Iran's judiciary chief Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani warned Thursday he would not tolerate any corruption within his ranks, threatening to publicly name any offending employee. "I thought it would be enough to dismiss five judges breaking the law for others to become aware of their...

Syria's main Kurdish groups will not go to a Syrian peace congress in Russia next week and there can be no discussion of a solution to the war while a Turkish assault on the Afrin region continues, a senior Kurdish official said Thursday. Badran Jia Kurd, adviser to the...

U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that he did not envision a "strategic alliance" with Russia in Syria as Washington looks to end Daesh (ISIS) and curb Iran. "I don't see strategic alliance - perhaps tactical symmetry for a convenient moment, but not a strategic...

Air strikes on a village held by Daesh (ISIS) in the eastern part of Deir al-Zor province killed at least 13 people including seven women on Tuesday, Syrian state media and a war monitoring group reported Thursday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the...

(Eqtsad)- Syrian refugees in the Turkish city of Kilis have been living in a state of panic as the Kurdish militias    retaliate to the Turkish military operation in Afrin by bombing the border town. Two people were killed and 12 others wounded in Kilis after two rockets...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S. and Turkish military commanders have discussed the possibility of creating a "secure zone" along the border with Syria, a Pentagon spokesman said Thursday amid rising tensions over Turkish intervention in the area. "Clearly we continue to talk to the Turks...

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when the Israeli leader visits Moscow on Jan. 29, RIA news agency cited a Kremlin spokesman as saying on Thursday.

Pakistan's claim that the U.S. hit an Afghan refugee camp in a drone strike is "false", a U.S. spokesman said Thursday, as tensions between the uneasy allies ratchet higher over Islamabad's alleged support for militants. The drone strike, which took place well inside Pakistani...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-backed forces took the town of Graneej from Daesh (ISIS) in eastern Deir Ezzor province on Wednesday, such a gain makes the al-Sheitat region under the full control of Kurdish-led militias, activists said. For over a month, the YPG-led Syrian Democratic...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Russian Air Force lost more than 30 jets and helicopters in Syria during 27 months since Russia intervened to save the Assad regime on September 30, 2015. The aircraft downed due to technical faults or downed by hostile fire. Others were destroyed on airports...

The IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation has distributed 139 truckloads of humanitarian aid to Syrians, the group said Wednesday. The aid was delivered to Syrians seeking shelter in camps near the Turkish border, the foundation’s media adviser, Selim Tosun, said in a news release....

Qatar is in talks with Moscow to buy Russian S-400 missile air defence systems, Tass state news agency quoted the Qatari ambassador to Russia on Thursday as saying. Qatar is engaged in a deepening diplomatic row with some of its Gulf Arab neighbours, including Saudi Arabia and the...

The leaders of 21 international humanitarian groups have urged the U.S. to reconsider its decision to withhold $65 million from the U.N. aid agency for Palestinian refugees, warning of "dire consequences" if funding is cut. They say they are alarmed by the Trump administration's link...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces on Wednesday have allowed tens of displaced families to return home in the eastern town of al-Mayadeen near the Iraqi border after 3 months of ISIS defeat, local activists said. The regime fight with ISIS has pushed thousands of people to flee...

Leading Turkish and Kurdish groups in Germany Wednesday accused each other of “importing” a foreign conflict in the wake of Ankara’s cross-border offensive against a Syrian Kurdish militia. Skirmishes have erupted between the two groups in Germany since Turkey launched its operation “Olive...

An armed group loyal to Libya’s national unity government said Wednesday it had arrested a gang accused of kidnapping and torturing Sudanese migrants near the northern city of Sirte. The gang, made up of “five Libyans and one Palestinian ... had tortured eight migrants,” said the Sirte...

U.S. President Donald Trump urged Turkey to curtail its military operations in Syria and avoid risk of conflict with American forces, in a call with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Wednesday, the White House said. "President Trump relayed concerns that escalating violence in Afrin,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Social media observer can notice the the deep gap between the segments of Syrian society since 2011. This great refraction was not confined to the limits of the virtual world only, but divided the Syrian arena between the pro-Assad regime and opposition in the ranks of the...

Britain's financial "old boys" club was rocked by its own sexual harassment scandal Wednesday after a Financial Times investigation found that female hostesses were groped at a men-only charity gala attended by hundreds of senior executives. Last week's event at London's Dorchester...

Scientists in China have created the first monkeys cloned by the same process that produced Dolly the sheep more than 20 years ago, a breakthrough that could boost medical research into human diseases. The two long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) named Hua Hua and Zhong Zhong...