Turkey goes to the polls in national elections this weekend with controversial President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hoping to secure the votes of tens of thousands of Syrian refugees who have been granted citizenship in the strife-torn country. Mr Erdogan, who is seeking a fourth five-year...

Recent exchanges of fire between Israel and Hamas suggest that the rules of engagement that have prevailed along the Gaza-Israel security fence since Israel’s 2014 military onslaught have changed. Amos Hariel, a military and defense analyst for Israeli daily Haaretz, believes the...

Rohingya girls remain confined to their tents in Bangladesh as they fear abduction and sexual abuse if they venture outside, said a report released on Wednesday. “Adolescent Girls in crisis: Voices of the Rohingya” released by U.K.-based organization Plan International compiles...

At least 32 militants have reportedly been killed in a wide-ranging security operation carried out by the Egyptian army in the northeastern Sinai Peninsula. “Operations in recent days have led to the elimination of 32 armed extremists in two separate incidents in north and central...

First Deputy Parliament Speaker Hamam Hamoudi has blamed Israel for an airstrike that killed more than 20 Iraqi Hashd al-Shaabi fighters in eastern Syria earlier this week. “Israel’s targeting of the Hashd al-Shaabi provides incontrovertible evidence that the Israeli entity and the...

A suicide bomb attack on an army base has injured 15 people, including soldiers and local security personnel, in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri. Police commissioner Damian Chukwu confirmed to Anadolu Agency that two female bombers had sneaked into the 333 Artillery barrack...

Fears of a humanitarian crisis in Yemen’s main port city Hudaida grew as fighting spilled into residential districts Wednesday after Arab coalition forces seized the airport from the Iran-aligned Houthis. Residents said coalition aircraft were bombing Houthi positions on roads leading...

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Wednesday the current government will keep functioning until the Supreme Court confirms the election result and denied the existence of a constitutional vacuum in the country. Al-Abadi, who spoke at a news conference in Baghdad, said those who...

(AP) — The 15 officers who arrived at the prison in southern Yemen hid their faces behind headdresses, but their accents were clearly foreign — from the United Arab Emirates. They lined up the detainees and ordered them to undress and lie down. The officers then searched the anal cavity of each...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday halting his administration's practice of separating undocumented parents suspected of crossing the border illegally, from their children. Trump said last Friday he would be unable to remedy the situation through executive...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Key rebel factions in southern Daraa province have merged under one task command as the regime army mobilizes for a campaign to regain an area bordering Jordan and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, activists and rebels commanders said Wednesday. Rebels have been on...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels launched surprise attack on regime checkpoints in coastal Turkman mountain, killing and wounding at least 20 troops, rebel commander told Zaman al-Wasl Wednesday. Pro-regime news feeds said 9 forces, including 3 officers, were killed in the attack on...

U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner, met on Wednesday with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud about Israel and the Palestinian territories, as Kushner readies the administration's Middle East peace plan. At the meeting, also...

The Syrian army stepped up shelling of opposition-held parts of the southwest as it mobilizes for a campaign to regain the area bordering Jordan and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, opposition sources said. Violence erupted at the frontline town of Kafr Shams, near the Syrian-held Golan...

South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba said Wednesday his country remains committed to protecting refugees. Gigaba said South Africa does not have a refugee problem and the numbers which reside in the country are manageable. He commemorated the World Refugee Day in...

Cristiano's fourth minute header was all that separated Portugal and Morocco on the final whistle in Moscow. Portugal top Group B on four points.

Turkish Armed Forces on Wednesday began a second round of patrolling in the northern Syrian city of Manbij as part of the objective to rid the area of the YPG/PKK terror group. According to an Anadolu Agency correspondent on the ground, armored vehicles belonging to the Turkish military...

The European Union (EU) will include more data on asylum seekers and irregular migrants in its database. The European Parliament and European Council on Tuesday agreed to reinforce the EURODAC system, which stores and searches data on asylum applicants and irregular migrants, according...

People from Manbij, Syria living just across the border in southeastern Turkey expressed approval of Turkish forces taking up patrols in the city under a new deal to rid the region of terrorists and provide stability. The refugees living in Sanliurfa are very happy, as their hopes to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Former al-Qaeda group is tracking ISIS sleeper cells in northern Idlib province after a series of assassinations targeted commanders of the former al-Qaeda branch in Syria. Senior commander in Hayat Tahrir al-Sham told Zaman al-Wasl that an ISIS sleeper cell was...