(Zaman Al Wasl)- False Syrian diplomas' issue has come to surface once again after reports of the expulsion of dozens of Syrian and Arab students from Turkish universities. The students’ were expelled after the university found out that the diplomas they used to register for university were...

A senior UAE diplomat said Wednesday that the Arab world would not be led by Turkey, the Gulf state’s first comment on Ankara since a quarrel broke out last week over a retweet by the Emirati foreign minister that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called an insult. Anwar Gargash, minister...

The terrorist group PKK/PYD and the Bashar al-Assad regime have made common cause in Syria's northern city of Aleppo --a move whose signs can be seen on the streets. Based on information obtained by Anadolu Agency on Wednesday, PKK/PYD -- the Syrian offshoot of the PKK -- and the Assad...

Aid groups are rushing to rescue Syrians in critical condition in Eastern Ghouta. But some have already died, while others fear reprisal from the regime if escorted to Damascus. Mat Nashed and Omar AlKhateeb report. Hannan Al-Homsi used to scream throughout the night in pain, waking her...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime army forces backed by Iranian-backed militias took a strategic village near at the foothills of Mount Hermon near the Israeli-Occupied Golan Heights border, rebel commander told Zaman al-Wasl on Wednesday. Taking Mugher al-Meer village make the army and...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday called Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a terrorist and said it was impossible for Syrian peace efforts to continue with him. Syria’s foreign ministry quickly responded by accusing Erdogan of himself supporting terrorist groups fighting...

The chief of the Russian General Staff has accused the United States of training former Islamic State fighters in Syria to try to destabilize the country. General Valery Gerasimov’s allegations, made in a newspaper interview, center on a U.S. military base at Tanf, a strategic...

Fewer than 1,000 Islamic State fighters remain in Iraq and Syria, the United States-led international coalition fighting the hardline Sunni militant group said on Wednesday, a third of the estimated figure only three weeks ago. Iraq and Syria have both declared victory over Islamic...

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday vowed to improve trade ties with Tunisia during his official visit to the North African nation. "Boosting a balanced trade volume will continue to be one of the priorities for our bilateral economic agenda,” Erdogan said....

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim discussed with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz on Wednesday the Palestinian struggle and its perception in Muslim countries, according to prime ministerial sources. Yildirim met Abdulaziz in the Saudi capital Riyadh as part of an official visit to...

Medical evacuations have begun from the Syrian rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta to Damascus, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Syria said on Wednesday. Almost 400,000 people in Eastern Ghouta are besieged by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, and the...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday the main part of the battle with Daesh (ISIS) in Syria was over, according to the state-run RIA news agency. RIA also quoted Lavrov as saying the key task in Syria now was to "destroy Jabhat al-Nusra," referring to the al...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A significant increase of hepatitis has been witnessed  among children in the northern countryside of Homs province   over the past three months.  Such a scary disease came as the regime forces continue their siege on the area for the fifth year in a...

Turkey will rebuild a ruined Ottoman port city on Sudan's Red Sea coast and construct a naval dock to maintain civilian and military vessels, Sudan's foreign minister said Tuesday, as Ankara expands military and economic ties in Africa. The restoration at Suakin was agreed during a...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said his country remains committed to support Sudan. Speaking at Khartoum University in Sudanese capital after being awarded an honorary doctorate, Erdogan said Turkey would continue to be with the Sudanese people through its institutions and...

Israel's parliament has decided to give a controversial rightwing lawmaker a security detail after a widely-shared video showed him insulting Palestinians heading to visit detained relatives, a spokesman said Tuesday. Oren Hazan, a provocative figure from Prime Minister Benjamin...

The number of registered Syrian refugees in Lebanon has dropped to below one million for the first time since 2014, the United Nations told AFP on Tuesday. As of the end of November, the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) counted 997,905 Syrian refugees -- a vast majority of them women and...

Israeli players have been denied visas to participate in a speed chess championship hosted by Saudi Arabia this week, a vice president of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) said on Sunday. Seven Israeli players had requested visas for the tournament on Dec. 26-30. It would have marked...

 Armed men blew up a pipeline pumping crude oil to Es Sider port on Tuesday, cutting Libya’s output by up to 100,000 barrels per day (bpd), military and oil sources said. The state-run National Oil Corporation (NOC) said in statement output had been reduced by 70,000-100,000 bpd....

 Syria’s armed forces said insurgents downed a military jet in northern Hama province on Tuesday, killing the pilot. Militant group Tahrir al Sham - a fighting force dominated by members of Al Qaeda’s former branch in Syria - said it hit the plane. A source said the...