Russia detects the positive trend in northern Syria near Manbij, the foreign minister said on Friday The positive changes are the result of many factors, including Turkish-U.S. agreements, Sergey Lavrov said, told a press conference after meeting with his German counterpart Heiko Maas....

Arab delegations began arriving in the Lebanese capital on Friday to take part in a Sunday economic development summit organized by the Arab League. While most Arab countries sent delegations at the ambassadorial level, only three out of 22 Arab heads of state are set to participate in...

Over the course of 2018, Israeli forces killed a total of 290 Palestinians, most of whom had not taken part in any hostilities, an Israeli human rights group reported Friday.  “Israeli security forces killed 290 Palestinians [in 2018], including 55 minors,” rights group B’Tselem said...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham in the capital Ankara on Friday, presidential sources said. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin and presidential communications director Fahrettin Altun were present at...

As Emmanuel Macron heads to Egypt, activists are calling on the French president to address abuses at an Egyptian shipyard building battleships in partnership with a French company. But with multi-billion euro military deals at stake, will he comply? In May 2016, hundreds of workers at...

Algeria will hold a presidential election on April 18, the presidency said on Friday in a statement, but did not say whether veteran leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika would seek a fifth term in office. Bouteflika “issued a presidential decree calling voters to the polls for a presidential...

The historical spring of Afqa in the ancient Palmyra city has revived again after almost 25 years of drought, Syrian State-run news agency reported. Archaeologist Mohamed Khaled Asaad told (SANA) that the spring was historically the cause of prosperity and the continuity of life in...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in 2018 stepped up Turkish lira financing in Turkey to a record €331 million (some $390 million) through 13 transactions with Turkish companies. That was up from €228.8 million ($258.5 million) in 2017, according to a statement...

Russian investigators on Friday dismissed the veracity of a claim by the Islamic State militant group that it was responsible for a deadly apartment building explosion in December that killed 39 people. The claim was made in the Al Naba newspaper on Thursday evening and said IS militants...

Paul Manafort, the convicted former chairman of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, told a business associate in January 2017 he was using middlemen to get people appointed to the Trump administration, according to a court filing on Tuesday. US Special Counsel Robert Mueller had been...

Israeli forces demolished the West Bank home on Friday of a Palestinian accused of the fatal September stabbing of an Israeli-American, witnesses told AFP. Residents of the town of Yata, near the flashpoint city of Hebron, said that troops arrived at the home of Khalil Jabareen and were met...

Vietnam's premier has said his country is willing to host a much-anticipated second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. One of North Korea's top generals Kim Yong Chol is expected to meet with Trump at the White House on Friday to hash out details...

Ten people were killed and 41 others wounded Thursday in armed clashes in Libya’s capital, according to the Health Ministry. The confrontation between rival armed groups erupted Wednesday in southern Tripoli, despite a UN-brokered ceasefire that came into effect four months ago. The...

The U.S. Air Force has been training Saudi-led coalition personnel from the United Arab Emirates for aerial combat in Yemen, Yahoo News reported late Wednesday, citing newly obtained official documents. A spokesman and an official from U.S. Central Command told Yahoo News the military did...

Colombia Friday is mourning the loss of 21 policemen in one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in recent years. Dozens were also injured Thursday in the attack on General Santander Police Academy in the capital Bogota before a graduation ceremony. Prosecutors identified the attacker as...

The #10YearChallenge and #GlowUpChallenge have gone viral on social media this week, with millions of people sharing current photos next to what they looked like a decade ago. While most of the craze has been for fun, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram users have also seized on the viral...

A Palestinian-American man who received a life sentence for selling Arab-owned property to Jews has been released to the United States, Israel’s Kan 11 TV channel said Thursday. Gal Berger, a correspondent for the state-owned channel, said the U.S. and Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 19 US-backed fighters killed in car bomb attacks carried out by Daesh near the Iraqi border, activists said Thursday. Daesh blasts rocked a checkpoint for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Hawi Soussa and al-Basira villages as Kurdish-led forces press...

The U.S.-led coalition hit a mosque Thursday believed to be a military command post for Daesh in northern Syria. The strike "destroyed an ISIS command and control facility in a mosque" in Safafiyah town in Deir ez-Zor province, the coalition said in a statement, using another name for...

More than 130 US House Republicans joined Democrats Thursday in opposing the easing of sanctions against an ally of Russia's Vladimir Putin, dealing a rebuke to President Donald Trump's administration. The Democratic-controlled chamber overwhelmingly voted 362 to 53 approving the bill that...