(Zaman Al Wasl)- An ISIS branch in southern Syria has been mobilizing its militants to seize an Israeli-Syrian buffer zone since 1973 near the Occupied Golan Heights, sources told Zaman al-Wasl Monday. Jaish Khalid Ibn al-Walid seeks to capture the ‘Yellow Zone’ that includes 5 towns...

At least 22 people are now known to have died when Taliban militants slaughtered guests at a luxury Kabul hotel, Afghan officials said Monday, as fears grew that the attackers may have had inside help. Authorities warned they were still investigating how militants breached security,...

Turkish air raids killed 11 civilians Sunday in the northern Syrian region of Afrin, including eight members of the same family who had fled fighting elsewhere, the Observatory said. The reported strikes came on the second day of "Operation Olive Branch," as Turkish tanks and troops...

A motorcycle bomb killed three civilians and wounded two dozen others on Monday at a bustling morning market in Thailand's insurgency-hit south, the first such attack by suspected militants on a 'soft target' in the Muslim-majority region for months. A rebellion against Thai rule in the...

The Screen Actors Guild Awards is tipping the scales for some Oscar hopefuls with a best actor win for Gary Oldman for his transformation into Winston Churchill for "Darkest Hour" and supporting actor wins for "I, Tonya's" Allison Janney and Sam Rockwell for his role in "Three Billboards...

Turkish Armed Forces on Sunday took control of 11 PYD positions and created safe zones during Operation Olive Branch in Syria's northwestern Afrin region. According to an Anadolu Agency correspondent on the field, Turkish army backed by the Free Syrian Army (FSA) captured Afrin’s...

Syria's main opposition group said it will send a delegation Monday to regime ally Russia to discuss with officials Moscow's "real stance" on the Syrian political process. The visit by the Syrian Negotiations Commission (SNC) comes as Moscow gets set to host peace talks in the Black Sea...

The United Nations Security Council will hold talks about the situation in Syria on Monday, French Foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on his Twitter feed on Sunday. He added that France would press for humanitarian access. Le Drian said earlier on Sunday that France had called...

The body of a Syrian man was found Sunday in a large tank of asphalt near the Aley town of Ain Dara, the state-run National News Agency reported.

Iraq will on Monday sign a memorandum of understanding with American energy company Orion to tap gas at an oil field in the south of the country, the petroleum ministry said. The Nahr Bin Omar field, situated in the hydrocarbon-rich Basra province, is currently producing 40,000 barrels...

Turkey’s Operation Olive Branch in northwestern Afrin region of Syria only targets terror groups and not Kurds, Arabs or Turkmen, Turkish deputy minister said on Sunday. Speaking to the foreign journalists in Istanbul, Bekir Bozdag said PKK, YPG, KCK and PYD terrorists turned the region...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least three civilians were killed and dozen more wounded in regime airstrikes on the northern town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province, Civil Defense rescuing group said on Sunday. 3 civilians killed and many wounded after 2 warplanes raids targeted residential...

Turkish jets destroyed 45 more targets of PYD/PKK as part of Operation Olive Branch in Syria's Afrin region on Sunday, Turkish General Staff said in a statement. The statement said destroyed targets included shelters, ammunition depots and weapon emplacements belonging to the terrorist...

Germany’s Social Democrats approved on Sunday the start of formal coalition negotiations with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats, after a heated debate at the party's extraordinary congress in the western city of Bonn. Some 362 delegates voted in favor of entering coalition...

Gunmen have killed at least five people and wounded eight others in an ongoing attack on Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel, officials said Sunday, as panicked guests were seen climbing over balconies to escape. More than eleven hours after the assault began Afghan security forces were...

France on Sunday called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council over Syria following the launch of Turkey's Operation Olive Branch in Syria's Afrin, French Foreign Ministry announced in a statement. "Ghouta, Idlib, Afrin - France asks for an urgent meeting of the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The fierce war in Syria did not leave anyone without a grave effect on their spirit. Death may be the least of those effects, as some Syrians say, because those who died have ended their torment from the moment of the soul's descent into their Creator. Those who have not...

Britain’s Muslims will start a new counter-terrorism initiative under the country’s biggest Muslim umbrella organization, according to a conference in North London on Saturday. The plans for the new initiative by the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) was one of the key issues covered in...

Saudi Arabia plans to build nine desalination plants for more than 2 billion riyals ($530 million) on the Red Sea coast, its environment minister said Sunday. The plants will have capacity of 240,000 cubic meters of water per day and will be completed in less than 18 months, Abdulrahman...

A $16 billion deal with Emirates airline for A380 superjumbos will give Airbus "at least 10 years of visibility", the European manufacturer's CEO Tom Enders said in an interview published Sunday. Emirates announced the deal on Thursday to buy 36 Airbus A380s - just days after the group...