The Syrian Turkmen Assembly (STA) Monday welcomed the Manbij roadmap devised by Turkey and the U.S., saying that the deal would not have been reached if Turkey had not launched Operation Olive Branch in Syria's Afrin. STA leader Mohamed Wajih Joma told Anadolu Agency that the Manbij...

General Security’s decision not to stamp Iranian passports upon arrival in Beirut is a “normal” procedure, and the arrival and departure of Iranians is automatically registered in a database, the agency’s head said in remarks published Monday.

Harry Kane grabbed both of England's goals as they saw off a resolute but ultimately poor Tunisia side in Volgograd on Monday night. They left it late but the three points is all that matter in a tricky opener for Gareth Southgate's side. England started off with gusto and had the lead...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday the United States would not be a "migrant camp," as he blamed Democrats for not coming to the table to negotiate immigration legislation. "The United States will not be a migrant camp," he said as he opened a meeting of the National Space Council...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels are on alert as the regime forces backed by Hezbollah and Iranian militias have been mobilizing troops to launch major offensive in southern Syria despite warning from Washington, local sources said.  The regime forces seek to split up the...

The EU Monday said "only a European solution" can solve a row over asylum rules that is threatening to throw Germany into political crisis and conflict with the bloc. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative coalition partners have delivered her a two-week ultimatum to find a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Clashes erupted Monday between the Lebanese Hezbollah militia and Syrian rebels in southern Quneitra province, local activists said. Hezbollah militants have intensified their assault in the southwest region despite a clear warning by the US to take firm and appropriate...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that Syrian Kurdish militia fighters were leaving northern Syria's Manbij area. Turkey's armed forces announced earlier that Turkish and U.S. soldiers had started independent patrols along the line separating Turkish-controlled areas...

A man who attacked police with a Samurai sword outside Buckingham Palace hated Queen Elizabeth II, considering her among the "enemies of Allah", a London court heard Monday. Mohiussunnath Chowdhury, 27, who supported terrorism byDaesh (ISIS), fought with officers who tried to disarm him...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Monday that refugee and migrant "children must not be traumatized by being separated from their parents" as U.S. President Donald Trump faces heavy pressure to stop such a policy at the U.S.-Mexico border. "Family unity must be...

 A night-time search and rescue effort is underway after a ferry carrying about 80 passengers sank in a popular lake on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, killing at least one person. Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said the boat sank in bad weather at...

A powerful earthquake rocked Japan's second city of Osaka on Monday, killing three people including a nine-year-old girl and injuring more than 300, according to an official tally. Television images showed buildings swaying and burst pipes spewing water after the quake, which struck at...

Libyan forces carried out airstrikes against a militia attacking key oil ports in the east, a spokesman said as Libya's national oil firm warned Monday of further damage to oil infrastructure as well as environmental contamination in the north African country. A militia, led by Ibrahim...

The Bank for International Settlements in a report warned digital currencies like bitcoin could overwhelm and break the internet if they continue to grow. The BIS, often described as the central bank for central banks, also warned, in a 24-page report published on its website on Sunday,...

 A Palestinian was killed by Israeli fire on Monday near the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, the health ministry in the Hamas-ruled territory said. An Israeli army statement said "several terrorists were injured" in an explosion as they attempted to carry out sabotage near the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The death toll in an overnight bombing raid on pro-regime forces in eastern Syria has risen to 52 loyalist fighters, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday. "Among them are at least 30 Iraqi fighters and 16 Syrians, including 4 officers and 8...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- A senior rebel commander killed early Monday by unknown assailants in northern Idlib province, local source said. Khalil Ismael Ersan, deputy commander of Jaish al-Ahrar, was assassinated with his son in the town of Joubas in the southern countryside of Idlib when...

Israeli warplanes early Monday struck nine Hamas positions in the blockaded Gaza Strip, according to Israeli military sources. Israeli Army spokesman Avichay Adraee said the strikes were in retaliation for the launch by Palestinian activists in Gaza of incendiary kites and balloons into...

Six Daesh terrorists were killed in an army airstrike carried out in Iraq’s Saladin province north of Baghdad, a military source said Sunday. “Joint Army/Hashd al-Shaabi forces located six Daesh militants and surveilled their hideout in Saladin’s southern Ishaqi sub-district,” Army...

The peace march of peasants, students and farmers from Afghanistan’s restive Helmand province has already won hearts and minds of many war-weary Afghans halfway through their destination, Kabul. The Helmand Peace March evolved from the sit-in camps in this southern province when a...