(Zaman Al Wasl)- The seven years of Syria's war have imposed more serious repercussions than the war itself. The repercussions started to storm the society in order to weaken and dismantle and eventually destroy it. The war repercussions reflect in the spread of addiction and...

Three people were killed and two injured when a helicopter crashed into a house in a suburban Southern California neighborhood just a few minutes after taking off, officials said. The helicopter crashed into the house with such force that it was barely recognizable. The crushed...

The Israeli authorities have notified African migrants and asylum seekers -- mainly those from Sudan and Eritrea -- that they have three months to leave the country or face jail time. Last August, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled that Eritrean and Sudanese migrants who had not...

The Secretaries of Defense and State urged an end to the ongoing row between Qatar and four of its neighbors Tuesday, saying the Gulf crisis has not only hurt the countries directly involved but Washington as well. "This dispute has had direct negative consequences economically...

Turkey is drawing up contingency plans to cope with any movement of Syrian civilians toward the north of the country to flee Ankara's air and ground offensive against a Kurdish militia. The campaign unleashed Jan. 20 targets the US-backed People's Protection Units (YPG), considered a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime airstrikes on besieged Eastern Ghouta suburbs killed two civilians on Tuesday, Civil Defense agency said. The strikes pounded the suburb of Arbin as the resume heavy fighting in Eastern Ghouta since Sunday after a short period of relative calm...

UN special envoy on Syria Staffan de Mistura on Tuesday welcomed a proposal on forming a constitutional committee after intra-Syrian talks. De Mistura's remarks came after a proposal to organize the committee by the parties at the two-day Syrian National Dialogue Congress in the...

One in four children in the world has been living in a country affected by conflict or a disaster, the UN warned on Tuesday. In a report on humanitarian action for children in 2018 , the UN Children's Fund revealed that nearly 50 million children have been displaced due to...

Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian in West Bank: ministry

Turkish Armed Forces and Free Syrian Army (FSA) units liberated a village in western Afrin of PYD/PKK terrorists following an operation launched in the Raju district on Tuesday morning. According to a Anadolu Agency correspondent at the scene, the village of al-Qana in west Afrin...

A coalition of eight Egyptian opposition parties and some 150 pro-democracy public figures are calling on voters to boycott the March presidential election, saying it amounts to a "farce" or "absurdity bordering on madness." The incumbent, general-turned-president Abdel-Fattah...

The Free Syrian Army (FSA) is not a terrorist group, but a national organization that is defending its homeland, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday. Addressing lawmakers from the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party, Erdogan slammed the main opposition, Republican...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 7 civilians killed and dozen more  wounded in fresh Russian airstrikes a marketplace in northern Idlib province, Civil Defense rescuing group said. Tuesday's strikes hit the central market of the town of Ariha, leaving seven people killed as the...

Israel said Tuesday it was reopening its embassy in Jordan which has been shut for six months, after the countries resolved a diplomatic dispute over a deadly shooting. The embassy in Amman is in the process of "gradual reopening," Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Emmanuel...

The opening of Russia's showpiece congress aimed at bringing Syria's seven-year war to an end was delayed by at least two hours Tuesday, as Moscow struggled to bring together key players. Regime-backer Moscow has invited 1,600 delegates to the meeting in the Black Sea resort of...

The Israeli army said Monday it was creating a unified command in Palestinian areas adjoining occupied east Jerusalem after a rise in attacks launched from the area since 2015. "The goal is to create a single regional brigade that will coordinate counterterrorism activities," the...

CIA Director Mike Pompeo said he expects Russia will target U.S. mid-term elections later this year as part of the Kremlin's attempt to influence domestic politics across the West. In an interview with the BBC, Pompeo also said that North Korea might have the ability to strike the...

The Syrian government's chemical weapons stockpile has been linked for the first time by laboratory tests to the largest sarin nerve agent attack of the civil war, diplomats and scientists told Reuters, supporting Western claims that government forces under President Bashar Assad were...

A Saudi official said on Tuesday all detainees were released from Riyadh's Ritz-Carlton hotel, where they were held as part of an anti-corruption campaign. Dozens of princes, senior officials and top businessmen were detained and confined in the opulent Ritz-Carlton Riyadh as the...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Abu Abdou fled his home in Khalidiya neighborhood in Homs six years ago towards Eastern Ghouta of Damascus. One day, Abu Abdou was picking up plastic bags and empty bottles from streets in Hamuriya to sell them and feed his children when a shell fell near...