A suicide blast close to the compound of Afghanistan's top spy agency, the National Directorate of Security (NDS), in the capital Kabul on Monday killed at least six people, officials confirmed. Najib Danish, deputy spokesman for the Interior Ministry, told Anadolu Agency that six...

An Israeli court has declined a lawyer’s request for the release on bail of Ahed al-Tamimi, a 16-year-old Palestinian girl detained last week by the Israeli authorities. On Sunday, Israel’s Ofer Court, located near the West Bank city of Ramallah, turned down a request by Ahed's lawyer...

Inside the newly renovated Church of Saint George in the Northern Iraqi town of Teleskof, Hayat Chamoun Daoud led children dressed as Santa Claus singing “Jingle Bells” in Aramaic. Like every other resident of Teleskof, this was Daoud’s first Christmas back home in three years, since...

Tunisia on Sunday suspended Emirates Airlines flights after a public outcry over security measures in the United Arab Emirates targeting women from the North African country. The transport ministry said it had "decided to suspend" Emirates flights to Tunis "until the airline is able to...

It was a subdued Christmas Eve in the historic birthplace of Jesus on Sunday, with spirits dampened by recent violence sparked by President Donald Trump's recognition of nearby Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Crowds were thinner than previous years, with visitors deterred by clashes that...

Turkey is working with Russia to evacuate around 500 people from the besieged Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. “There are around 500 people, including 170 children and women who need urgent humanitarian aid,” Erdogan said ahead of his...

Iraq has invited companies to submit statements of interest in building a new pipeline from the northern city of Kirkuk to Turkey's Mediterranean port of Ceyhan. The state-run Oil Projects Company said Sunday the 350-kilometer pipeline will carry up to one million barrels a day. It says...

Up to 10,000 people stranded in refugee camps and detention centers in Libya could be relocated to Europe in 2018, the Italian government said Sunday. The initiative would be part of an attempt by EU countries to address the deteriorating conditions in Libya, where thousands of people...

A federal judge has ruled that the Pentagon must allow an American Daesh fighter captured in Iraq access to a lawyer, following a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union. Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the Federal District Court in Washington ruled Saturday the ACLU must be...

Turkey-based Yetim Foundation on Sunday delivered winter clothing to 47 orphans from Syria's northern Aleppo city. "Last year in Aleppo, we had transported 47 orphans who were stuck in the basement of an orphanage to a safe area. This year, we extended a helping hand to them by giving...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Southern Front rebel alliance said in statement issued on Sunday it will boycott Russia-brokered Syrian National Dialogue Congress in Sochi at the end of January. The key rebel group in southern Syria said Russia seeks to keep Bashar al-Assad in power, ignoring the...

The Russian Foreign Ministry is preparing the list of participants at the Syrian National Dialogue Congress set to take place in Sochi at the end of January, Russian media reported on Saturday. As per new boundaries set by the ministry, the Syrian opposition must set aside the notion of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The economic and industrial capital of Syria was almost completely absent from the revolutionary scene during 2017.  The city witnessed the displacement of the inhabitants of its eastern neighborhoods in the last week of 2016. The most prominent events for...

France's government is deploying nearly 100,000 police and soldiers for the holiday season as fears of extremist attacks remain high. The additional security will focus on Christmas markets, shopping centers, religious buildings, public transport and tourist sites. Citing "the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Christian-domiated areas in northeastern Hasaka province have been busy in Christmas and the new year celebrations amid concern over fireworks and crackers among children and youths. The installation of lights and decorations began in the Assyrian...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces have breached a 6-month-old ceasefire in southern Daraa city after a ground and aerial bombing on opposition-held neighborhoods, rebel commander told Zaman al-Wasl on Saturday. Abu al-Shayma, spokesman for al-Bunyan al-Marsous operation room,...

The name of the street where the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Embassy is located in the Turkish capital, Ankara will be changed, the capital's municipality announced Saturday. The street will be renamed as Fahreddin Pasha Street -- after the Ottoman governor of Medina from 1916-1919,...

Three Turkish citizens, who were arrested at Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday, have been released on bail by an Israeli court on Saturday evening. Two of the Turkish citizens-- Abdullah Kizilirmak and Mehmet Kargili -- are accused of "battering Israeli police and resistance". The third...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Jaish al-Izza, key Free Syrian Army Unit, called on its fighters to avoid the regime army provocations in the Christian-dominated towns in Hama province before the Christmas. The regime forces that based in Mahardeh and Suqaylabiyah- Eastern Orthodox Christian...

A Palestinian man has succumbed to his wounds sustained in clashes with Israeli forces along the border between Gaza Strip and Israel last week, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry on Saturday. Sherif al-Abd Shalash, 28, was injured last Sunday during rallies denouncing U.S....