(Zaman Al Wasl)- The U.S.-backed Syrian forces pressed new gains against Daesh in northeastern Hasaka province, taking two villages, local activists said Friday. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) backed the U.S.-led coalition airstrikes have seized the villages of Qabr Taha and...

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) said no less than 4,082 arrest cases were recorded in the first , half of 2018, including 667 cases in June by regime forces and armed groups, according to the watchdog's July report .   The report notes that arbitrary arrests have been...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - About 20 people were evacuated from an apartment building in the center of Moscow due to fire on the roof, the Interfax news agency reported on Friday Moscow time, citing a source, familiar with the matter. “The fire occurred on the roof of a residential building......

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has told Al Jazeera the law should take its course in the case of the prosecution of former Prime Minister Najib Razak. "The law must take its course and if the attorney general finds sufficient evidence of acts that are criminal then the AG...

Two explosions at fireworks workshops outside Mexico City on Thursday killed at least 19 people, including rescue workers, and injured dozens more, officials said, in the latest deadly blast to hit a town known for its fireworks production. After a first blast in the municipality of...

Italy wants a U.N. arms embargo on Libya to be lifted to help the North African state battle people smugglers and halt the flow of migrants seeking a better life in Europe, Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said on Thursday. "My aim is not to have even one boat come here," Salvini,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Jordan's Professional Association will set up a field hospital at the border as influx of Syrian displaced continue due to the ongoing offensive by regime and allied militias. Ali al-Obous, head of the association's council told Zaman al-Wasl the Union of Jordanian...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A family of six members, four children and two women, has been killed in Russian airstrikes on southern town of Saida on Thursday, rescuing Civil Defense agency said. Dark clouds of smoke rose over rebel-held areas in Daraa province on Thursday as Bashar Assad's Russian...

A Sunni-Muslim scholar was shot dead by unidentified attackers in Iran’s southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province Thursday, according to local media reports. Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported that Molavi Abdushakour Kord Tarshabi, a well-known scholar and Muslim activist,...

Jordan's mediation has succeeded in getting Syrian rebel negotiators back to the table with Russian officers over a final deal that ends the fighting and brings state control over Daraa province, a Syrian opposition spokesman said. Ibrahim al Jabawi said the two sides were expected to...

Russia do everything possible to maintain the global nuclear deal with Iran, the foreign ministry in Moscow was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency on Thursday.

Dark clouds of smoke rose over Syrian rebel-held areas near the border with Jordan on Thursday as Bashar Assad's Russian allies unleashed heavy air strikes and regime forces launched ground assaults. Assad aims to recapture the entire southwest including the frontiers with the...

Iran's state TV is reporting that the country's foreign ministry has summoned envoys from France, Germany and Belgium over the case of an Iranian diplomat detained in Germany. Thursday's report says Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi held separate meetings with the three diplomats in...

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo left Washington Thursday bound for Pyongyang and his latest round of talks with Kim Jong Un on North Korea's nuclear arsenal. Washington's top diplomat and senior aides took off shortly after 2:00 a.m. and were due in the North Korean capital on...

The unemployment rate among Saudi citizens rose to a record 12.9 percent in the first quarter of this year from 12.8 percent in the previous quarter, according to data published by the government's statistics agency Thursday. The government is pushing through economic reforms to develop...

British police scrambled Thursday to determine how a couple were exposed to the same nerve agent used on a former Russian spy earlier this year, leaving them critically ill. The couple were taken ill Saturday in the village of Amesbury, close to the city of Salisbury, where former...

GENEVA (Reuters) - Muslim Rohingya continue to flee Myanmar’s Rakhine state, many testifying about violence, persecution, killings and burning of their homes by soldiers and Buddhists, the United Nations human rights chief said on Wednesday. Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, in his final remarks...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- About 500 refugees in the Lebanese town of Arasl are expected to return to Syria due to reconciliation deal brokered by the Hezbollah militia, sources said. Most of the refugees are from the western Qalamoun region, according not Zaman al-Wasl reporter....

The Islamic State group says the son of its top leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed fighting Syrian regime forces. The announcement of the death of the al-Baghdadi's young son appeared on the group's social media accounts late Tuesday. It included a picture of a young boy...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Little Ruya Kadir had sparkling eyes, a few basic belongings and not much else when she arrived in Boise, Idaho more than two years ago. But at just six months old, she had the most important thing: A mother who loved her so fiercely that she left behind her...