Syrian regime forces and allied militiamen are advancing on the largest remaining rebel-held territory in the country's north, forcing thousands of civilians to flee toward the border with Turkey in freezing winter temperatures. The offensive on Idlib - a large province in northwestern...

Egypt on Sunday denied a U.S. media report claiming that it has given a “tacit” acceptance to President Donald Trump’s decision to officially recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The New York Times said Saturday Cairo allegedly instructed talk show hosts to persuade viewers to...

Israel will resume the supply of electricity to the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Energy Authority said Sunday. In a statement, the authority said 50 megawatts of electricity will be supplied to Gaza by Israeli authorities on Sunday. The move came after the Ramallah-based...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces backed by Shiite militias took the strategic town of Senjar in the southern countryside of Idlib province, regime-run news feeds said. The expected gains followed accusations for Hayat Tahrir al-Sham of collusion with the regime army in Hama and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Three army officers, including brigadier general, killed on Saturday in Harasta suburb east of the capital as regime forces push to reach troops trapped in Armoured Vehicles Base, pro-regime media reported. Death of brigadier general Haider Kamel al-Hassan, from...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces took three towns from the Islamic State at the eastern bank of Euphrates River, local activists said on Sunday. The Kurdish-led forces backed by the International coalition airstrikes seized control of the towns of Graneej, Abu Hamam...

The head of the Coptic Church, Pope Tawadros II, led midnight mass in the cathedral of Egypt’s new administrative capital on Saturday, a service attended by President Abdel Fattah al Sisi. The mass, on the eve of Coptic Christmas which is celebrated on Jan. 7, was the first to be held...

Arab states will soon embark on a diplomatic drive to persuade the United Nations to recognize a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital on territory captured by Israel in the 1967 war, Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said. Six Arab foreign ministers met in Amman on...

Saudi Arabian authorities have detained 11 princes after they gathered at a royal palace in Riyadh in a rare protest against the government suspending payment of their utility bills, the public prosecutor said on Saturday. Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter, has introduced...

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif ridiculed US President Donald Trump on Saturday over what he called the foreign policy "blunder" of trying to raise its recent protests at the UN Security Council. The Security Council "rebuffed the US' naked attempt to hijack its mandate",...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian activists said drones directed by rebels have targeted Hmeimim air base on Saturday, almost a week since similar attack left 7 Russian warplanes damaged in the coastal base.  The Russian forces shot down two drones as heavy gunfire heard from the key...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Head of the National Coordination Committee, said that the current negotiating body to Geneva and the Coordination Committee reject attending the Syrian Dialogue conference in Sochi at the end of January.  Hassan Abdul Azim said in a statement to Zaman al-Wasl...

More than 2,000 Afghans deployed by Iran have been killed fighting in Syria on the side of President Bashar Assad's regime, an official in the volunteer force told Iranian media. The Fatemiyoun Brigade of Afghan "volunteer" recruits has been fighting in Syria for five years, said Zohair...

At least 25 people are feared to have drowned in a shipwreck off Libya after a dinghy, possibly carrying some 150 migrants, ran into trouble, two rescue organizations said Saturday. "Rubber dinghy sunk north of Tripoli. At least 25 people died in the incident, exact numbers still...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 17 civilians, including women and children, have been killed in fresh airstrikes on besieged Eastern Ghouta suburbs, activists and rescuing group said on Saturday. The volunteer first-responders Syrian Civil Defense, known as the White Helmets, reported 12...

(Zaman Al Wasl)-  Senior commander in Jaish al-Isalm and former chief negotiator in Geneva talks has accused  an alliance spearheaded by the former al-Qaeda offshoot of collusion with the regime forces who made rapid gains in the province of Hama and Idlib over the last two weeks....

A row over land sales threatened to put a damper on Orthodox Christmas Eve celebrations in Bethlehem on Saturday, with three Palestinian municipalities calling on the public to stay away. The municipalities of Bethlehem, Beit Sahour and Beit Jala, all in the Israeli-occupied West Bank,...

Twitter announced Friday it would not block the accounts of world leaders even if their statements are "controversial," citing a need to promote a "public conversation" on political issues. The announcement came just days after a tweet from President Donald Trump hinting at the use of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 10 Hezbollah militants killed in December, media outlets loyal to the Lebanese Shiite militia said. Rebel factions and activists assure that death toll of Hezbollah is more than ten amid media blackout in Lebanon over the involvement in Syria which has been...

Iran, where fresh pro-regime demonstrations took place Friday, has been rocked by days of opposition protests over the economy and the Islamic regime as a whole. The unrest has left 21 dead, mostly demonstrators, and prompted hundreds of arrests. It is the biggest such movement in the...