report coincides with the UN’s annual Universal Children’s Day that at least 29,017 children have been killed in Syria since the beginning of the popular uprising in March 2011.     The report documents the deaths...

Yemen’s Houthi movement said on Wednesday it intercepted an F-15 warplane of the Saudi-led coalition near the border with Saudi Arabia. “Our air defense systems have intercepted an F-15 fighter jet belonging to the countries of aggression in Saada province,” the group’s military spokesman...

Sudan’s most prominent Islamist politician is under investigation over former leader Omar al-Bashir’s rise to power in a 1989 coup, an official from his party said on Wednesday. The investigation into Ali al-Haj, secretary-general of the Islamist Popular Congress Party (PCP), is a...

In a move to mark World Children’s Day, a Turkish humanitarian agency, with gifts made the day of Syrian children who have to work at early ages due to years-long civil war in their country. Yakup Alaca, spokesman for the Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) in southern Kilis province, said...

Turkish parliament speaker said on Wednesday "the so-called modern world quickly forgot baby Aylan, whose lifeless body washed ashore". "Alleged modern world quickly forgot baby Aylan. You should not forget this misery," Mustafa Sentop told the 20th National Children Forum in the Turkish...

 U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun said Wednesday the window was still open for Pyongyang to negotiate with the United States over its nuclear program, but it needed to seize the moment. In remarks to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in his nomination...

The Arab League said it is to hold an urgent meeting Monday on the U.S. announcement that it no longer considers Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank illegal. Hossam Zaki, the pan-Arab body's deputy secretary general, said several members had backed a Palestinian Authority call for...

The French government urged Iran Wednesday to refrain from destabilizing actions in Syria and said it remained committed to Israel's security. Israel said its aircraft struck dozens of Iranian and Syrian military targets in Syria Wednesday in retaliation for rockets fired towards Israel a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least six civilians, including children, were killed and a dozen wounded in Russian airstrikes hit the northern province of Idlib, rescuing workers saidWednesday. The strikes targeted the town of Maarret al-Numan and an array of surrounding villages. Wounded...

Anti-government demonstrators in southern Iraq shut roads to two major ports and a key oil field Wednesday, port officials and AFP correspondents said, leading to a brief operational halt. Correspondent in oil-rich Basra province saw protesters block access routes to the ports of Khor...

Saudi Arabia's King Salman urged arch-rival Iran on Wednesday to abandon an expansionist ideology that has "harmed" its own people, following violent street protests in the Islamic republic. A wave of demonstrations erupted in the sanctions-hit country on Friday after an announcement that...

UNICEF on Wednesday marked World Children’s Day to raise awareness on children’s rights. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. “As we mark 30 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, let's also look ahead to the next 30 years...

Greece will shut down overcrowded refugee camps on its outlying islands and replace them with more restrictive holding centers, authorities said on Wednesday. Living conditions for thousands of people in camps on five Aegean islands have been decried by aid groups as appalling. The country...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday claimed victory over unrest he blamed on foreign enemies, according to state media, after protests over fuel price rises rocked the nation and left scores reported dead. “The Iranian people have again succeeded in an historic test and shown they...