Britain scrambled two Royal Air Force Typhoon jets Monday from Scotland to intercept Russian planes near the United Kingdom's airspace, a defense ministry spokesman said. The Typhoons were scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth in Moray, Scotland. "This is a live operation and therefore...

Two women carrying goods between Morocco and Spain's Ceuta enclave were killed Monday in a stampede at the border between the two countries, a rights group and officials said. The stampede took place at the Tarajal II crossing for pedestrians between the Moroccan border town of Fnideq...

BERLIN: The German government says it will seek more detail on what the U.S. wants regarding the nuclear deal with Iran after President Donald Trump demanded that European allies fix what he called "terrible flaws." Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman, Steffen Seibert, stressed Monday...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Bashar al-Assad has promoted his close army officers in the Air Force, keeping most of them in their positions in 2018, well-informed source told Zaman al-Wasl. According to a new decree, most of Air Force commanders will remain in...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- A well-known forest lies on the northern bank of  Euphrates lake in Raqqa province has been exposed to haphazard timber cutting and neglect for years which resulted in the emergence of empty patches and patches of dry trees. The former employee at...

Authorities in Qatar have denied that Qatari fighter jets intercepted an Emirati aircraft, after United Arab Emirates said that one of its civilian jets was accompanied by war planes en route to Bahrain.  Qatar's foreign ministry released a statement on Monday saying the claim was...

The Syrian regime army is determined to end any form of U.S. presence in the country, state television said Monday, citing an official source in the foreign ministry. The U.S.-led coalition is working with Syrian militias to set up a new border force of 30,000 personnel. The move has...

The Trump administration is preparing to withhold tens of millions of dollars from the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, cutting the year's first contribution by more than half or perhaps entirely, and making additional donations contingent on major changes to the organization, according to...

Pakistan will try to privatize its national airline before general elections due this year, privatization minister Daniyal Aziz said, as the ruling party seeks to restart sales of state-run businesses. Pakistan International Airlines(PIA), hemorrhaging money and losing market share to...

A total of 25 people were killed in the recent unrest that hit several towns and cities across Iran, the judiciary said Sunday, with 465 still under arrest. "Twenty-five people, ordinary citizens and our own forces, were killed during the recent troubles," said judiciary spokesman...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces have recaptured dozens of towns and villages from rebels, an activist group said Sunday, bringing them closer to a key military airport in the country's northwest. "In the past 24 hours, regime forces have taken at least 79 villages in the...

The U.S.-led coalition is working with its Syrian militia allies to set up a new border force of 30,000 personnel, the coalition said Sunday, a move that has added to Turkish anger over U.S. support for Kurdish-dominated forces in Syria. A senior Turkish official told Reuters the U.S....

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday that Israel has "ended" the landmark Oslo peace accords of the 1990s with its actions. "I am saying that Oslo, there is no Oslo," he said at the start of a meeting of Palestinian leaders called to discuss US President Donald Trump's...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Prominent commander in the Lebanese Hezbollah militia was killed by ISIS in the eastern countryside of Homs province, local reporter said on Sunday. Four Hezbollah fighters were also killed with Mohamed Sadeq Sharafeddin in the Syrian desert as social media activists...

A member of Qatar's ruling family said he had been detained against his will in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in a video widely circulated on social media on Sunday. Abdullah bin Ali Al-Thani said in the video: "I am currently in Abu Dhabi. I was a guest of Sheikh Mohammed. I am no...

Palestine's minister of awqaf and religious affairs said Sunday that Israel had committed more than 1,000 violations against mosques and churches in 2017. Speaking at the government press center in Ramallah, Yousef Adeis said Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in particular...

The rape and murder of a seven-year old girl named Zainab last week in the Pakistani city of Kasur prompted thousands to stage rallies to demand justice. The anger and grief over the young girl's fate was evident both on the streets and on social media, where large numbers used the...

Turkey will continue to fight terrorism on its southern borders with the operation in the northern Syrian region of Afrin, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. “In the coming days, God willing, we will continue with Afrin [operation] -- that we started first with Euphrates...

A missile has crashed near civilians in Syria's Idlib province at a makeshift camp for displaced people from the nearby Hama province.  Dramatic footage captured in the countryside area by Al Jazeera showed men, women and children desperately trying to find the nearest cover after...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A short journey that did not exceed few seconds separated the darkness and light in the life of the six-year-old boy, Oweis al-Ataqi, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta suburbs. Oweis wanted to get out of the basement where he was living with his family to escape the Russian...