The Red Cross warned Thursday that displaced people in and around Syria's al-Hol camp were facing an "apocalyptic" conditions, urging countries to quickly repatriate family members of suspected foreign fighters. The International Committee of the Red Cross warned of the extreme difficulties...

British Royal Marines seized an oil tanker in Gibraltar on Thursday accused of bringing oil to Syria in violation of EU sanctions, a dramatic step that could escalate confrontation between the West and Iran. The Grace 1 tanker was impounded in the British territory at the mouth of the...

Migrants who survived the deadly airstrike on a Libyan detention center said Thursday they had been conscripted by a local militia to work in an adjacent weapons workshop. The decision to store weapons at the facility in Tajoura, to the east of Tripoli, may have made it a target for the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A military source told Zaman al-Wasl that Israel's Monday-dawn airstrikes had succeeded to hit powerful Syrian defense systems, revealing the location of most of it. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the first strikes hit the 91th Brigade, affiliated...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime army  on July 1st   has promoted   11 Brigadier Generals who gained fame in brutality and killing, each in his field. Zaman al-Wasl has obtained the names of the promoted Major Generals, who mostly come from Bashar al-Assad's...

Premier League champions Manchester City on Thursday announced the signing of Spain midfielder Rodri on a five-year deal from Atletico Madrid for a club record fee. Rodri, 23, officially became a City player a day after the La Liga club revealed the 70-million-euro (£63 million) release...

Negotiations between Sudan’s ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) and protest leaders resumed Wednesday over forming a new governing body after more than a monthlong deadlock The latest development comes after a standoff between the two sides following the June 3 killing of protesters...

The military hardware is moving into place. So are the protesters. And, ever the showman, U.S. President Donald Trump is promising the “show of a lifetime” on the National Mall for the Fourth of July. Trump is marshaling tanks, bombers and other machinery of war for this year’s Independence Day...

Three French citizens suspected of belonging to Daesh (ISIS) were detained along with nine children as they tried to enter Turkey from Syria, Turkish media reported Thursday. Turkish authorities stopped the three women, sought by Interpol and identified by their initials JC, CA and MD, in...

Saudi Arabia's new ambassadors to the United States and the United Kingdom have taken up their posts after several months' vacancy amid tensions with Western allies over the Yemen war and the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Princess Reema bint Bandar bin Sultan, the Gulf kingdom's...

A new public broadside by North Korean officials against U.S.-backed sanctions highlights the tough road ahead as negotiators prepare for talks in the wake of Sunday’s meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Media reports out of Washington have...

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Thursday that he had not backed violent protests in Hong Kong, after Chinese state media blamed “Western ideologues” for fomenting unrest in the former British colony. Hundreds of protesters broke into the Hong Kong legislature on Monday after...

A rigged motorcycle exploded in Syria’s Sweida city, which the government controls, killing three people and injuring seven others on Wednesday night, an official there said. “The situation is stable after the incident, and life is going on as normal,” Amer al-Eshi, the governor of Sweida...

The UN Security Council on Wednesday failed to condemn a recent airstrike in Libya because the U.S. would not support the statement's text, according to multiple reports. The council met behind closed doors for two hours to discuss the attack, which took place Tuesday, on a migrant...

Russian President Vladimir Putin disclosed Thursday for the first time that a top-secret military submarine hit by a fatal fire three days ago was nuclear-powered, prompting Russia's defense minister to assure him that its nuclear reactor had been contained. Russian officials have faced...

Iran's intelligence minister said Tehran and Washington could hold talks only if the United States ended its sanctions and Iran's top authority allowed the talks between the arch foes, state news agency IRNA reported Thursday. "Holding talks with America can be reviewed by Iran only If...

Human Rights Watch slammed Iraq's prison authorities Thursday for detaining several thousand men, women and children in overcrowded and "degrading" conditions that amount to ill treatment. The rights group said it had acquired photographs from Tal Keif prison in Ninevah province that...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dismissed Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar as "nothing but a pirate" in comments published Thursday amid rising tensions in the North African country. Turkey supports the internationally recognized national unity government in Tripoli, which Haftar has...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he is willing to mediate between the United States and Iran to ease tensions over Iran's nuclear program. In comments published Thursday, Erdogan said he had discussed the issue of a possible mediation with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on...

Taliban and U.S. negotiators are scrambling to rewrite a draft agreement that will outline the withdrawal of American and NATO troops from Afghanistan and a verifiable Taliban guarantee to fight terrorism ahead of an all-Afghan peace conference Sunday. Officials familiar with the talks, but...