A train packed with war trophies from Syria including a tank and carriages of weapons arrived to loud fanfare at a southern Russian city on Wednesday, part of a nationwide tour organized by the military to whip up patriotic sentiment. The tour, launched in Moscow at the weekend, aims to...

he rattle of guns, bomb blasts and black smoke -- a deluge of fire is being unleashed on the Islamic State's last Syrian stronghold by Kurdish-led and international forces. "Watch out, it's coming!" Kurdish commander Hagit Qamishlo shouts to AFP journalists, from the terrace of a house that...

The US and Russian military chiefs are to meet Monday in Vienna to discuss operations in Syria, where the US has decided to leave a residual force to protect its Kurdish allies. General Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will represent the US side in the meeting with...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels launched a surprise attack on an army barrack in the coastal Latakia province, killing and wounding dozen, sources told Zaman al-Wasl Sunday. The attack in the mountainous region of Jabal al-Turkman followed the death of 21 regime troops in Hama province...

Hundreds of students took part in new protests Sunday in the Algerian capital Algiers and other cities against a fifth term for ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who faced a midnight deadline to register for April elections. Chanting “Bouteflika go away”, more than 100 students rallied...

Venezuela's opposition leader called for mass protests across the country on Monday as he announced his return to the country after a week touring Latin American allies. "I'm announcing my return to the country. I am calling on the Venezuelan people to mobilize all over the country tomorrow...

British foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Sunday that a peace process in Yemen’s main port city “could be dead within weeks” without more committed effort from both sides. The agreement to implement a troop withdrawal in Hodeida, a lifeline for millions facing famine, by January 7...

Egypt Sunday completed a project to restore the catacombs of Kom el-Shuqafa in western Alexandria, which have been prone to groundwater leaks since they were discovered in the first decade of the 20th century. The restoration, which began in late 2017, was completed using a $5.7 million grant...

Jordan Sunday accused Israeli authorities of barring top Palestinian Muslim officials from Al-Aqsa mosque in occupied east Jerusalem. Sheikh Abdel Azim Salhab, head of the Waqf religious authority that runs the site in the disputed city, has been barred for 40 days and his deputy for...

The Syrian regime attended a meeting of Arab states Sunday for the first time since its conflict broke out in 2011, marking another step towards the country's political reintegration into the region. Syria's parliament speaker, Hammouda Sabbagh, travelled to Amman for an Arab...

The Dutch husband of a British teenager who was stripped of her citizenship after joining Daesh (ISIS) wants to return to the Netherlands with her and their child, the BBC reported Sunday. Shamima Begum, 19, left London with two school friends to join Daesh when she was 15 but now wants...

The two Syrian refugee brothers Ibrahim and Riadh al-Jiran did not want to depend only on the asylum social benefits granted to Syrian refugees in Germany, so they tried to prove themselves with their ambition and desire to achieve success and uniqueness in their new society. ...

Anti-government protests resumed in Algeria Sunday when hundreds of students gathered in the capital to demand Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika abandon his plan to stand for a fifth term in April elections, witnesses said. Algerians have taken to the streets since demonstrations...

Five Yemeni children were killed in an attack on their home in flashpoint Hodeidah province, the U.N. and medics said Saturday, months into a ceasefire agreed by the government and rebels. The U.N. children's agency (UNICEF) said that the five children were "playing at home" when they...

A Syrian jihadist group linked to Al-Qaeda killed 21 regime and allied forces Sunday near Idlib province, in one of the deadliest breaches of a six-month-old truce deal, an activist group said. "At dawn, 21 fighters from the regime forces or allied militia were killed in an attack by...

 Israeli aircraft have struck two Hamas observation points in the Gaza Strip, a security source said Sunday, after the army reported balloons carrying an "explosive device" were sent toward Israel. No injuries occurred from the strikes late Saturday east of al-Bureij in the central...

The U.S.-backed Syrian force closing in on Daesh's (ISIS) last territorial bastion near the Iraqi border expects a "decisive battle" Sunday after advancing slowly, a spokesman said overnight. Capturing Baghouz, an eastern Syrian village on the bank of the Euphrates River, would cap four...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Nouran Darwish, a 11-year-old Syrian refugee girl, drew the attention of the Dutch audience to her excellent performance and her captivating presence in the film "Zomer Zonder Mama, Summer Without Mama", in which she participated as a leading actress. The film,...

Defiant centuries from Soumya Sarkar and Mahmudullah were in vain as Trent Boult's five-wicket haul gave New Zealand a crushing victory over Bangladesh in the first Test by an innings and 52 runs in Hamilton on Sunday. After the stubborn double-century partnership took Bangladesh to 361...

 (Eqtsad)- Residents and displaced in the opposition-held areas in northwestern Syria have been under new suffering as medicines prices vary between area and another and between pharmacies itself. Eqtsad tried to investigate the reasons behind the variation and the increase of...