Israeli tanks in Syria’s Golan Heights on Saturday shelled Hezbollah positions in southern Syria, according to local sources.  The shelling targeted the village of Tulul al-Humur, south of Quneitra, the sources said.  Meanwhile, explosions were heard in Deir Ez-zour...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels launched major attack against an ISIS branch in southern Daraa province after a series of skirmishes in the past few months, activists said Saturday. Rebels seek to recapture hilltops seized by Jaish Khaled Bin Walid group, which controls a territory in...

Four gunmen attacked a Russian Orthodox church in the mostly Muslim Russian province of Chechnya, but were killed by security forces in a clash Saturday that also left two policemen and a churchgoer dead. The attack underscored security challenges in Russia as it prepares to host soccer's World...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Seven fighters from Tahrir al-Sham group were killed by assailants attacked their checkpoints in the northern province of Idlib, retaliating to the execution of 4 people linked to Daesh, local reporter said Saturday. The former al-Qaeda group in Syria said the executed...

Two people were killed in a shooting near the southwestern city of Saarbruecken, German media reported Saturday. The Saarbruecker Zeitung newspaper reported that police have a suspect in custody. The newspaper reports the shooting was in the Fechingen area, southeast of the...

Three Palestinian on Saturday succumbed to wounds they sustained during protests against the decades-long Israeli occupation earlier this week, according to the Health Ministry.  The ministry identified the martyrs as Moeen al-Saei, 58, Mohammed Olayyan, 20, and Ahmed al-Abd Abo...

Turkey's IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation distributes iftar (fast-breaking meals) to 50,000 Syrians every day in the holy month of Ramadan, it said Saturday. Selim Tosun, IHH’s media advisor in Syria, said the meals are arranged in rural areas and refugee camps in the Syrian provinces...

Civilians in a northern Syrian city have been risking their lives to cross the Euphrates River after bridges that the YPG/PKK terrorists destroyed have not been repaired even after a year. The bridges, which link Raqqa city center with southern and western rural areas of the country, on...

A leading German daily fired a cartoonist over anti-semitic views on Friday after he drew a caricature of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The cartoon by Dieter Hanitzsch showed Netanyahu carrying a missile in his hand. He is dressed up as Israeli singer Netta Barzilai, who...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Former al-Qaeda group in Syria has executed 4 people on Saturday said they carried out a series of assassinations in the city of Idlib in the last few weeks. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly known as Nusra Front, said the perpetrators were affiliated to Daesh (ISIS)...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 9 troops killed by improvised explosive devices in the central province of Homs in the past 48 hours, local activists said. Five forces, including officer, killed while they were clearing landmines in the town of Teldo in the northern countryside of...

Gaza's health ministry Saturday said two Palestinians have died days after they were shot and wounded by Israeli gunfire during border protests. The two, aged 20 and 58 respectively, had been in critical condition. They were shot Monday, when Israeli troops killed 59 Palestinians in...

France on Friday imposed a six-month asset freeze on several international companies allegedly linked to a chemical weapons programme in Syria, as ministers meeting in Paris vowed that governments that gas their own people would not go unpunished. The asset freezes came as officials...

(Reuters) - The Trump administration will withdraw assistance from northwest Syria dominated by Islamist factions and focus recovery efforts on areas where U.S.-led forces have retaken territory from Islamic State in the northeast, U.S. officials with knowledge of the decision said on Friday....

Malaysia's scandal-hit former leader Najib Razak and his wife hit out at the media and police on Saturday, after investigators seeking evidence of corruption were filmed seizing box loads of jewellery, luxury handbags and cash. Following a surprise victory in an election on May 9, the...

The final results of Iraq's elections confirmed Saturday a breakthrough for nationalist cleric Moqtada Sadr, who was in the lead, ahead of internationally favoured prime minister Haider al-Abadi. But the possibilities for alliances to form a coalition government remain wide open....

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday described the Israeli killings of Palestinians as "thuggery, atrocity and state terror". In his opening address at the ongoing extraordinary summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul, Erdogan said: "I clearly say: what...

United Kingdom's ambassador to Ankara on Friday defined the United States' decision to move its embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem as "a mistake". In a news briefing, Dominick Chilcott said: "As you may know, rather like the Turkish government, the British government’s view is we are not...

The use of force against Palestinian protesters by Israel amounts to a "war crime" under the Statute of Rome, said the UN rapporteur on Palestine on Friday.  The remarks came in Geneva, at a UN Human Rights Council special session on the deteriorating human rights situation in the...

The Israeli army on Friday disputed Palestinian accounts that a baby had died of tear gas inhalation during protests on the Gaza border. "This is another instance of Hamas fake news," Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus said, an army spokesman, referring to the Palestinian Islamist movement...