(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-led coalition has carried out airdrops in the eastern province of Raqqa, tracking suspected ISIS militants, sources told Zaman al-Wasl Saturday. The U.S. helicopters made an airdrop near the Ja’bar citadel north of Tabqa city. Two displaced people, originally...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday he expects to meet U.S. President Donald Trump at the United Nations later this month to discuss military operations in northeast Syria, where Turkey plans to resettle one million Syrian refugees. Turkey and the United States are due to...

At least three fighters aligned with Libya’s U.N.-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) were killed in an offensive on Saturday aimed at pushing back eastern forces led by commander Khalifa Haftar, a witness said. The clashes between the GNA forces and Haftar’s Libyan National Army...

Sudan’s toppled former leader Omar al-Bashir was the only person with a key to a room at the presidential palace holding millions of euros, his last office manager testified on Saturday. Speaking at Bashir’s trial on charges of possessing illicit foreign currency and corruption, Yasser...

At least three members of Iraq’s security forces and one civilian were killed on Saturday in three separate attacks by militants, security sources said. An army officer and soldier were killed when an explosive went off inside a house they were de-mining in the Sinjar district west of...

U.S. flags fluttered on the back of coalition armored vehicles as they whizzed past tiny hamlets in northeastern Syria. Once part of the sprawling territories controlled by the Islamic State group, the areas are now under threat of an attack from Turkey, which considers these villages'...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel Saturday hailed a swap of 70 prisoners between Russia and Ukraine as a "sign of hope" and called for the implementation of a 2015 ceasefire deal that Paris and Berlin helped broker. "This exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine is a sign of hope ......

Turkey asked the United States to lift trade barriers between the two countries during talks Saturday aimed at sharply increasing bilateral commerce, Turkey's trade minister said. Washington and Ankara have set an ambitious goal of quadrupling their trade to $100 billion a year, despite the...

 An Egyptian court has sentenced 11 people including the head of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, Mohammed Badie, to life in prison after a retrial on charges related to mass prison breaks at the height of the 2011 uprising. The Cairo criminal court Saturday also sentenced eight others...

(Zaman Al Wasl)-  The regime army said Saturday its air defenses foiled a drone attack by "terrorist" groups on a main military base in northern Idlib province where a Russian-brokered ceasefire has stopped four months of bombing. The three drones, which were carrying explosives,...

By Mozn Murshid  (Zaman al-Wasl)- “Syria is no longer a country for the poor,” says the 50-year-old woman on the phone. “Our country has oppressed us so much, professor.” Her words hurt me. For so long we heard this proverb since childhood, wherever I went I heard "Syria is...

Pakistan Saturday said it had denied India's President Ram Nath Kovind permission to fly through its airspace – access to which is usually granted – due to New Delhi's recent "behavior." The decision comes at a time of high tension between the two nuclear-armed South Asian neighbors over...

 Britain's opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn said the Labor Party will not support a general election until Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he will adhere to new legislation blocking a no-deal British departure from the European Union on Oct. 31. "We need a clear statement from the...

Several hundred demonstrators took over the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, demanding action to fight climate change and a ban on cruise ships entering the lagoon city. Wearing white boiler suits over their clothes, the roughly 300 protesters sat on the red carpet where...

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Saturday that while it was seeking a political agreement with the Taliban, Washington would not accept just any deal after a wave of violence cast a shadow over its talks with the insurgent group. Afghan leaders including President Ashraf Ghani have...

 Hong Kong police checked people traveling to the airport for passports and air tickets on Saturday, preventing protesters gathering for another “stress test” of road and rail links in the Chinese-ruled city. The increased scrutiny was aimed at avoiding the chaos of last weekend, when...

The Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya 1, blacklisted by Washington, has arrived in the Syrian port of Tartus, US national security advisor John Bolton said. "Anyone who said the Adrian Darya-1 wasn't headed to Syria is in denial," Bolton said in a tweet late Friday with a satellite image he...

 France will continue efforts to bring Iran into full compliance with a 2015 nuclear deal, French Defense Minister Florence Parly said, adding that U.S. and European moves to strengthen security in the Gulf must be "complementary and well-coordinated." "We can only confirm our goal,...

Hundreds of people stranded on hurricane-ravaged Great Abaco in the Bahamas waited Friday for a way off the islands as the death toll rose to 43 and rescue and recovery crews arrived with body bags and coolers. The number of fatalities is expected to rise as the extent of the damage becomes...

Iran’s coast guard has seized a vessel for allegedly smuggling fuel in the Gulf and detained its 12 crew members from the Philippines, the semi-official news agency ISNA reported. The vessel was carrying nearly 284,000 liters of diesel, the news agency said on Saturday. Iran, which has...