A Yemeni prosecutor says 46 detainees have been released from one of several prisons controlled by the United Arab Emiratis in southern Yemen where AP reporting has shown that widespread sexual abuse and torture of prisoners took place. Detainees provided the list of some of the 46...

Jordan's army said Tuesday the kingdom's border with Syria would remain closed, even as tens of thousands of Syrians flee a government offensive towards the frontier. The commander of the kingdom's northern military region, General Khaled al-Massaid, told AFP that authorities feared the...

Syrian regime is calling on refugees to return, saying it has successfully cleared large areas of "terrorists." Tuesday's appeal reflects the regime's growing confidence after more than seven years of war. Syrian regime forces, with crucial support from Russia and Iran, recently retook...

Officials say a gunman has killed the deputy head of a local trade organization in southern Turkey. The organization's president was wounded in the attack. Gov. Omer Faruk Coskun said the attack occurred Tuesday in the Trade and Industry Chamber for the city of Osmaniye. The gunman, who...

Israel's parliament has passed a law to freeze money transferred to the Palestinian Authority over its payments to the families of Palestinians jailed for attacks on Israelis. The legislation was approved late Monday and gives the Israeli government powers to withhold an amount of money...

An international watchdog says a local group working to uncover mass graves in Syria's northeastern provinces until recently controlled by Daesh (ISIS) militants needs international support. Human Rights Watch says help is needed to preserve evidence of possible crimes and identify...

At least 270,000 people have fled Syria’s southwestern city of Daraa to border areas near Jordan due to fierce attacks by Syrian regime forces, the UN said Monday. Of the total, 135,000 were children, Hitam Malkawi, the spokesperson for the UN in Jordan, told Anadolu Agency. The...

The U.S. wants to reduce Iran’s oil revenue to zero, the State Department director of policy planning said Monday. "We are working to minimize disruptions to the global market but we are confident there is sufficient global spare oil production capacity," Brian Hook told reporters....

The Turkish military on Monday completed its eighth round of patrolling in the northern Syrian city of Manbij as part of a deal with the U.S. to rid the area of the terror group YPG/PKK. In a message posted on its official Twitter account, the Turkish General Staff said that both...

Belgium booked their place for the Friday night showdown against Brazil with a last gasp effort from Nacer Chadli against Japan on Monday night. Having looked lost at sea midway through the second half, Belgium fought back and won the game in the dying seconds thanks to a razor sharp...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The U.S.-backed Syrian forces took seven villages from Daesh along the border with Iraq, activists said Monday. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) backed the French and the U.S. air froces have seized last Daesh pockets in Abu Hamdha region in the eastern provicne of...

At least 4,759 civilians were killed in the first half of 2018 by the parties to the conflict in Syria, including 593 civilians were killed in June, according to new report by t he Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR). The report notes that SNHR has largely focused, since it was...

Senior Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham has paid a surprise visit to the northern Syrian town of Manbij and told Syrian allies there that it's important that American troops remain in the area. A recent Turkish-American deal has eased tension between the two NATO allies over...

 The United Nations envoy for Yemen arrived in Sanaa on Monday for another round of talks aimed at finding a solution to fighting in the key rebel-held port city of Hodeida. Martin Griffiths is set to meet with Yemen's Huthi rebels, who control the capital along with the Red Sea...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- La Jordanie s'entretiendra avec la Russie cette semaine d'un cessez-le-feu dans le sud-ouest de la Syrie et de la réduction de la situation humanitaire dans ce pays, a annoncé lundi le ministre jordanien des Affaires étrangères. Ayman Safadi, s'exprimant à Amman, a...

The Israeli army has killed 25 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank and the blockaded Gaza Strip since the beginning of 2018, a rights NGO said Monday. In a press release, Defense for Children International-Palestine, which advocates for the rights of Palestinian children in...

Hundreds of Palestinians demonstrated in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday against the so-called “Deal of the Century” -- a backchannel plan to reach a peace settlement between Israel and the Palestinians. The Palestinian people "stand united against the ‘deal of the century’,”...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani left Monday for a visit to Europe billed as of "prime importance" after the U.S. pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers. Rouhani was headed for Switzerland and scheduled to travel on to Vienna on Wednesday, where the nuclear...

All oil exports from Libya's east have been suspended after operations were halted at two key export terminals, the Tripoli-based National Oil Corporation said Monday. The "National Oil Corporation has declared force majeure on crude oil loadings at al-Hariga and Zweitina oil...

Jordan will hold talks with Russia this week over a ceasefire in southwestern Syria and alleviating the humanitarian situation there, the Jordanian foreign minister said on Monday. Ayman Safadi, speaking in Amman, said he would travel on Tuesday to Moscow to meet his Russian counterpart...