U.S. Republican Senator Mike Lee on Sunday said he "disagrees" with President Donald Trump's dismissal of CIA assessment that Saudi crown prince ordered murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Lee was speaking in an interview on NBC News in response to Trump’s Thursday remarks that the CIA "did not...

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said warplanes struck rebel territory in northwest Syria for the first time since Russia and Turkey agreed to create a buffer zone in September. The British-based activist group said the airstrikes hit the suburbs west of Aleppo city, near Idlib...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Popular Resistance on Sunday launched an attack on the checkpoints of the Syrian regime  forces in the southern town of Al-Sanamayn, leaving dozen killed and wounded, the rebel group said.  The dawn attack marks an end to false reconciliations deals in...

A U.S. federal judge Sunday denied a motion by George Papadopoulos, a former aide for Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, seeking to postpone his sentence pending a separate case he hoped would lead to his conviction being overturned. Papadopoulos will report to jail on Monday to...

Democrats intend to probe U.S. President Donald Trump's financial ties to determine whether they are the "hidden hand" driving U.S. foreign policy on Russia and Saudi Arabia, the incoming chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said Sunday. Adam Schiff, currently the ranking...

Egypt and Sudan, which face cross-border threats from militias operating in Libya, agreed Sunday to set up joint military patrols on their border, Sudan's chief of staff said following talks between the countries' defence ministers. Libya, with which Egypt and Sudan have a joint border,...

An Arab military coalition resumed air strikes against rebel supply lines around Hodeida Sunday two days after a U.N. envoy visited the lifeline Yemeni port city, pro-government military officials said. The air strikes targeted convoys of rebel reinforcements at the northern entrance to...

An Egyptian court Sunday upheld death sentences for nine people convicted of the murder of a top prosecutor in a car bombing three years ago, a judiciary source said. Hisham Barakat was killed in June 2015 when a bomb struck his convoy in Cairo after jihadist calls for attacks on the...

The partial reopening of Baghdad's high-security Green Zone to through traffic, planned for Sunday, has been postponed for several days, a government official said. The enclave has been home to Iraq's parliament, government offices, United Nations agencies and western embassies since...

Israeli police arrested the Palestinian governor of Jerusalem for the second time in as many months, a spokesman said Sunday, after reports of an investigation related to a land sale. Adnan Gheith was arrested in east Jerusalem overnight, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said in a...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on late Saturday that the migrants in the southern border of the country will not be allowed in until their claims are individually approved in court. "We only will allow those who come into our Country legally. Other than that our very strong policy is...

Turkey on Saturday welcomed the prisoner swap in Syria, saying mutual and simultaneous release of the detainees builds confidence between the sides in the war-torn country.  In a written statement, Turkish Foreign Ministry said several persons detained by the opposition groups and...

Nigeria has admitted the local media reports over a recent Boko Haram attack on army base that allegedly left multiple casualties in the restive northeast Borno state. A late Friday statement by the Nigerian army read that the insurgents attacked troops of 157 task force battalion but...

Syrian rebels have dismissed government accusations they used poison gas to attack government-held Aleppo city. Rebel commander Abdel-Salam Abdel-Razak says the opposition doesn’t possess poisonous gases or the capabilities to lob them. Abdel-Razak served in Syria’s chemical weapons...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Lebanese State Intelligence has referred Zaman al-Wasl reporter, Abdul Hafiz al-Houlani for the Public Prosecution after four days of detention. Al-Houlani, who lives in Arsal's refugee camps, was not charged with a crime or offence.  He was...

Syrian regime shelling killed seven children and two women on Saturday in northern rebel-held Idlib province, where Russia and Turkey agreed on a buffer zone, a monitoring group said. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said shells hit Jarjanaz village which lies on the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Popular Resistance in southern Daraa province said Saturday it had killed two regime troops, including an officer, vowing more guerrilla attacks in the coming days. The new tactic of rebels in Daraa followed a humiliating reconciliation deal which reached due to the...

Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh on Saturday called for building a regional alliance to counter challenges facing the Palestinian cause.   "The Israeli occupation is the common enemy of the Islamic nation and the responsibility of the nation is to besiege the enemy and expose...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Thousands of people have fled the town of al-Hajin as clashes intensified between Daesh (ISIS) and the US-backed forces in eastern Syria, local activists said Saturday. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have pressed to uproot Daesh militants from their last...

Turkey has repeatedly conveyed its “discomfort” to the U.S. officials over their country’s planned observation points in northern Syria, Turkish defense minister said on Saturday. Speaking to Anadolu Agency following a ceremony to mark Turkey’s Teachers Day, Hulusi Akar said he spoke...