(Zaman Al Wasl)- Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham said the execution of media activist Samer al-Salloum last Tuesday was due to his involvement in killing two jihadists as well as the cooperation with the US-backed Syrian Democratic forces, the group's media office told Zaman al-Wasl Thursday....

Coach Frank Lampard took great encouragement from Chelsea's display in the UEFA Super Cup in Istanbul on Wednesday, despite the disappointment of losing on penalties to English rivals Liverpool. "I think we can get better, there are things I still want us to improve on in terms of how we...

Donald Trump on Wednesday urged China to "humanely" resolve the violent stand-off with pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong, as concerns grow that Beijing is considering direct intervention in the crisis. In a series of tweets, the US president linked a possible trade deal with Beijing to...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed on Thursday his "path-breaking" move to strip the restive region of Kashmir of its autonomy, in a tub-thumping speech marking Indian Independence Day. Parts of Kashmir that India controls -- it is split with arch-rival Pakistan -- have been under lockdown...

Gibraltar's Supreme Court was to decide on Thursday whether an Iranian oil tanker seized last month near the tiny British territory can be held longer amid speculation that it might soon be released. The Grace 1 supertanker, carrying 2.1 million barrels of Iranian oil, was seized on July 4...

On Monday, CNN reporter Clarissa Ward explained the shadowy operations of the Wagner Group, a paramilitary organization that experts believe is under the control of the Kremlin — and which is used to exert Russia’s might and disrupt politics around the world. “I think everybody knows by...

The last major nuclear arms control treaty between Russia and the United States is outdated and flawed, the U.S. ambassador to Moscow said on Wednesday, saying it could be scrapped altogether when it expires in 2021 and replaced with something else. The New START treaty limits the number of...

 French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian called on Hong Kong authorities on Wednesday to renew talks with protesters to find a peaceful solution to the current crisis. Widespread demonstrations against a bill that would allow criminal suspects in the former British colony to be...

The UN on Wednesday expressed grave concerns over the killing of 11 civilians in Afghanistan allegedly by pro-government forces during the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday. According to local elders, the National Directorate of Security forces conducted a night raid in the Zurmat district of the...

The Palestinian Authority on Wednesday blasted Israeli calls to change the status quo of Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Palestinian presidency, in a statement, condemned the call of Gilad Erdan, Israel’s public security minister, to change the historical situation of the mosque....

The United States called Wednesday for journalist Austin Tice, who disappeared in Syria in 2012, to be freed, reiterating the belief that he remains alive and is being held against his will. Seven years to the day after Tice was forcibly detained near Damascus, State Department spokesperson...

Canada's ethics watchdog slammed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday, concluding in the lead-up October elections that he broke rules by arm-twisting his attorney general to settle a criminal case against engineering giant SNC-Lavalin. The scandal, revealed earlier this year,...

A gas pipeline exploded near Basra in southern Iraq on Wednesday and halted supplies to a local power station, but did not affect gas or oil output, oil ministry officials and police said. A technical fault due to scorching summer temperatures appeared to have caused the blast in al-Haritha...

Yemen’s southern separatists vowed on Wednesday to keep control over Aden, warning the only way out of the impasse that has fractured a Saudi-led military alliance was for Islamists and northerners to be removed from positions of power in the south. The separatists, supported by coalition...

 Rebels shot down a Syrian warplane in the opposition stronghold of Idlib province Wednesday as Russian-backed regime forces closed in on a strategically important town, rebel sources and an activist group said. A pilot who ejected from the plane was captured, according to the...

Turkish drones have started operating in northern Syria where Washington and Ankara have agreed to create a safe zone, Turkey's Defense Ministry said Wednesday. Turkey and the United States agreed last week to set up a joint operations center regarding the safe zone to be established in...

A Sudanese rebel alliance says it should be represented in the transitional government formed by the military and the pro-democracy movement following an agreement reached earlier this month. Yesir Arman, a senior official in the Sudan Revolutionary Front, told The Associated Press...

Tunisia's electoral commission said Wednesday it had approved 26 candidates including two women for next month's presidential election, rejecting 71 other applicants. The September 15 vote follows the death at age 92 last month of Beji Caid Essebsi, the first president to be democratically...

Argentine football player Emiliano Sala and his pilot were exposed to dangerous levels of carbon monoxide before their small plane crashed in the English Channel, killing them both, air accident British investigators said on Wednesday. Sala, 28, was flying from his previous club Nantes, in...

Prime Minister Imran Khan warned India Wednesday that Pakistan was prepared to respond to any aggression in the disputed region of Kashmir, vowing the time had come to teach Delhi a lesson. Khan's remarks come as tensions skyrocketed between the nuclear-armed rivals following India's...