Israeli forces detained 22 Palestinians in overnight raids carried out across the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military announced on Wednesday. The individuals were arrested for “suspected involvement in popular terrorist activities”, the army claimed in a statement without...

There are around 5.9 million Palestinian refugees around the world, making up the largest refugee population, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). In a statement on Wednesday, the PCBS said Palestinian refugees live in 58 camps in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Brigadier  general  killed by rebels when he was heading the southern Daraa province with his Battalion 242 on Tuesday as regime army sends huge reinforcement to border area with Jordan. Activists said rebels have ambushed Mazen Ahmed Barakat's...

Taliban militants killed 30 Afghan soldiers and captured a military base in the western province of Badghis Wednesday, the provincial governor said, their first major attack since a ceasefire for the Eid al-Fitr holiday. The three-day Taliban ceasefire ended on Sunday....

Israeli warplanes struck Hamas positions in Gaza after Palestinian armed fighters there fired dozens of rockets and mortars at southern communities early Wednesday, the military said. It was the biggest flare-up between the sides in weeks. However, no casualties were reported in Israel...

The president of the U.N. Human Rights Council is acknowledging the “prerogative” of the United States to leave the 47-member body, while the U.N. human rights chief called it “disappointing, if not really surprising,” that the U.S. was pulling out. Vojislav Suc of Slovenia, who holds...

World Cup hosts Russia eased past Egypt 3-1 on Tuesday to virtually seal their place in the last 16, while despite the return of star player Mohamed Salah the Africans face near-certain elimination. Egypt captain Ahmed Fathi's 47th minute own goal and further strikes from Denis...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O) launched a matchmaking system Tuesday to cultivate partnerships between advertisers and video creators as the world’s largest social media company tries to quickly parallel the variety of commercial opportunities offered by its video rival YouTube....

Saudi air defense on Tuesday intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Houthis in Yemen, state television reported. According to a report by Al-Ekhbariya, the missile was destroyed across the eastern city of Khamis Mushayt. Pro-Houthi Al-Masira TV stated the target of the attack...

And it's all over! What a win for Senegal. They were gifted both goals, but judging on performance, they finish deserved winners. Colombia and Poland sit on the bottom of Group H, Senegal and Japan on top. It's really all to play for now in this group, and we can expect Colombia and...

Rebel shellfire slammed into the southern Syrian city of Swaida on Tuesday for the first time in three years, an activist group said, as fresh regime reinforcements arrived in the area. The government holds most of Swaida province but rebels still control much of the nearby Deraa and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces backed by Hezbollah militia have pounded a border territory with Jordan, leaving dozen wounded, rebel commander told Zaman al-Wasl. The strategic region of al-Lajat, including the town of al-Masika, has been rocked by hundreds of artillery shells,...

(Zaman Al Wasl) - Les rebelles sont en état d'alerte alors que les forces du régime soutenues par le Hezbollah et les milices iraniennes mobilisent des troupes pour lancer une offensive majeure dans le sud de la Syrie malgré l'avertissement de Washington, ont indiqué des sources locales....

Officials from three major Christian churches have condemned proposed Israeli legislation that they say is aimed at expropriating church property in Jerusalem, Israeli media reported Tuesday.  According to Israeli radio, Jerusalem’s Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III, Armenian...

Turkish soldiers patrolling in Manbij are giving locals hope that they can go back home, according to a prominent longtime resident of the northeastern Syria city. Ibrahim Alhaji, who served a decade as an undersecretary at Syria’s Justice Ministry after 12 years as a judge and...

Staffan de Mistura, the UN special envoy for Syria, on Tuesday met with senior Turkish, Russian, and Iranian officials towards the establishment of a constitutional committee for the war-battered country. The delegations entered the UN at Geneva on Tuesday morning for the closed-door...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 28 troops from coastal Latakia province were killed in the holy month of Ramadan, pro-regime news feeds said. Most of the slain soldiers were killed by Daesh in eastern Syria as the militant group showed fierce resistance despite shrinking territory....

Iraq’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday condemned a U.S. airstrike on a post of the pro-government Hashd al-Shaabi forces near border with Syria. “We condemn the act of targeting forces fighting the Daesh terrorist group in Syria and Iraq,” the ministry said in a statement....

A former Israeli government minister has been arrested on charges of spying for Iran, Israel’s Shin Bet security agency announced Monday. In a statement, Shin Bet said that Gonen Segev, a former energy and infrastructure minister, had been arrested -- in coordination with Israeli police...

The Palestinian presidency on Monday said the U.S. was seeking to permanently separate the Gaza Strip from the West Bank on the pretext of “humanitarian” intervention, going on to stress its total rejection of a backchannel U.S. peace plan known as the “Deal of the Century”. “The...