Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a deeply controversial pledge Tuesday to annex the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank if re-elected in September 17 polls. "There is one place where we can apply Israeli sovereignty immediately after the elections," Netanyahu said in a...

Bangladesh cut access to 3G and 4G internet in Rohingya camps Tuesday, in a further clampdown on communications among the refugees as Dhaka grows increasingly frustrated with failed attempts to repatriate them back to Myanmar. Despite an agreement between the two countries in November 2017...

The United States said Tuesday it was unacceptable that Iran was not fully cooperating with the International Atomic Energy Agency's investigation of its nuclear programme, but repeated it remained open to talks with Tehran on a "comprehensive deal". "Any indication that Iran is providing...

Britain said Iran had sold the oil cargo of tanker Adrian Darya 1 to Syria, breaking assurances it had given over the vessel which had been detained in Gibraltar for a suspected breach of European Union sanctions. The vessel, formerly named Grace 1, was seized by British Royal Marine...

More than 30 pilgrims died and dozens were injured Tuesday in a stampede at a major shrine in the Iraqi city of Karbala on the Shiite holy day of Ashura. It is Iraq's deadliest stampede in recent history during Ashura, whose commemorative marches had previously been targeted by Sunni...

With migrants only allowed one backpack each on the smugglers' boats that carry them from Turkey to Greece, Ahmed, his wife Hanin and her family packed a few possessions and sent the rest of their belongings to friends. Then they waited. It should have been the defining moment of a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The prominent Syrian activist Ahlam Al-Rasheed has set herself as an inspiring example for Syrian women, defending their rights by holding an effective and influential position. As a result of her pioneering and diverse activities, she was selected, two years ago, as one of the...

In statistics released on the 55th founding anniversary of the Palestine Liberation Army (PLA), Action Group for Palestinians of Syria AGPS found out that 277 Palestinian refugees fighting alongside PLA forces were pronounced dead since the outbreak of the conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic....

Air strikes hit a part of northwest Syria for the first time since a ceasefire was declared 10 days ago, a war monitor and rebel group spokesman said Tuesday. Syrian regime forces and their Russian allies unilaterally agreed a truce on Aug. 31 in opposition-controlled Idlib, where a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian artist Kaisar Abu Zer presented a Master thesis entitled “Euphrates Muliah: Between Music and Literature” at the University of INALCO for Oriental Studies in Paris, and included a literary and musical genre characteristic of Raqqa and other cities of northeastern Syria....

 Hezbollah’s leader said on Tuesday his Iran-backed movement had shot down an Israeli drone in Lebanon for the first time to strengthen deterrence against attack by arch-foe Israel. On Monday, Hezbollah said it downed and took possession of an Israeli drone in south Lebanon after a...

Turkey cannot handle a new wave of migrants from northern Syria, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday, adding that Ankara and Washington needed to establish a “safe zone” in the region as soon as possible. The NATO allies have agreed to establish a safe zone in northeast Syria along...

Over a quarter-million Somalis have been displaced largely due to drought and conflict in Somalia in January-July period of this year, the UN humanitarian agencies said on Tuesday. Most of the conflict-related displacement occurred in Lower Shabelle region where armed operations by Somali...

The neighbors reported a foul smell coming from the house next door. The house, which the Islamic State group had used as a school for its "cubs," had been untouched ever since the militants were chased out of the Syrian city two years ago. Weeds grew around an abandoned car in its courtyard....

The United States' efforts to create a buffer zone in northern Syria have so far been "cosmetic", Turkey's foreign minister said Tuesday, as he accused Washington of stalling. NATO allies Turkey and the US agreed last month to set up the buffer zone in Syria to keep Kurdish forces away from...

 Algeria's Prime Minister Noureddine Bedoui will resign soon to facilitate the holding of elections this year that the army sees as the only way to end a standoff over months of protests, two senior sources told Reuters Tuesday. Bedoui's departure is a major demand of protesters who in...

Saudi energy giant Aramco is ready for a two-stage IPO but the timing is up to the government, its chief executive said Tuesday, flagging a possible foreign listing as part of the offering. Aramco is "ready" for the giant initial public offering (IPO) but the timing is a "government...

North Korea fired a new round of short-range projectiles Tuesday, South Korean officials said, only hours after it signaled a new willingness to resume stalled denuclearization talks with the United States. The launches were detected early Tuesday morning by the South Korean military, which...

African refugees being held in squalid conditions in detention in Libya will be evacuated to Rwanda under an agreement reached with Kigali and the African Union, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said Tuesday. A first group of 500 refugees from the Horn of Africa will be evacuated in coming...

U.S. President Donald Trump proclaimed talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders dead on Monday, while the general in charge said the U.S. military is likely to ramp up operations in Afghanistan to counter an increase in Taliban attacks. Trump scrapped talks with the Taliban planned for Camp...