(Zaman Al Wasl)- The military alliance fighting in support of Bashar Assad said Saturday Israel will witness a "severe and serious" response to its "terrorism" from now on. In a statement, the alliance said Israeli claims that a drone entered Israeli airspace were a "lie". The statement...

(Zaman Al Wasl) The most serious escalation since the beginning of the Syrian revolution. The Israeli army targets 12 targets, including 3 Syrian air defense batteries and 4 Iranian targets. An Israeli airplane is brought down by Syrian fire and Israel intercepts and Iranian aircraft. ...

Sixteen militants were killed and 4 others arrested in a major crackdown launched by Egypt on Friday, the Egyptian army said in a statement carried by state TV early on Sunday. Another 30 suspects were arrested, it said. The Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Nov....

 Israel said it launched air strikes against air defenses and Iranian targets in Syria Saturday and the Syrian army claimed to have hit an Israeli F-16 that crashed in northern Israel in a major escalation of tension. The Israeli military said the F-16 jet crashed during a mission...

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will press Turkey to rein in its military operation in northern Syria during a visit to the NATO ally next week, a senior U.S. official said on Friday. "That's going to be a difficult conversation," the official told reporters in a briefing about...

The French Muslim woman, Mennel Ibtissem, has quit The Voice, a TV singing competition in France, amid criticism of comments she posted on Facebook after Islamic extremist attacks in 2016. Ibtissem drew nationwide attention for a moving performance Saturday on The Voice of Leonard...

An official source in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday said that Saudi Arabia condemns and strongly denounces the attacks on Eastern Ghouta and the use of chemical weapons by Al Assad regime, which is a flagrant violation of the international laws. The source clarified that...

GENEVA, Switzerland: The UN said Friday that surging violence across Yemen had pushed some 85,000 people from their homes in the past 10 weeks, with hundreds continuing to flee each day. The UN refugee agency said more than 70 percent of those displaced since December 1 had fled a...

A US-backed Kurdish-led force in Syria on Friday confirmed capturing British jihadist Alexanda Amon Kotey last month as he attempted to flee from Syria to Turkey. Redur Khalil, a spokesperson and senior official in the Syrian Democratic Forces, said his fighters had captured many wanted...

 Daesh (Islamic State) fighters clashed with Syrian insurgents in the northwestern province of Idlib on Friday, a monitoring group and a rebel commander said, accusing pro-government forces of opening a corridor for the jihadists to reach the region. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...

The Yemeni army on Friday announced the death of five Houthi field commanders in “fierce clashes” that occurred one day earlier in Yemen’s northern Al-Jawf province. “Five Houthi commanders were killed Thursday evening when the army responded to attempts by Houthi elements to advance...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Friday's heavy aerial bombing on northern Idlib province killed at least 13 people as the Russian and regime warplanes step up campaign on the rebel-held territory near the Turkish border, rescuing group said. , The strikes hit a local market in the town of...

A Palestinian youth was injured on Friday in clashes with the Israeli army in the West Bank cities of Ramallah and Nablus.  Clashes erupted in the village of Mazraa al-Gharbiya north of Ramallah in the central West Bank, according to an Anadolu Agency correspondent in the...

A Hamas delegation headed by group leader Ismail Haniyeh set out from the blockaded Gaza Strip for Cairo on Friday to meet Egyptian officials. According to group spokesman Fawzi Barhoum, the delegation includes Hamas Political Bureau members Khalil al-Hayya, Rawhi Mushtaha and...

By Abdullah Ghadawi (Zaman al-Wasl)- Sources in the Syrian opposition revealed that economic projects have been promised to Britain and France in Syria, pointing out that these European countries have placed their political and economic interests in Syria, especially regarding...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the Syrian peace process by phone on Friday, the Kremlin said in a statement. The two men discussed the importance of increasing Franco-Russian cooperation on Syria, options to rebuild the country, and the need...

Prime Minister Edouard Philippe will look to deep-pocketed sovereign wealth funds in the United Arab Emirates to further investments in France when he carries his "France is back" pitch to Abu Dhabi and Dubai this weekend, a government source said. Among the investors Philippe will meet are...

Fresh air strikes hit the Syrian rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta on Friday, AFP correspondents reported, the fifth straight day of a bombing campaign that has killed more than 220 civilians. Syrian warplanes have battered the enclave's towns since Monday, trapping thousands of families in...

BENGHAZI, Libya: An explosion took place at a mosque in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Friday, residents said. There was no immediate word on casualties. Two weeks ago, around 35 people were killed by a twin bombing at a mosque in the same city.

Relentless bombardment by the Syrian military of the rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta is hampering vital relief operations, an international aid group warned Friday. The intensity of the air strikes, which have killed more than 220 civilians in just four days, has made it extremely...