(Zaman Al Wasl)- A 'violent explosion' has rocked an Iranian-military base early Sunday in Hama province, residents said amid claims of an Israeli airstrike. Local activists said the explosion in the southern countryside of Hama was due to an Israeli raid on the 47th Brigade, a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Eight displaced people from Eastern Ghouta sububs were killed Saturday when their bus collided with a vehicle on the interstate highway near the coastal city of Jableh, regime media said.  Three civilians (father, mother and their daughter) from the Latakia...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian refugee patients with kidney failure in Jordan have been suffering from the cost of dialysis as donor countries neglects such torment. The patients were told on Friday that their free treatment which funded by the Qatari Red Crescent is no more availabe,...

 (Zaman Al Wasl) - Les réfugiés syriens souffrant d'insuffisance rénale en Jordanie ont souffert du coût de la dialyse, les pays donateurs négligeant un tel tourment. Les patients ont été informés vendredi que leur traitement gratuit financé par le Croissant-Rouge du Qatar n'était...

The 11th convoy carrying civilians and opposition fighters from Syria’s besieged enclave of Eastern Ghouta arrived in the central-western Hama province on Saturday. According to Anadolu Agency correspondents based in the area, the evacuees were taken from the towns of Arbin, Zamalka,...

The EU's diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini called Saturday for an independent investigation into the use of live ammunition by Israel's military following clashes in Gaza that left 16 Palestinians dead. "The EU mourns the loss of life. Our thoughts are with the families of the...

Nobel laureate Malala Yousufzai on Saturday visited her hometown in northwestern Pakistan for the first time after being shot by Taliban militants. Accompanied by her parents, two brothers, and Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb, the 20-year-old arrived in Swat Valley on a special...

Three-fourths of Jerusalem’s historic Al-Aqsa Mosque was built by the Ottoman Empire, said a Palestinian scholar on Saturday. "Al-Aqsa is an issue which concerns the whole Muslim community. Today we see Turkey leading this community," Nawaf Takruri, head of the Council of Palestinian...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 11 people, including 5 children and 3 women, were killed Saturday in airstrikes carried out by Russian and regime warplanes on northern Idlib province, Civil Defense rescuing group said. Five children and three women lost their lives in regime bombing on the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels killed three regime troops in southern Daraa city following the army attempt to seize opposition-held neighbourhoods, local activists said Saturday. The clashes erupted late on Friday near the Old City of Daraa and Al-Manshiya neighborhood, activists...

Turkey Saturday warned France against increasing its military presence in Syria, saying it would be an "invasion", as tensions between Paris and Ankara remained high. Temperatures were raised after French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday met a delegation of the Syrian Democratic...

Syrian regime army Saturday promised to finish off rebels in a final holdout of the crumbling opposition bastion of Eastern Ghouta where talks on a possible evacuation deal have stalled. The army said it would press "fighting in the area of Douma to rid it of terrorism," referring to...

Israeli troops fired warning shots towards Palestinian youths gathered at the Gaza-Israel border Saturday, wounding 13 people, health officials said. Tensions remained high in the area a day after deadly violence broke out in one of the biggest Palestinian demonstrations there in years....

A fire broke out at the Houthi-controlled Yemeni port of Hodeidah early Saturday, destroying warehouses filled with cooking fuel and foodstuffs, port workers said. They told Reuters that, as of 1100 GMT, fire trucks had not been able to put out the blaze in the warehousing area, which they...

An Israeli drone crashed in southern Lebanon on Saturday, according to Lebanon’s official National News Agency.   The unmanned spy plane fell down between the villages of Beit Yahoun and Baraachit, the agency said.    Local media aired images of the crashed...

Palestinians marked a general strike and a day of mourning on Saturday over the death of 15 Palestinians by Israeli gunfire during rallies demanding the right of return to refugees.   Shops across the occupied West Bank shuttered their doors, universities and schools suspended...

Business leaders from Muslim nations will gather in the Tunisian capital on Sunday to review last year's performance by the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), and discuss and approve its development agenda for the year ahead. Representatives of 57 member states, senior government officials...

The UN Security Council slapped sanctions Friday on 21 shipping companies, 27 ships and one individual for alleged smuggling to help North Korea undermine existing sanctions, the U.S. mission to the UN said. The illicit efforts were aimed at helping Pyongyang sell coal and buy oil after...

Kim Jong Un is committed to sending North Korean teams to the Tokyo and Beijing Olympics, IOC chief Thomas Bach said Saturday after a rare meeting with the leader of the nuclear-armed regime in Pyongyang. Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee, also said the IOC will...

Russia has told Britain it must send home "just over 50" more of its diplomats in a worsening standoff with the West over the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter in Britain. Russia has already retaliated in kind against Britain and ejected 23 British diplomats over the...