(Zaman Al Wasl)- After more than seven years, during which Libya has hosted tens of thousands of Syrians who were allowed to live there without valid passports, and without having to deal with the bureaucratic procedures of official papers, the question is now pressing: are they now treated any...

Tunisian General Union of Labor (UGTT) on Saturday announced a nationwide strike on Jan. 17 to protest low wages.  The move is the latest sign of escalation by the country’s largest labor union to demand a pay raise for civil servants.  The decision to stage the...

The Arab League has strongly condemned a decision by Israeli authorities to bar the minister and governor of Jerusalem from travel.  “The travel ban amounts to a crime that is only being committed by occupation authorities,” Said Abu Ali, Assistant Secretary-General of the Arab League,...

Saudi Arabia on Friday denied allegations that many activists, including women, have been tortured in the Kingdom after being arbitrarily detained. "The allegations by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch about activists tortured under detention in Saudi Arabia are baseless,"...

Russia does not want any "artificial deadlines" for the Syrian peace process, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday, saying those who do want to sabotage Russian-backed peace efforts. "I don't believe in artificial deadlines," Lavrov told the MED Dialogues conference in Rome....

(Zaman Al Wasl TV)- Disability of Marwan Sweidan never has been a barrier or a shield to stop going on.  He fled with his family, including a war-disabled child, the town of Karnaz in the northwestern province of Hama to the Turkish border town of Reyhanlı like...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Fresh Satellite pictures reveal that Iran and the Syrian regime have started the construction of missile facilities hit by Israel last September in northwestern Hama province. A quick rehabilitation and reconstruction process is under underway in the base of Sheikh...

Turkish and Russian defense ministers discussed latest situation in Syria's norhwestern Idlib and Tal Rifaat in a phone conversation on Saturday, according to Turkish official sources. The sources who spoke on condition of anonymity said Hulusi Akar and Sergei Shoigu discussed regional...

Iran “strongly rejected” Friday U.S. accusations that it has a chemical weapons program and accused Washington of breaching its own commitments to the international watchdog. The U.S. allegations are the latest salvo against Iran from the administration of President Donald Trump, who earlier...

While Jamal Khashoggi was a complex man, to his daughters, he was simply known as "Dad". In an opinion piece published Friday in The Washington Post, Noha Khashoggi and Razan Jamal Khashoggi shared memories of their father. For the sisters, life growing up included visits to countless...

Myanmar's plan to repatriate Rohingya who fled the country from persecution fails to address the country's mistreatment of the Muslim minority, The New York Times said. In an opinion piece, the Time's editorial board said the Rohingya should be able to return to their homes in Myanmar,...

Gunmen Friday raided a town deep in Libya's southern desert, killing six, the municipality said, adding that it believed the militant group Daesh (ISIS) was responsible. A military source said the attackers had occupied a police station in the oasis town of Tazerbo, north of Kufra,...

UN Yemen envoy Martin Griffiths on Friday arrived in Yemen’s western city of Al-Hudaydah as a string of explosions rocked capital Sanaa, the seat of Yemen’s Houthi administration. Griffiths is visiting Al-Hudaydah to assess the humanitarian situation in the Houthi-held coastal city and...

The Swedish government announced Friday that it will ink the UN’s landmark agreement on migration. In a statement on its official website, the government said that Sweden will sign the first-ever global agreement of the UN on migration issue. The statement said that the aim was...

The European Union will open a delegation in the central Asian republic of Turkmenistan, the bloc said on Friday.  The new delegation, set to open next year, will operate in the capital Ashgabat, said the EU’s European External Action Service (EEAS) in a statement. ...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Thousands of people on Friday came out to the streets of rebel-held areas in Idlib and Aleppo provinces to rally against the Syria regime and the key ally Russia, in spite of a fragile buffer zone deal and mounting skirmishes between hardline groups and regime army. As...

A former militia leader from the Central African Republic known as "Colonel Rambo" was tortured in detention before his transfer to The Hague on war crimes charges, his lawyer said Friday. The arrest of Alfred Yekatom, who made his first appearance at the International Criminal Court...

An explosion rocked a mosque on an Afghan army base during Friday prayers, killing at least nine people, officials said, in the latest violence to hit the war-torn country. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast, which follows a wave of deadly attacks across...

Finland announced late Thursday it will block new arms export licenses to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, citing the murder of a Saudi journalist and the countries' role in Yemen's humanitarian crisis. The suspension mirrors earlier decisions by Denmark, Norway and Germany to halt arms sales...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Raed al-Fares and Hamoud Junaid, two Syrian pro-democracy activists and citizen journalists, were shot dead Friday by Syria's former al-Qaeda branch in the village of Kafrabel in northern Idlib province.  Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an alliance led by formerly-known...