Russia on Wednesday accused the US and Syrian rebels of blocking the evacuation of a refugee camp in southern Syria, where the UN has described conditions as "critical". The Russian army called the isolated Rukban camp in a US-controlled desert near the Jordanian border a "death camp"....

Deputy Head of Innovation and Development Fund for International and Communications Affairs Yaser Arabnia said that as many as 40 Iranian knowledge-based firms will participate in ‘Syria Rebuild 2019’ Exhibition. Innovation and Development Fund will support 40 Iranian knowledge-based...

Huawei Technologies expects the roll-out of next-generation 5G wireless networks to start contributing to the firm’s revenue from next year when China launches services, the company’s deputy chairman said on Wednesday. The Chinese telecoms equipment giant has said that it has secured more...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that a planned "safe zone" in northern Syria could host 2-3 million Syrian refugees that have settled in Turkey and Europe after eight years of war at home. Addressing academics in Ankara, Erdogan also repeated that Ankara would act on its...

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday Tehran did not want conflict in the region and accused the United States and the Arab coalition of starting a war in Yemen, according to Iranian news agencies. "We don't want conflict in the region ... Who started the conflict? Not the Yemenis....

 Gunmen and at least one suicide bomber attacked a Government building in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, wounding nine people including a child and a woman, officials said. Attackers detonated explosives outside the building, used for the distribution of electronic identity cards,...

Saudi Arabia said it will unveil the results later Wednesday of its probe into attacks on key oil installations, as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo heads to the kingdom to discuss possible retaliation. Riyadh, which is bogged down in a five-year war against Tehran-aligned rebels in...

Gambling-mad Hong Kong has cancelled a horse racing event just hours before its start over fears anti-government protesters might disrupt a race featuring a mount part-owned by a controversial pro-Beijing lawmaker. Frequently violent demonstrations featuring hundreds of thousands of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Director and the former Speaker of the Syrian People's Assembly, Najdah Ismail Anzour, has attributed the sectarian tone in his film "The Blood of Palm" to pure chance.  His justification was that the actor who played the role of a cowardly soldier was by chance...

Britain’s Supreme Court will continue hearing legal arguments on Wednesday from the government and its opponents on whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted unlawfully when he decided to suspend parliament in the run-up to Brexit. The court heard on Tuesday from one of Johnson’s lawyers...

Israeli security personnel shot a Palestinian woman who tried to stab them at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, Israeli police said, and Palestinian officials said she died of her injury. The West Bank, among territories where Palestinians seek statehood, has seen...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The death toll of Iran-backed militnats hit by suspected Saudi airstrikes in eastern Syria has reached 17, local activists said Wednesday. Tuesday's overnight strikes targeted "three positions of the (Iranian) Revolutionary Guards and allied (Iraqi) militias" in...

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had no more than 20 minutes to study a draft accord between the United States and the Taliban on pulling thousands of U.S. troops out of his country, but upcoming elections could put him back at the heart of talks to end decades of war. What he read in the...

 Israel’s election remained too close to call Wednesday morning, with television stations carrying unofficial results showing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tied with his main rival, former military chief Benny Gantz. An official tally was still hours, perhaps days off, but the...

Japan has not seen any intelligence that shows Iran was involved in the recent attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities, Japan’s new defense chief said on Wednesday. “We are not aware of any information that points to Iran,” Defense Minister Taro Kono told reporters at a briefing. “We...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday the world was "losing the race" to avert climate disaster, but that greenhouse gas reduction targets were not out of reach yet. He was speaking during an interview with the Covering Climate Now coalition of media, which includes AFP, days...

Lewis Hamilton will be hoping his march towards a sixth Formula One world title around the streets of hazy Singapore this week is not affected by smoke from wildfires raging in neighbouring Indonesia. The National Environment Agency is forecasting pollution at the "low end of the unhealthy...

The leaders of Turkey, Russia and Iran have announced the formation of a committee to draft a new Syrian constitution as the first step in a political solution to Syria's eight-year conflict. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday hosted his Russian and Iranian counterparts,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian refugee student Manal Qaddour has overcome the conditions of war and the impact of displacement and asylum, getting first place in the secondary school exams in the state of Bremen, Germany, with a pass rate of 1.6%. Qaddour arrived in Germany in March 2015...

At a weapons exhibition in July in Yemen’s Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa, military officials whipped silken sheets off what they said were newly-developed drones and missiles. The theatrical gesture revealed the proud slogan “Made in Yemen” spray-painted onto the weapons’ bodywork....