Euphoria gave way to a mixture of disappointment and pride for Croatia fans after their national team lost to France in its first ever World Cup final. The entry into the World Cup final in Russia brought the country of 4 million people to a standstill Sunday after officials and the media...

U.S. media reported Sunday on new details from a Mossad operation that smuggled Iranian nuclear documents out of Tehran, though none of the material appeared to show that Iran wasn't abiding by its nuclear agreement. The information relayed to the outlets shed more light on the daring...

BREAKING: France wins its 2nd World Cup title, beats Croatia 4-2 in final.

Iran's supreme leader Sunday called on state bodies to support the government of President Hassan Rouhani in fighting looming U.S. economic sanctions, saying America's "conspiracy" could be defeated, according to his official website. "I strongly believe that if the government takes the...

Another day's worth of food and beverages was being sent Sunday to a pair of military ships off Sicily as Italy waited for more European nations to pledge to take a share of the hundreds of migrants on board before allowing the asylum-seekers to step off onto Italian soil. Germany agreed to...

Russian President Vladimir Putin Sunday handed over the mantle of World Cup host to the emir of Qatar, whose country will stage the 2022 edition of the tournament. The ceremony marked a handover from the world's largest country by landmass to one of the smallest. Qatar has a population...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels thwarted a pre-dawn attack by regime and allied militias near the Occupied Golan Heights, killing 30 troops, field sources said Sunday. The attack targeted the town of Mashara in the southwestern province of Quneitra.  Sources said 30...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Two good news the Jordanian government has received in four days that may lessen the deteriorating economy crisis as the main border crossings in Syria have turned under the regime control. Nasib border crossing with Jordan and al-Tanaf border crossing with Iraq...

Turkey's plans to buy the Russian S-400 missile defense system would give a weapon used by "known foes" of NATO deep insight into the radar-evading F-35 fighter jets arriving in growing numbers in Europe, the top U.S. Air Force general in Europe said. Gen. Tod Wolters, also the NATO...

A ceasefire between Israel and Gaza appeared to be holding Sunday, ending the most intensive flare-up in violence around the Palestinian enclave since a 2014 war. In a day of fierce fighting Saturday, Israel carried out dozens of air strikes in Gaza, killing two people, and Gaza armed...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces on Saturday has freed 20 women were arrested in Raqqa city after they protested to get their husbands freed, local reporter said. The Kurdish-led forces, according to the leading civil group Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently, have...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Fresh Satellite pictures reveal that Iran has started the construction of a storage facility destroyed by the Israeli airstrikes on May 11 near Damascus International airport, sources told Zaman al-Wasl Saturday. The warehouse, which is located next to...

French President Emmanuel Macron will discuss Syria, Iran and Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin when they meet in Moscow on Sunday, the day of the soccer World Cup final between France and Croatia, a source at the French president's office said. Macron and Putin are expected...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Daesh on Saturday took an oil-rich area in eastern Syria from the US-backed Kurdish forces, local news site said. Furat (Euphrates) Post said Daesh fighters had seized control of oil field of Saijan in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor after fierce clashes with the...

Twelve Palestinians wounded in Israeli air strike on Gaza City: Health officials

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- As the Syrian regime forces press new gains and getting close to announce end of the war in central and southern Syria, the Russian ally is pushing for more coherent military body, urging the regime to do mergers for the decayed army.  Well-informed military...

Three children were killed when regime forces shelled opposition-held areas in Hama province in west-central Syria on Saturday, according to the White Helmets civil defense agency. Two other children were seriously injured in the shelling that targeted the towns of Kafr Zita, Latamne...

A U.N. migration official said Saturday Algeria's government has resumed expelling migrants into the Sahara Desert to die. The head of the U.N.'s International Organization for Migration in Niger, Giuseppe Loprete, tweeted that 391 migrants from 16 countries were abandoned at the...

Syrian rebels in the southern city of Deraa were surrendering their heavy weapons to government forces Saturday, state media said, under a deal brokered by regime ally Russia. State news agency SANA said opposition fighters in the neighborhood of Deraa al-Balad, a district in the city's...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Unknown assailants killed senior commander in a Turkish-backed rebel group in northern Syria, local reporter said Saturday. Abu Ahmed Sensawi, commander in the Sultan Ibrahim Brigade, was shot dead early Saturday in the town of al-Dana. The attack followed an...