(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebel group Failaq al-Rahman accused Russia of seeking to forcibly displace the population of the rebel-held eastern Ghouta of Damascus, after Moscow said it would give opposition fighters and their families safe passage out of the area. "Moscow insists on...

( The International Committee for the Red Cross says it was forced to halt aid delivery to the besieged eastern suburbs of Damascus the previous day after the security situation deteriorated while aid workers were on the ground. Ingy Sedky, the ICRC spokeswoman in Syria says most of the...

BRATISLAVA (AFP) -  Pressure mounted Monday for Slovakia's prime minister and interior minister to resign, after the murder of a journalist who had been probing alleged corruption linked to the governing SMER-SD party. The justice minister, who belongs to the coalition party...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- You are not required to be a war veteran or a patriot to pin a Russian decoration on your chest in Syria.  The same mentality of the Soviet Union in selling Ph.D certificates and university degrees has turned to sell courage medals to the officers of the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)-At least 30 people have been treated in Eastern Ghouta suburbs after suffering symptoms consistent with exposure to chlorine gas, Civil Defense rescuing group said on Monday. The eighth chlorine attack on Ghouta in two months has targeted the town of Hammuriyeh that...

PARIS (Reuters)- Emmanuel Macron urged Russian President Vladimir Putin in a telephone call Monday to ensure Syria accepts "without any ambiguity" a U.N. resolution calling for a 30-day ceasefire, the French president's office said. "Acknowledging that armed opposition groups have...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime bombardment on Eastern Ghouta suburbs killed at least 85 civilians on Monday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Britain-based war monitor said at least 19 of the victims were killed in the town of Hammuriyeh, where regime aircraft used...

BEIRUT (AFP)- Turkish air strikes Monday killed 13 civilians including two children in northwestern the Kurdish enclave of Afrin, a monitor said. The deadly air raids hit the town of Jandairis near the Turkish border, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor...

A total of 46 UN aid convoy arrived in Syria's Eastern Ghouta on Monday after three-hour delay due to Bashar al-Assad regime attacks in the area. Assad regime earlier denied access to a UN aid convoy into the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta on Monday, according to Anadolu Agency...

LONDON (Reuters)- Aid agencies in Britain have reported 80 cases where they have caused harm, or a risk of harm, since a sexual abuse scandal broke last month, a watchdog body said Monday at a summit to tackle sexual exploitation in the sector. Some reports related to allegations of...

A miner was killed and five others were injured in clashes that erupted on Monday in a gold-rich area of Sudan’s northern River Nile State, according to local government officials. Abdul Moneim al-Saim, commissioner of the Barbar locality in which the incident occurred, attributed the...

Fresh air raids by the Syrian regime on the besieged rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta killed at least 14 civilians overnight, the Observatory said Monday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said barrel bombs -- crude, improvised munitions that cause indiscriminate damage --...

ANKARA: Turkey has asked German authorities to detain and extradite a prominent Syrian Kurdish leader who was briefly arrested in the Czech Republic last month, state media reported Monday. Saleh Muslim, the former co-chair of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), was detained late Feb. 24...

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday Italian election results were a reminder that Europeans should not only fight for lofty ideas but also take into account ordinary citizens' efforts to cope with the strains of immigration. "I take note that, in the world we live in,...

RIYADH (AFP)- Saudi Arabia and Egypt have set up a $10 billion joint fund to develop a mega city, a Saudi government source said Monday, as Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman visits Cairo. The deal is aimed at developing the Egyptian side of NEOM, the futuristic project straddling Saudi...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime warplanes pounded rebel bastions in the eastern Qalamoun region overnight, killing 4 fighters, activists and residents told Zaman al-Wasl. Activists Wessam Abdulnour said the strikes targeted Jaish al-Islam and Ahmed al-Abdo Battalions. The regime...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Une femme septuagénaire qui avait l’air d’une paysanne montait dans le métro n° 13 à Paris. Avec une voix basse et un dialecte semblable au Syrien, elle commence à raconter son histoire sollicitant l'aide des gens: “Hey bienfaiteurs! Nous sommes Syriens, nous n'avons plus...

BERLIN (Reuters)- Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday she would work with France to tackle pressing issues such as trade policy and the war in Syria after the Social Democrats (SPD) voted to join a coalition government with her conservatives. Merkel welcomed the vote by a majority of...

Iraq has ordered the seizure of assets that belonged to executed dictator Saddam Hussein and more than 4,200 officials from his former regime, an official statement said Monday. The list of ex-regime bosses was drawn up by the Iraqi agency charged with tracking down former officials...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Russian drone crashed in the central province of Homs due to a technical malfunction, local activists said on Monday. Reconnaissance craft was flying in the region of al-Hola, the key opposition stronghold in the northern countryside. Technical...