Russia settled in a base constructed at a dam on Euphrates River previously emptied by the U.S. soldiers, according to Anadolu Agency correspondent on the ground. Russia deployed forces in the base in eastern Aleppo's Tishrin Dam on the Euphrates River. The base was previously evacuated...

The U.S. and Russia have not yet fulfilled the agreements signed with Ankara on northern Syria, Turkey’s foreign minister said on Monday. "Have they fulfilled whatever was necessary under the agreements? No, they have not until now, but they should," Mevlut Cavusoglu told the members of...

North Korea said Monday it was not interested in meaningless talks with the United States just so President Donald Trump had something to boast about, urging an end to what it called a policy of hostility if the U.S. wanted dialogue. The comment by senior North Korean official Kim Kye Gwan,...

Yemeni Houthi forces seized a "suspect vessel" in the Red Sea but will release it if it proves to belong to South Korea after legal procedures are completed, a senior Houthi official said Monday. The official spoke after the Arab coalition fighting the Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen since...

The United States stepped up its push Monday for European countries to repatriate and put on trial their citizens who fought for Daesh (ISIS), launching talks with officials in Brussels. Days after the U.S. and European allies clashed over the fate of thousands of militants jailed in Syria,...

The United States on Monday granted another 90 days for companies to cease doing business with China's telecoms giant Huawei, saying this would allow service providers to continue to serve rural areas. President Donald Trump in May effectively barred Huawei from American communications...

Kuwait’s caretaker prime minister Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak declined to be reappointed as premier in the OPEC oil producer on Monday, rebuffing the offer from the ruling emir after submitting the government’s resignation last week. The cabinet resignation came after lawmakers sought a...

 The speaker of parliament on Monday described Lebanon as a sinking ship at risk going under completely, underlining the depth of crisis in a country hamstrung by political deadlock and facing the worst economic strains since the 1975-90 civil war. Banks, which have been seeking to...

Mercedes team driver  was dropped from third to seventh spot in Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix, facing a post-race punishment amid Alex Albon collision. The Formula 1 said on its website that Spanish driver Carloz Sainz of McLaren scored his first podium after Hamilton's drop as the...

The UN on Monday dispatched 33 trucks of humanitarian aid to the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib. The trucks passed through the Cilvegozu border gate in southern Turkey, with aid to be distributed to residents in urban areas of the war-torn province as well as the surrounding...

Iran has breached another limit of its nuclear deal with major powers by accumulating more than 130 tonnes of heavy water, a moderator used in a type of reactor Iran is developing, a report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Monday. "On 16 November 2019, Iran informed the Agency that its...

An airstrike slammed into a biscuit factory in the capital, Tripoli, on Monday killing at least seven workers including five foreign nationals and two Libyans, health authorities said.  Tripoli has been the scene of fighting since April between the self-styled Libyan National Army, led...

Since it was liberated from YPG/PKK terrorists, livestock and agriculture are coming alive again in Ras al-Ayn, northern Syria. Turkey's National Defense Ministry on Sunday said that since Ras al-Ayn was saved from terrorist YPG/PKK oppression, life is returning to normal in the region....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- During the past two weeks, the Syrian regime's military intelligence moved dozens of the southern Damascus detainees to nortotious Sednaya Military Prison on charges of terrorism. A well-informed source said that most of the detainees transferred to Sednaya prison were...

Egypt's purchase of Russian fighter jets puts it at risk of U.S. sanctions and endangers future acquisitions of U.S. equipment, a U.S. state department official said Monday. Egypt is aware of those risks, U.S. Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs R. Clarke Cooper said at the...

Rafael Nadal was confirmed as the year-end world number one for the fifth time after the ATP released its season-closing rankings Monday. The Spaniard did not make it beyond the group stage of last week's ATP Finals in London but Novak Djokovic's failure to reach the semi-finals meant Nadal...

The impeachment inquiry of U.S. President Donald Trump shifts into higher gear this week when a parade of officials will face questioning by Democratic lawmakers seeking details that could link Trump to a pressure campaign against Ukraine potentially for his political benefit. Eight more...

Reports Monday on a trove of leaked Iranian intelligence documents drove home the depth of its influence in Iraq, where anti-government protesters have accused Tehran of meddling and overreach. The New York Times and online publication The Intercept reported that the hundreds of documents...

Yemen's prime minister on Monday flew back to the southern city of Aden under the terms of a peace deal with southern separatists who expelled the government from its provisional capital in August. The return from Riyadh of Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed and four other ministers,...

Hong Kong police laid siege to a university on Monday, firing rubber bullets and tear gas to pin back anti-government protesters armed with petrol bombs and other homemade weapons from fleeing amid fears of a bloody crackdown. Dozens, choking on the tear gas, tried to leave the Polytechnic...