Saudi Arabia said Wednesday that attacks on two of its oil tankers and a major pipeline targeted not only its own security but that of the world's supplies. Drone attacks claimed by Iran-aligned Yemeni rebels shut down one of the kingdom's main oil pipelines on Tuesday, further ratcheting...

Prime Minister Theresa May's government will publish draft legislation in the first week of June that would allow Brexit to proceed if approved by parliament, a Downing Street spokesman announced on Tuesday. The statement came after talks between May and opposition Labour leader Jeremy...

A Syrian political dissident has been on a hunger strike in Istanbul, Turkey for 11 days after Canada failed to follow through on his application for asylum for himself and his family, who he has not seen in years. Ammar al-Sheikh Haidar, the brother of Ali Haidar, Syria’s former minister...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The German office for foreigners in Hannover province approved the residency extension for Syrian refugees who have the right to  subsidiary  protection or any kind of residence, so they given a German travel document, over a demand by human rights advocates....

Syrian state-run TV said Tuesday six people were killed when rebels lobbed missiles into a regime-controlled displaced people's camp in the country's northwest. Al-Ikhbariya TV said the dead from the attack on the Nayrab camp southeast of Aleppo city included two children. An...

The international coalition in Iraq and Syria said Tuesday its troops were not feeling any intensified threat from Iran in the region, seemingly contrary to Trump administration warnings. "There has been no increased threat from Iranian-backed forces in Iraq and Syria," Major General Chris...

Aid agencies in Libya called Tuesday for a U.N. resolution to support people caught in fighting around Tripoli, where the United Nations says 66,000 people have been forced out of their homes and at least 454 killed since early April. Forces loyal to Libya's government are defending the...

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that "there is not going to be any war" with the United States, his official website reported. In a speech to state officials, Khamenei said the showdown between the Islamic republic and the United States was a test of resolve...

The U.S. embassy in Khartoum on Tuesday held Sudan’s ruling Military Transitional Council (MTC) responsible for the deaths of six protesters who were killed in the capital one day earlier. “The tragic attacks on protesters yesterday [Monday] that led to the deaths of at least six Sudanese…...

Thousands of Algerian students on Tuesday demonstrated in capital Algiers -- and in other cities -- to demand the departure of government officials linked to the regime of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. The protest in Algiers saw more than 5,000 students and academicians march past...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Air Force officers and military personnel from of the regime’s Military Air Institute have moved to Kuweires airbase in northern Aleppo province to operate the base again after years of siege and shutdown, sources told Zaman al-Wasl. Most of the Air Institute’s...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- About 50 Syrian regime officers have been taking a military staff course in Russia, a military source told Zaman al-Wasl. The officers of the ranks of Major, Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel, were chosen scientifically among a large number of regime officers during...

North Korea said on Tuesday the seizure of one of its cargo ships by the United States was an illegal act that violated the spirit of a summit between the two countries’ leaders, and demanded the return of the vessel without delay. The North’s foreign ministry said in a statement that it...

Iran’s foreign minister said on Tuesday that “extremist individuals” in the U.S. government were pursuing dangerous policies, amid a war of words with Washington over sanctions. Mohammad Javad Zarif was in New Delhi for talks with Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj after New Delhi stopped...

Syrian families whose loved ones were taken by Daesh (ISIS) extremists are pressuring governments in the international coalition to help them learn the fate of their relatives. The families Tuesday announced the creation of a Paris-based organization to help document the missing, after a...

Scores of Sudanese protesters blocked roads with burning tyres in Khartoum's twin city Omdurman Tuesday for the first time in a month after six people were killed in the capital. An army major and five protesters were shot dead at a long-running sit outside army headquarters in the capital...

Spain has recalled a frigate accompanying a US aircraft carrier to the Middle East because of rising tensions between Washington and Tehran, the defence ministry said Tuesday. "For the moment the frigate Mendez Nunez has left the combat group of the USS Abraham Lincoln," a ministry...

Israel has begun building nearly 20,000 settler homes in the occupied West Bank during the past decade of Benjamin Netanyahu's premiership, settlement watchdog Peace Now said Tuesday. The group's annual settlement report highlighted how the issue complicates the chances of resolving the...

Sri Lankan soldiers in armored vehicles on Tuesday patrolled towns hit by sectarian violence this week as residents recalled how Muslims had hid in paddy fields to escape mobs attacking their homes and shops. Authorities said the situation in the worst-affected northwestern parts of the...

The United Nations said it will report Tuesday on whether rebel forces in Yemen carried out a key first step in the redeployment of forces from three key ports, and is moving ahead to discuss the issues of management and use of revenues from the ports. U.N. deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq...