The Syrian regime on Sunday intensified its attacks on rebel-held areas of the northern Homs province, killing at least two civilians. According to information gathered by Anadolu Agency’s correspondents on the ground, the regime forces launched 70 airstrikes, targeting al-Zafarana,...

Mike Pompeo arrived in Riyadh on Saturday for his first overseas visit as the US' new secretary of state, with some tough words to the Saudi leadership on its blockade of Qatar and the ongoing war in Yemen. Pompeo reportedly told Riyadh that "enough is enough" regarding the Saudi-led...

 Libya's decision to give up its nuclear program through diplomacy is a model for efforts to have North Korea do likewise, U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton said Sunday. "We have very much in mind the Libya model from 2003, 2004," Bolton told Fox News Sunday when asked if...

French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Theresa May Sunday urged the world to keep up the fight against chemical weapons on the anniversary of an international convention banning their use. "On the 21st anniversary of the Chemical Weapons Convention, and following...

 U.S. backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said Sunday they had expelled Syrian troops that had earlier taken control of a string of villages in oil-rich areas it controls east of the Euphrates river near the border with Iraq. The SDF forces led by the Kurdish YPG militia said in a...

The leader of the wave of protests that has pushed Armenia into a political crisis says he has met with the country's president. Nikol Pashinian said Sunday that he hopes President Armen Sarkisian will support Pashinian's bid to become prime minister. The parliament is to choose a new...

At least 15 African migrants died Sunday when their boat trying to reach Europe capsized off the Algerian coast, a coast guard official said. Coast guard and civil protection authorities rescued 19 of 34 people on board, state news agency APS said. The boat sank off the coast of...

The Syrian army said on Sunday it had captured a string of villages from U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) east of the Euphrates river near the border with Iraq where Kurdish-led forces are in control, state television said. The U.S.-backed proxy forces spearheaded by the...

The Syrian regime and rebels have reached a deal to evacuate opposition fighters from an area of southern Damascus near the site of a regime offensive against militants, state media said Sunday. The announcement comes more than a week into a regime assault to oust Daesh (ISIS) fighters...

   (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime and Russia have stepped up its aerial campaign on opposition-held areas in central Homs province after the fail of 'reconciliation' talks, local activists said Sunday. The missile assault hit the towns of al-Za'faraneh, al-Sa'en and...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- A well-informed source in the Syrian Air Force revealed to Zaman al-Wasl that Israel had used US advanced ‘smart missiles’ in the April-9 airstrikes on the Iranian-held T-4 air base in Syria.  The two Israeli F-15 warplanes used GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb...

State run Saudi Aramco, the world's top oil company, said Sunday it has appointed five new members to its board including a female executive, a milestone for Saudi Arabia and the oil industry where there are few women executives. The appointments come as the Saudi government plans to...

 North Korea promised to close its atomic test site next month and invite U.S. weapons experts to the country, Seoul said Sunday, as Donald Trump expressed optimism about securing a nuclear deal in his summit with the secretive regime. The reported pledge from the North's leader...

An Afghan official says a group of children set off an unexploded mortar round in a residential area in the eastern Nangarhar province, causing a blast that killed a woman and two children. Attahullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor, says another seven children were...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels clashed with Lebanese Hezbollah militia in Quneitra province near the Israeli-Occupied Golan Heights, local activist said Saturday. Hezbollah militants sought to seize posts held by rebels in the town of Khan Arnabeh in the northern countryside, activist...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Alternative energy has played an essential role in breaking the regime’s siege policy in Syria that depends on cutting off electricity and water supplies in opposition-held areas. Activists say people in Daraa province, the cradle of the Syrian revolution, have...

Uganda security forces said they have killed two people and arrested 36 others following a raid in a mosque in a Kampala suburb. Addressing reporters Saturday afternoon, Ugandan counterterrorism police director Abas Byakagaba explained they were following what they described as a key...

Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan unofficially kicked off his re-election campaign Saturday, vowing to defeat the secularist opposition in "historic" snap elections that he has called for June. Although yet to formally declare his candidacy, Erdogan held what was effectively his first...

New U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Saudi Arabia Saturday on the first stop of his hastily-arranged visit to the Middle East as decisions on the Iran nuclear deal and a review of the U.S. role in Syria loom large. A State Department official said the visit to Riyadh,...

The Syrian regime army and its allies engaged in a fierce battle on Saturday with Daesh (ISIS) fighters in an enclave south of Damascus held by the jihadist group. Reuters witnesses, a war monitor and state television reported intense fighting including artillery bombardment and small...