Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said Saturday Turkey would send captured Daesh (ISIS) members back to their home countries, and he complained about European inaction on the matter. "That is not acceptable to us. It's also irresponsible," he said of Europe leaving Turkey to deal with the...

Yemen's internationally recognised government will sign an agreement with southern separatists on Tuesday aimed at ending a conflict simmering within the country's long-running civil war, Yemeni and Saudi officials said. The power-sharing deal would see the secessionist Southern...

An air strike Saturday by key Damascus ally Russia killed six civilians including a child in the embattled opposition bastion of Idlib in northwestern Syria, a war monitor. The strike hit the village of Jabala in the south of the Idlib region, taking the lives of all six from the same...

Iran on Saturday unveiled new anti-American murals on the walls of the former US embassy as Tehran prepares to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the storming of what it labels the "den of spies". The accusatory message of the paintings was one of a violent US that is thirsty for war and...

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Friday agreed that the initial public offering of state oil giant Aramco will be announced on Sunday, five sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The world's top oil company will announce its intention to float on Nov. 3, the...

Thousands of protesters hit the streets of Hong Kong on Saturday, defying police with an unsanctioned march as the democracy movement shows no signs of abating after nearly five months. Crowds of black-clad protesters, many wearing face masks despite a recent ban, filled Causeway Bay, a...

Iraqi security forces clashed with anti-government protesters in the early hours of Saturday near the capital's Tahrir Square, leaving one demonstrator dead and dozens more wounded, medical sources said. Baghdad's overnight violence was centred on two bridges linking Tahrir to the western...

UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen said Friday the first round of talks by the Syrian Constitutional Committee was “successful” and the next round, with a whittled down group of 45, will start Monday. “The last two days have been very good,” said Pedersen, addressing journalists in...

Palestinian militants fired a barrage of rockets at Israel and the Israeli military responded with a wave of pre-dawn air strikes in Gaza killing one man on Saturday, Palestinian and Israeli officials said. Gaza health officials said the 27-year-old killed was among three men wounded in an...

Tens of thousands of Iraqis thronged central Baghdad Friday demanding the root-and-branch downfall of the political elite in the biggest day of mass anti-government demonstrations since the fall of Saddam Hussein. Five people died from injuries sustained overnight after security forces used...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian resistance forces took four hilltops from regime army and allied Shiite militias in coastal Latakia province on Friday, following a series of attacks left 35 troops dead and 22 taken captive, field sources told Zaman al-Wasl.   The attack...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday hailed Donald Trump as the “best American president” for his “transparency” regarding his stated desire to maintain U.S. control of the Middle Eastern nation’s lucrative oil fields. “I tell you he’s the best American president. Why? Not because...

Around 85 Syrian refugees returned on Friday to their homeland from Lebanon, the National News Agency reported. The Syrian refugees returned from Bekaa area under the supervision of Lebanon's general security. More than 1 million Syrian refugees are registered with the UN High...

The family of detainee Mohamed Mahmoud Al-Suwaidan received his death certificate on Tuesday after being held by regime military intellignce last year and locked up in notorious Saydnaya prison north of the capital. Activists said that Al-Suwaidan was arrested and detained in Saydnaya...

The Formula 1 will go on in the U.S. this weekend as Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton targets his sixth world title on Sunday. Mercedes won the 2019 constructors title in the Japanese Grand Prix in October and the team's British driver Hamilton is close to earn this season's title in the U.S....

Syrians are returning homes in Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ayn as comprehensive security measures have been taken in the northern Syrian districts, military sources said on Friday. The military sources also said that the joint patrol of Turkey and Russia are taking place in the northern Syria at...

The leader of Iran-backed Hezbollah called on Friday for the quick formation of a new Lebanese government that he said must hear the demands of protesters and work to restore confidence. In a televised speech, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri’s resignation,...

Shopkeepers in Iraq's Kurdish region have been responding to activists' calls to boycott Turkish goods in protest at Ankara's assault on Kurdish forces in neighbouring Syria. From pomegranates to plastic buckets, yoghurt and beauty products, Iraq imports more than $8 billion worth of...

A Jordanian woman held by Israel without charge since August and on hunger strike in protest has been moved from her cell to a medical facility, Israel Prison Service said Friday. "The female security prisoner under administrative detention, a Jordanian citizen who is on hunger strike, was...

Demonstrators converged on Algiers in their thousands for a massive anti-government rally called to coincide with official celebrations of the anniversary of the war that won Algeria's independence from France. Several thousand protesters had gathered at the Grande Poste building in...