(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Turkmen bloc in the opposition's National Coalition is due to participate in the Syrian National Dialogue Congress in Russia’s Sochi at the end of January, sources told Zaman al-Wasl. The Kurdish National Council, another unit in the Western-backed body, may also...

Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards have deployed forces to three provinces to put down an eruption of anti-government unrest, their commander said Wednesday, after six days of protests that have left 21 people dead. Thousands of Iranians took part in pro-government rallies in several...

An Iranian judicial official said Wednesday that a European citizen was arrested in anti-government protests in Borujerd county in western Iran, but did not specify the nationality of the detainee. "A European citizen was arrested in Borujerd county ... The person had been trained by...

A polar bear cub has been born in Britain for the first time in 25 years, the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland said on Wednesday. Mother polar bear Victoria is believed to have given birth at the Highland Wildlife Park in northeastern Scotland after staff heard high pitched cries in...

A Palestinian teenager was shot dead in clashes with the Israeli army on Wednesday near the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said. Musab Firas al-Tamimi, 17, was shot in the village of Deir Nizam north of Ramallah, it said. His death...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Pro-Syrian regime activists on Tuesday reported death of elite forces commander in besieged Eastern Ghouta suburbs near Damascus. Colonel Ibrahim Daberha, commander 402 Battalion, the commandos unit of Syrian Republican Guard, was killed in Harasta suburb...

Fourteen worshippers were killed Wednesday when a suicide bomber attacked a mosque on Nigeria's border with Cameroon, civilian vigilantes told AFP. The suspected Boko Haram extremist blew himself up amid worshippers inside the mosque in Gamboru around 5:00 am (0400 GMT), shortly before...

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday expressed hope in a telephone call with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan that the protests which have rocked his country would end in a few days, a Turkish presidential source said. Erdogan told Rouhani that "peace and stability" in...

A Russian military MI-24 helicopter crashed in Syria on Dec. 31 due to a technical fault, killing both pilots, Russian news agencies cited the Ministry of Defence as saying on Wednesday. The helicopter crashed en route to the Hama air base, RIA news said, citing the ministry.

Palestinians condemned as blackmail on Wednesday U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to withhold future aid payments over what he called the Palestinians' unwillingness to talk peace with Israel. Trump drew praise from a cabinet minister in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels pounded Bashar al-Assad’s hometown of Qardaha in coastal Latakia province with Grad rockets late on Tuesday, local activists said. No casualties reported due to the surface-to-surface missile attack that came in response to the regime’s major offensive on...

(Zaman Al Wasl- After the use of mi-7 and mi-8 helicopters to drop barrels bombs on opposition-held areas,the Syrian regime has begun relying on the 618th naval helicopters squadron, sources said.  The helicopters in the Squadron are of the model mi-14 and Kamof-28 in its war on...

Somali prosecutors have filed charges against five people for last year's deadly truck bombing that killed more than 400 people. Four suspects appeared in a military court in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Monday while one is on the run. They include Hassan Adan Isack, Abduwali Ahmed...

A Saudi minister who was detained in a sweeping anti-government probe at a Riyadh hotel attended a cabinet meeting on Tuesday after he was "proven innocent", media reported. The official Saudi Press Agency posted on its Twitter account pictures of Saudi King Salman, Crown Prince...

Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kuwait, Peru, Poland and the Netherlands formally joined the ranks of the non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday "to make a difference," the body's president said. "Peace and security are difficult to achieve," Kazakh...

The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) said Tuesday 69 Iraqi civilians were killed and 142 injured in December 2017 due to terrorism, violence and armed conflict in the country.  "Baghdad was the worst affected governorate with 122 civilian casualties -- 24 killed...

Two artillery shells from Syria hit Turkey's southeastern province of Hatay Tuesday and Turkish border troops fired back, the state-run Anadolu agency said. The shells came from an area of Syria controlled by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Anadolu said, adding that...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 6 family members, including 4 children, have been killed in fresh air strikes on northern Idlib province, local activists said on Tuesday. 16 more civilians, mostly children, were also wounded in the strikes on the village of Khan al-Sobol in the southern...

At least 23 people have been killed -- and more than 500 reportedly detained -- since anti-government protests erupted across Iran late last week. According to local media outlets and state officials, four people were killed in Iran’s Lorestan province; two in Khuzestan province; three...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian civil defense agency said about 100 civilians killed in 6 days of heavy bombing on the northern Idlib province by the regime forces, backed by Russian air force and Iranian-backed militias. The death toll included 33 women and 16 children, according to the...