(Zaman Al Wasl) - Jaish Tahrir al-Sham a lancé Mercredi une attaque surprise contre les bastions de l'armée du régime dans la région de Qalamoun à l'est de la capitale, a déclaré Zaman al-Wasl, un militant des médias. Le groupe rebelle soutenu par les factions de la résistance...

 (Zaman Al Wasl) - La Russie a négocié de nouveaux accords d'évacuation dans la banlieue sud de Damas, à la suite de l'exode de 150 000 personnes du district est de la capitale, ont déclaré des militants locaux mercredi à Zaman al-Wasl. Une réunion a eu lieu mardi entre des...

A Syrian man who is under U.S. sanctions for assisting the Syrian government received residency status in Hungary under a visa bond programme launched by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government, two Hungarian websites reported. The investigative portals Direkt36 and 444.hu said on...

Turkey will take action if militants do not withdraw immediately from Syria's Manbij region and areas in the country east of the Euphrates, Ankara's National Security Council said on Wednesday. The Council said it also expected Iraq's government to prevent the operations of the...

A Lebanese army veteran set himself ablaze during a Wednesday demonstration held in Beirut to protest legislation related to pension entitlements.  The man, who has not been identified, reportedly set himself alight while protesting alongside dozens of other army veterans in...

Alexandre Bissonnette admitted Wednesday he is gunman who shot and killed six men during prayer at a Quebec City mosque last year. Bissonnette, 28, had pleaded not guilty Monday in front of Judge Francois Huot to the 12 charges – six of first-degree murder and six of attempted murder....

Yemen’s Houthi rebel group on Wednesday announced the release of nine of their fighters captured earlier by pro-government forces in a prisoner exchange.  Yemen’s Houthi-run SABA news agency reported that the nine captured fighters had been freed in a prisoner swap carried out in...

Palestine’s Religious Affairs Ministry is urging Arabs and Muslims worldwide to rally to the defense of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque amid calls by Jewish groups to visit the site -- in large numbers -- during the upcoming Jewish Passover holiday. In a Wednesday statement, Religious...

Three Facebook Messenger app users have filed a lawsuit claiming the social network violated their privacy by collecting logs of their phone calls and text messages. The suit, filed Tuesday in federal court in northern California, comes as Facebook faces scrutiny over privacy concerns....

Deposed Egyptian president Mohammad Morsi is being detained in conditions that fail to meet international standards and could lead to his premature death, according to a report released Wednesday by three British lawmakers. Morsi, who has a history of ill-health including diabetes,...

(Zaman Al- Wasl)- Thousands of Syrian rebels and civilians arrived in Idlib province on Wednesday after having evacuated their Eastern Ghouta enclave near Damascus, AFP said. Buses carrying opposition fighters, their relatives, and other civilians began arriving at a transit point in...

The Kremlin said Wednesday that President Vladimir Putin was still ready to hold a summit with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump despite the mass Western expulsions of Russian diplomats in a spy row. "This depends on the American side, but the Russian side remains open," Putin's spokesman...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Jaish Tahrir al-Sham on Wednesday launched surprise attack on regime army bastions in the Qalamoun region east of the capital, media activist told Zaman al-Wasl. The rebel group backed by resistance factions based in Qalamoun Mountains has hit regime posts in the area...

Former Catalan minister Clara Ponsati, who is wanted by Spain for her role in last year's independence bid, surrendered to Scottish police Wednesday to face arrest under a European warrant. Lawyers for Ponsati, a professor at the University of St Andrews, said they will "robustly"...

A lawyer for adult film star Stormy Daniels has requested in federal court to take deposition from President Donald Trump in a legal battle over an agreement to keep her quiet about an intimate relationship she says they had, according to court documents seen Wednesday. Her lawyer,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia has been brokering new evacuation deals in the southern outskirts of Damascus, following the exodus of 150,000 people from the eastern district of the capital, local activists told Zaman al-Wasl Wednesday. A meeting was held on Tuesday between Russian army...

The Bashar al-Assad regime and its supporters killed 1,433 civilians from Feb.19 to March 23 during airstrikes in Eastern Ghouta, a Damascus suburb, Syrian Civil Defense said on Tuesday. The fatalities included 291 children and 223 women, according to a report by White Helmets civil...

Former House Speaker Win Myint was elected Myanmar president on Wednesday following the resignation of Htin Kyaw. Win Myint, 66, had stepped down the powerful speaker position at the Lower House to become vice president soon after Htin Kyaw -- the first civilian president in more than...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has pledged to denuclearise the Korean Peninsula during his first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, according to China's state news agency. Xinhua on Wednesday quoted Kim saying that the issue could be resolved if South Korea and the...

Iraq wants to "keep away" from the U.S.-Iran conflict, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Wednesday. Baghdad wants to maintain a "balance" in its relations with Washington and Tehran, he told an energy conference in Baghdad, explaining that this policy was in Iraq's interest....