Zaman Al Wasl reporter, who was arrested by the Lebanese Intelligence over refugee abortion report, has been released on bail after 24 days of detention. Abdul Hafiz Al-Houlani was held by the Lebanese State Intelligence on November 21 after publishing an article about 20 Syrian...

Airstrikes and fierce clashes shook the outskirts of Yemen's rebel-held port city of Hodeida overnight, pro-government sources and residents said Sunday, despite a U.N.-brokered ceasefire. At least 29 fighters, including 22 Houthi rebels, were killed Saturday night in clashes and...

U.S.-led coalition forces destroyed a Daesh (ISIS) command center inside a mosque in the Syrian border town of Hajin Saturday, the U.S. military said. The statement comes as Kurdish-led forces mop up the final remnants of Daesh militants in Hajin, the largest settlement in what is the...

Demonstrated loyalty. Political savvy. Personal rapport. And, as a bonus, a decent golf game. President Donald Trump had long made clear the qualities he was looking for in his next chief of staff. And when his first pick turned him down, sparking a frantic search, the president...

Officials from around the world have agreed upon a set of rules to govern the 2015 Paris climate accord after two weeks of U.N. climate talks in Poland. Michal Kurtyka, a Polish official chairing the talks in Katowice, gaveled the deal Saturday after diplomats and ministers from almost...

The French interior minister says that an eighth person has died since the start of a nationwide protest movement that began in mid-November over fuel tax hikes but has expanded to an array of issues. Christophe Castaner said in a tweet on Saturday that the death occurred the previous...

Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has affirmed that his country's position regarding the ongoing crisis in inter-Gulf Arab relations has “not changed”. In an opening speech delivered Saturday at the 18th Doha Forum, the emir reiterated calls to end the “siege” imposed on Qatar by a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Clashes continued Saturday between Daesh (ISIS) and US-led forces inside the village of Hajin as Kurdish officials say the key pocket is not completely controlled, local media activists reported. At least 13 fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have been...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Saturday that U.S. sanctions will have no impact on the policies of the Islamic Republic at home or abroad. "It is obvious that we are facing pressure by the U.S. sanctions. But will that lead to a change in policy? I can assure you it...

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered the tomb of a priest dating back more than 4,400 years in the pyramid complex of Saqqara south of the capital of Cairo, authorities said Saturday. "Today we are announcing the last discovery of the year 2018 – it's a new discovery, it's a private...

Turkey's foreign minister said Saturday that his country would "not give up" on finding out the truth about the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul. "We haven't received any new information or outcome of the investigation from the Saudi...

Israeli forces have demolished the home of a Palestinian charged with killing a soldier during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank earlier this year. Troops used two controlled explosions to destroy Islam Abu Hmaid's home in Ramallah Saturday in an operation involving dozens of...

Qatar said Saturday that it remained committed to the Gulf Cooperation Council but that the bloc needed to enforce its own rules better, signaling that a reformed alliance could help end a row between Doha and some of its neighbors. Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdulrahman...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- About 500 Syrian displaced have crossed into the Kurdish-held areas in eastern Deir Ezzor province, following the fall of Hajin village, key pocket for Daesh militant group near the Iraqi border. The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have allowed the displaced...

Israeli naval forces on Saturday arrested two Palestinian fishermen off the coast of the northern Gaza Strip, according to Gaza’s fishermen’s union.  "Israeli naval vessels opened fire on a small Palestinian fishing boat before boarding it and detaining two fishermen," union head...

Nigeria has reversed the suspension of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) from the country's northeast, hours after it accused the agency of sabotaging its counterinsurgency operations against Boko Haram militants. Onyema Nwachukwu, the army spokesman in the region, said in a...

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged China Friday to release two Canadian citizens it detained this week, calling their jailings "unacceptable." "They ought to be returned," Pompeo told reporters following a meeting of U.S. and Canadian top diplomats and military officials. "We ask all...

Facebook exposed the photos of millions of users without their permission, the social media network announced on Friday. The internal team at Facebook said they discovered a bug which affected people who gave third-party applications limited access to their user profiles. As...

The UN's Yemen envoy called on the Security Council Friday to establish a "robust monitoring regime" to ensure a ceasefire at a vital port. Martin Griffiths told the council that not only is it essential for the mechanism to be set up at Hodaydah "it is also urgently needed."...

Hamas on Friday re-affirmed its commitment to ending its decade-long rift with rival Palestinian faction Fatah. In a statement marking the 31st anniversary of its establishment, Hamas reiterated its call to achieve inter-Palestinian reconciliation “based on [Palestinian] national...