Turkey never used chemical weapons in its operations in Syria, and takes the utmost care of civilians, its foreign minister said, after Syrian Kurdish forces and a monitoring group accused it of carrying out a gas attack in Syria's Afrin region. "It's just a fabricated story. Turkey has...

Syrian Kurdish forces and the Syrian regime have reached an agreement for the army to enter the Afrin region to help repel a Turkish offensive, a senior Kurdish official told Reuters Sunday. Badran Jia Kurd, an adviser to the Kurdish-led administration in north Syria, said army troops...

Zaman Al Wasl)- Large military reinforcements arrived to the edge of  embattled Eastern suburbs of Damascus  to back the regime forces fighting in the major offensive against rebel factions, rebel commander told Zaman al-Wasl on Sunday. Said Saif, the spokesman of the Ahmed...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel could act against Iran itself, not just its allies in the Middle East, after border incidents in Syria brought the Middle East foes closer to direct confrontation. Iran mocked Netanyahu's tough words, saying Israel's...

Women in Saudi Arabia can now open their own businesses without the consent of a husband or male relative, as the kingdom pushes to expand a fast-growing private sector. The policy change, announced by the Saudi government on Thursday, also marks a major step away from the strict...

The Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) said Sunday that three of its foreign members were killed in Syria, including two in the northern enclave of Afrin. The Kurdish militia, the backbone of a U.S.-backed force that has fought the Islamic State group, named the fighters as French...

Assad regime forces on Sunday killed nine civilians, including four children, in air and land attacks targeting the opposition-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta, according to a Syrian civil defense group. In the town of Misraba, eastern Ghouta, airstrikes targeting residential areas killed...

The United States is still unsure who directed a Feb. 7 attack on U.S. and U.S.-backed forces in Syria, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Saturday, even as he acknowledged accounts that Russian civilian contractors were involved. Reuters has reported that about 300 men working for a...

A Lebanese citizen and his Syrian wife were found murdered and dumped in the Arnavutkoy neighborhood in Istanbul, the Lebanese foreign ministry said in a statement, adding that two Syrian suspects have been arrested. The man was identified as Mohammed Mahmoud Bashir and the wife as...

An Aseman Airlines flight carrying dozens of passengers from Tehran to Yasuj in Iran has crashed in a mountainous area, according to reports that stated all 66 people on board had died. The plane crashed in a mountainous area near the town of Semirom, the news agency ISNA quoted...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- A study prepared by former Syrian officers who were part of one of the Hezbollah training teams due to military mission by the regime army. These officers provide details about the unmanned airplanes and the types that Hezbollah uses in its operations....

The state news agency Petra reports that Jordan's military says it has foiled a plot to smuggle in weapons, drugs and terrorists by using an old pipeline linking the kingdom with Syria and Iraq. Saturday's report says smugglers used a house near Jordan's northern border and dug tunnels...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 24 regime troops and allied militants from coastal Latakia province killed by rebels in the last two weeks of February, pro-regime activists said. The death toll included a Colonel and two Brigadiers. About 500 regime fighters killed by ISIS, rebels and Tahrir...

Israeli fire killed two Palestinian teenagers in Gaza, local health officials said on Sunday, after Israel launched attacks against 18 targets belonging to militant groups in the enclave in response to an explosion that wounded four Israeli soldiers. The flare-up, which started on...

 U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday the FBI was so caught up in the Russia probe that it failed to heed signs which could have prevented the Parkland school shooting. His comments came as he faces criticism from survivors of the attack over his ties to the powerful National...

Zaman Al Wasl will launch a huge search engine including data and names of 1,500,000 people wanted for the Syrian regime, including warrants of arrest, interrogation and travel ban. Syria’s first enormous search engine is also including names of 250,000 women....

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in an interview to air Sunday that he is "listening" for signs that North Korea is ready to engage in direct talks. "My job as chef diplomat is to ensure that the North Koreans know, we keep our channels open," Tillerson told the CBS news show...

While fierce regime shelling of Syria's besieged Eastern Ghouta district continues, thousands of civilians have fled, with many of those remaining forced to live in shelters. Since last November, Eastern Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, has continued to be the target of fierce attacks by...

   (Zaman Al Wasl)- Head of regime's Military Intelligence in Deir Ezzor province has been killed in a car crash on Saturday, pro-regime news feed said. No further details about the car accident that killed M. General Jamal Razzouq. The initial reports said the...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Hezbollah militants based near the Occupied Golan Heights have been on alert since shooting down the Israeli F-16 week ago, activists told Zaman al-Wasl on Saturday. The Lebanese militia in Quneitra province has received heavy weapons and reinforcement, said...