The new U.S. tariffs on Turkey are against the rules set by the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Trade Ministry said on Friday. "Turkey, as it determines and implements its own trade policy in compliance with the World Trade Organization, expects other member countries to comply with...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Daesh fighters on Friday have attacked regime bastion east of Deir Ezzor city, killing and wounding dozen, Amaq reported. The group's news agency said five 'Inghimasi' fighters, or infiltrators, had attacked the army checkpoint in al-Hasarat village north of Albu Kamal...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime airstrikes on de-escalation zone in Idlib killed at least 30 civilians on Friday, local activists said. The regime warplanes carried out tens of airstrikes since early Friday, pounding the southern countryside of Idlib  and northern countryside...

The UN Security Council prepared Friday to discuss an air strike by an Arab coalition that killed at least 29 children, whose remains and clothing were left strewn across a market in northern Yemen. The coalition itself, following calls from the UN and United States, announced an...

The United Arab Emirates plans to build an oil pipeline connecting Eritrea and Ethiopia, the latest sign of the Gulf state's increasing involvement in the Horn of Africa. The pipeline will run from Eritrea's port city of Assab to Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, an Ethiopian official said....

The U.N. children's agency says a battle for Idlib province between regime forces and the rebels could affect the lives of more than 1 million children, many of whom live in refugee camps. UNICEF says food, water and medicine are already in short supply in the largely rural northwestern...

Iraq's election commission says the result of its recount of ballots from May's parliamentary elections doesn't alter the overall outcome of the vote. The commission completed earlier this week its recount from the vote which was marred by allegations of fraud and irregularities. It...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Many Syrians know little or nothing about Alwafed Abu Traba, the Druze man who appeared on the state-run TV in 2015, admitting his involvement in terrorist attacks in Sweida, the historic stronghold of Druze community in southern Syria. Abu Traba was confirmed dead by...

Reports say hundreds of members of China's Muslim Hui ethnic minority have staged rare protests over plans to demolish a newly built mosque in the country's northwest. Hong Kong's South China Morning post said a crowd gathered Thursday outside the towering Grand Mosque in the town of...

The Russian military has downed a drone targeting the Hmeimim air base in Syria, Russian news agencies reported on Thursday. The drone, launched from territory controlled by Syrian rebels, was detected on August 9, RIA reported. Russia Today said the Russian air defenses in...

Senior Zimbabwean opposition figure Tendai Biti on Thursday was charged with inciting public violence and declaring unofficial election results as fears grew about a government crackdown following the disputed July 30 election. The court appearance followed dramatic events in which Biti...

The Slovenian-born parents of Melania Trump became U.S. citizens at a naturalization ceremony in New York on Thursday, reportedly taking advantage of a family reunification program President Donald Trump has vehemently denounced. Trump's in-laws Viktor and Amalija Knavs took the oath of...

The prime minister of Greece pledged Thursday to overhaul the national disaster response agency as authorities publicly named the people killed by the country's deadliest forest fire in decades - victims whose ages ranged from 6 months to 95 years. The list, which included four...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has dismissed concerns over the tumbling lira, calling on Turks to "have no worries," after the currency hit record lows in recent weeks on the back of a widening rift with the United States. Ankara and Washington, NATO allies, have been at loggerheads...

U.S. forces launched airstrikes Friday to counter a major Taliban assault on an Afghan provincial capital, where terrified residents cowered in their homes amid explosions and gunfire as security forces try to beat the insurgents back. Officials said Afghan special forces were also...

Colombia's military says three soldiers have been kidnapped by a rebel group that is holding peace talks with the government. Colombia's Army said Thursday that the National Liberation Army grabbed the soldiers while they were off duty and were riding on a bus in the oil-rich province...

Five Red Crescent aid workers were kidnapped by suspected al-Shabaab militants in southwestern Somalia on Thursday, officials said. Mohamed Isak Ibrahim Aflow, director for NISA, the Somali national intelligence and security agency, in the southwestern Bay region, told reporters that...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- About 1000 displaced have been forced to leave al-Hol camp in Hasaka province towards a Kurdish-held territory in eastern Deir Ezzor province, local activists said Thursday. The forced evacuation was due to the arrival of Iraqi displaced to the refugee camp of al-Hol,...

At least 18 Palestinians were wounded Thursday as Israel struck a building in central Gaza City, the health ministry in the Palestinian enclave said, after hours of relative calm. The strike hit a building that Palestinians say housed a cultural center and other offices in the middle of...

At least 29 children were killed Thursday in an attack on a bus in rebel-held northern Yemen, where a Saudi-led military coalition said it carried out a strike, the Red Cross said. "A hospital supported by our team in Yemen received the bodies of 29 children under the age of 15 and 48...