(Zaman Al Wasl)- The local council in the northern town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province has appealed to humanitarian and relief agencies to repair the sewage network, which caused a large spread of epidemic and infectious diseases. In a statement issued Friday, the local council has...

The leaders of Turkey, Russia, France and Germany meet in Istanbul on Saturday to try and find a lasting political solution to the Syrian civil war and consolidate a fragile cease-fire in a rebel-held northern province. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will host Russian President...

German authorities have arrested seven Syrian men and a German on suspicion of raping an 18-year-old woman in the southwestern city of Freiburg. Freiburg prosecutors said Friday that authorities haven't ruled out the possibility of more suspects being involved in the Oct. 14 assault....

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- In this memo, Aida al-Haj Yousif, a former detainee, reveals how the Syrian regime used to treat Daesh relatives in 'decent' way, in a shocking behavior for the fellow detainees. It is 5 o’clock, time of central prison of Damascus, known as Adra prison, the time...

Oman is offering ideas to help Israel and the Palestinians to come together but is not acting as mediator, Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, the sultanate’s minister responsible for foreign affairs said Saturday. Oman relies on the United States and efforts by President Donald Trump in working...

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Saturday that those behind the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi would be prosecuted in the kingdom and that the investigation would take time. Jubeir told a security summit in Bahrain that Riyadh's relations with the United States...

Palestinian group Hamas on Saturday denied Israeli media reports about halting Egyptian mediation between Gaza-based factions and Israel.  “Egyptian efforts aimed to reach a truce in Gaza are still ongoing,” Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum told Anadolu Agency.  He said: "Hamas did...

 The killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi “undermines regional stability” and the U.S. State Department plans to take further action in response to the killing, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Saturday at an international conference in the Middle East. Mattis never...

Israeli aircraft struck several militant sites across the Gaza Strip early Saturday shortly after militants fired rockets into southern Israel, the Israeli military said. Israel's chief of staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot conducted situational assessment while the airstrikes and barrages of...

Belgium’s decision to buy U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets instead of a rival European aircraft “strategically goes against European interests,” French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday. Belgium announced Thursday it will purchase Lockheed Martin’s stealth jets in a multibillion-euro deal to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A blast killed three US-backed fighters in eastern Deir Ezzor province as the heavy clashes continued between Daesh and Syrian Democratic Forces, local activists said Friday. Activist Taj al-Allow said dozen, including civilians, were also wounded in the Daesh car bomb...

Centenarian cyclist Robert Marchand donned his lycra shorts again Friday and rode cautiously around France’s indoor Velodrome National, becoming by far the oldest person to take a spin on the circuit. Marchand, who in 2012 set a world record for a 100-year-old when he cycled 24 kilometers in an...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Palestinian Liwa al-Quds militia has been recruiting young men in the Eastern Ghouta suburbs near the capital by offering 'attractive salaries', local activists said. Abu Yassin Mando, senior commander in Liwa al-Quds and former commander in the Islam Army,...

Turkey will officially demand from Saudi Arabia the extradition of 18 suspects in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Turkish Justice Ministry said on Friday. In a statement, the ministry said Istanbul prosecutors have prepared a requisition for 18 suspects on charges of planned...

Syrian regime artillery fire Friday killed seven civilians in Idlib, in the highest death toll since a Russian-Turkish deal last month to prevent a regime assault on the province, a rescuing agency said. Three children were among those killed in a village of the country's last...

Turkey's president spoke with the Canadian premier on the phone to discuss the case of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, presidential sources said on Friday. Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Justin Trudeau stressed the need to shed light on the killing and the importance of punishing the...

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker became the latest political figure to have been sent a package containing an explosive device Friday, according to the FBI. "The #FBI has confirmed an 11th package has been recovered in Florida, similar in appearance to the others, addressed to Sen. Cory...

Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Friday urged the international community to provide humanitarian aid to help Syrian refugees return to their homes.  Aoun made the appeal at a reception held in Beirut for a visiting French parliamentary delegation.  “The vast majority...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday paid a surprise visit to Oman. “The prime minister and his wife visited Oman, where they met [Omani] Sultan Qaboos bin Said,” read a statement from Netanyahu’s office.  According to the same statement, the visit comes at...

Iraq will stop trucking crude oil from its northern Kirkuk oil field to Iran in November in order to comply with sanctions imposed on its neighbor by the United States, two sources familiar with Iraqi oil export operations said Friday. Currently, Iraq is exporting less than 30,000...