Syrians families living in Turkey are continuing to return to their hometowns liberated from terrorists in northwestern Syria. Taking refuge in Turkey due to civil war in Syria, Syrians are using the Cilvegozu border gate in Turkey’s southern Hatay province to go to terror-free areas of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 11 regime forces were killed and wounded on Sunday when ISIS (Daesh) attacked their military convoy in the Syrian desert, activists told Zaman al-Wasl. Activist Abdul Aziz al-Naser said the regime forces had engaged in heavy clashes with Daesh following the...

A journalist arrested last week as he covered Algeria's weekly anti-regime demonstration said Monday that he was beaten, insulted and humiliated for eight hours. Mustapha Bendjama, editor-in-chief of local daily Le Provincial, told AFP he was slapped and punched by members of police...

 Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi issued a decree on Monday heavily curbing the powers of mostly Iranian-backed Shiite militias and forcing them to integrate more closely into the formal armed forces. The militias, which helped Iraqi and U.S.-led international coalition forces to...

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi left hospital Monday in "normal health" and the 92-year-old leader will resume work in the coming days, the president's son said on his Facebook page. Essebsi, a major player in the North African country's transition to democracy after a 2011 revolution,...

Israel’s energy minister said on Monday Iran was carrying out “nuclear blackmail” by amassing more low-enriched uranium than permitted under a deal with world powers, according to Israel’s Kan public broadcaster. Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz told Kan that continued international pressure...

The Lebanese government vowed on Monday to restore security to an area of a deadly shooting that has stirred fear of renewed strife in the Chouf Mountains, one of the bloodiest theaters of the 1975-90 civil war. Two aides of government minister Saleh al-Gharib, the state minister for...

An Arab military coalition said Monday it had intercepted a drone launched by Yemen's Houthi group that was heading towards the kingdom, a statement on Saudi state media said. "The drone was destroyed in Yemeni airspace," the coalition said. Iran-aligned Houthis, who are fighting in...

The French police drew heavy criticism on Monday after officers were filmed spraying peaceful climate activists in the face with teargas during a sit-in on a bridge in Paris last week. Interior Minister Christophe Castaner has ordered an investigation into the incident on Friday during a...

The Lebanese army started destroying Syrian refugee settlements in northeast Lebanon Monday after the expiry of a government ultimatum, officials said, as aid groups warned of more demolitions in the coming days. Keen not to encourage Syrians to settle permanently, the government had given...

Egyptian officials say militants have stormed a post office in the northern Sinai Peninsula and seized around $6,000 in local currency. The officials say the attack took place Monday in al-Rouda village, where a 2017 militant assault on a mosque killed more than 300 people. The...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed at their meeting on Sunday to push forward dialogue for making a new breakthrough in the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, North Korean state media said on Monday. Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to...

Sudan must at all costs avoid tensions between a powerful paramilitary unit that controls Khartoum and the regular army or risk more instability following a military coup in April, leading opposition figure Sadiq al-Mahdi said. An influential former prime minister, Mahdi called on...

Iran has breached the limit of its enriched uranium stockpile set in a 2015 deal with major powers, two sources told Reuters on Monday, defying a warning by European co-signatories to stick to the deal despite U.S. sanctions. “As we announced when we said our steps would continue, the...

Hundreds of people gathered in the city of Omdurman across the River Nile from Khartoum on Monday to protest against the ruling military a day after at least seven people died in clashes between security services and protesters. Members of the crowd told Reuters they came out after...

The U.S.-led coalition said Monday its jets carried out strikes in northwest Syria a day earlier that an activist group reported had killed eight Islamist militants, including commanders, from an Al-Qaeda-linked group. "This operation targeted AQ-S operatives responsible for plotting...

Forces loyal to eastern Libyan military leader Khalifa Haftar will start heavy airstrikes on targets in the capital Tripoli, one of his commanders said Monday, urging residents to stay away from militia and military camps. Commander Mohammad Manfour said the air campaign came after...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said it was "out of the question" for Turkey to support the U.S. economic plan for Palestinians, in comments published Monday. The White House plan revealed last week calls for $50 billion in investment over 10 years in the Palestine and their Arab...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Many believe that the Syrian revolution has faded, but Syrians who believe in their revolution, their right to live and victory decided to fight their battle against the Assad regime and its allies in a different way.  Brita Hajji Hassan, former Head of Free Aleppo...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said “some people” were paying “serious money” to bury the issue of the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, broadcaster NTV reported on Monday. Erdogan, who was speaking to reporters after the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, did not elaborate....