Syrian government troops Wednesday morning repelled three big attacks by militants in Syria's Idlib province, the Russian Ministry of Defense said. It said in a statement that 500 Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham militants, seven tanks, and about 30 pickups mounted with heavy machine guns had taken...

Palestinian officials say they have inaugurated their first solar panel plant as part of a plan to reduce their dependence on Israeli power sources. Mohammed Mustafa, head of the government's investment fund, says that Wednesday's plant opening in the ancient West Bank city of Jericho is...

A top EU court on Wednesday cancelled a European Commission decision from 2016 that forced Spain to recover 18.4 million euros from Real Madrid because it considered a real estate refund as illegal state aid. "The Commission could not classify the disputed measure as state aid", as it did...

The U.K. will act “appropriately” if Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria uses chemical weapons, British Prime Minister Theresa May said Wednesday. Speaking at the House of Commons in a weekly question session with lawmakers, May said the U.K. previously “acted with France and the US when we saw...

Demonstrations over the outcome of last month’s presidential election gripped the heart of Indonesia’s capital on Wednesday after an overnight face-off between police and protesters in which, according to Jakarta’s governor, six people were killed. The protests followed an announcement...

Prime Minister Theresa May’s final Brexit gambit was in tatters on Wednesday just hours after her offer of a vote on a second referendum and closer trading arrangements failed to win over either opposition lawmakers or many in her own party. Nearly three years since Britain voted 52% to 48%...

Oil prices fell on Wednesday after industry data showed an increase in U.S. crude inventories and as Saudi Arabia pledged to keep markets balanced. However, analysts said oil markets remained tight amid supply cuts led by producer group OPEC and as political tension escalates in the Middle...

A British-based war monitor said Wednesday it had no evidence to suggest the Syrian army had carried out a new chemical attack despite Washington's announcement it had suspicions. "We have no proof at all of the attack," Rami Abdul Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights,...

Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Tuesday that while threats from Iran in the Middle East remained high, deterrence measures taken by the Pentagon had “put on hold” the potential for attacks on Americans. It was unclear exactly what Shanahan meant and Pentagon officials could...

Turkey will not evacuate its military observation post in northern Syria's Idlib, the last rebel stronghold in the region, after a suspected Syrian government attack this month, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said. Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency has said that Syrian government...

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement launched a drone attack on Saudi Arabia’s Najran airport, the group’s Al Masirah TV said early Wednesday. It said it targeted hangars containing war planes. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. There was also no immediate comment from...

The British pound was rooted at four-month lows Wednesday after British MPs slammed Theresa May's latest plan to push through her Brexit plan, increasing the chances of a no-deal divorce, while Asian markets drifted as dealers fret over China-US tensions. With Wall Street providing a...

While rival Libyan forces fight for control of the capital, an economic war is playing out which could have grave and lasting consequences for the oil-rich country. Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands wounded since the battle for Tripoli erupted on April 4, when commander...

Two of Japan's top mobile phone carriers said Wednesday they will delay releasing new handsets made by Huawei after a US ban on American companies selling technology to the Chinese tech giant. KDDI and SoftBank Corp, the country's number two and number three carriers respectively, said the...

Air strikes by Damascus or its ally Moscow killed 12 civilians in a market in Syria's Idlib province, a monitor said Wednesday, as fierce fighting raged for the jihadist-held northwestern region. Another 18 people were wounded when the warplanes hit the jihadist-held town of Maarat al-Numan...

The U.S. State Department on Tuesday issued a warning to the Bashar al-Assad regime on suspicion it could be conducting a new chemical weapons attack in northwest Syria. "Unfortunately, we continue to see signs that the Assad regime may be renewing its use of chemical weapons, including an...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- From the central city of Homs to a forgotten camp  on the Greek-Albanian border, a long journey fraught with dangers and pain, where Mohamed Al-Mohamed fought his pain and injuries, that he got in and out of the besieged Homs years ago and made him disabled. At the...

In Syrian opposition areas retaken by regime forces, Bashar al-Assad's intelligence branches are arbitrarily detaining former rebel fighters - and even their family members - after they signed so-called "reconciliation agreements" with the government. Human Rights Watch released a...

The family of a Palestinian former intelligence agent, who have claimed that he was tortured by Turkish authorities, said Tuesday that Egyptian prosecutors had approved their request for an autopsy. The body of 55-year-old Zaki Mubarak was transferred last week from Turkey to Cairo after...

Iraq is planning to send urgent delegations to the United States and Iran, its prime minister said Tuesday, as Baghdad seeks to rein in soaring tensions between its top allies. Baghdad "will very soon send delegations to Tehran and Washington to push for calm", Adel Abdel Mahdi told...