Egyptian authorities have arrested former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly, who was convicted on corruption charges earlier this year, local security sources said Tuesday. “The ministry discovered where al-Adly was hiding and moved to arrest him with a view to implementing court rulings...

The U.S. is only sending military equipment -- and not ground forces -- to Iraq's northern Kirkuk province, Douglas Silliman, Washington’s ambassador to Baghdad, said Tuesday. Speaking at a news conference convened in Baghdad, the diplomat said they had had ground forces in Kirkuk for a...

The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday announced it has formed a new economic and partnership group with Saudi Arabia, separate from the Gulf Cooperation Council — a move that could undermine the council amid a diplomatic crisis with member state Qatar. The Emirati Foreign Ministry...

U.S. President Donald Trump informed Palestinian President Mahmolud Abbas on Tuesday that he intends to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, Abbas’s spokesman said. The statement did not say whether Trump elaborated on the timing of such a move. “President Mahmoud Abbas...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State claimed the responsibility for a bomb blast killed eight people and injured 16 others on a bus in central Homs city on Tuesday. Amaq, the group's official news agency said the blast killed 11 members of the regime army. Homs Governor Talal Barazi...

Syrian government negotiators will remain in Damascus Tuesday and Wednesday, a source close to the delegation said, skipping the scheduled resumption of United Nations-led peace talks in Geneva. "The delegation will not leave today or tomorrow for Geneva, and the final decision (on...

 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday that Yemenis would make those attacking their country regret their actions as a Saudi-led coalition pounded the rebel-held capital with heavy air strikes. "The people of Yemen will make their aggressors regret their actions," Rouhani...

A Syrian refugee has been saved at sea after a last-minute check by humanitarian rescuers with binoculars 20 hours after he set out solo in a tiny rubber boat from Libya, where he said he had been working as practically a slave for three years, a rescue official said Monday.  The...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 10 civilians killed when unknown assailant detonated an explosive device inside passenger bus in the central city of Homs, Syrian state television and activists said on Tuesday. State-run Ikhbariya TV said there was "a...

Saudi-led warplanes pounded the rebel-held Yemeni capital before dawn on Tuesday after the rebels killed former president Ali Abdullah Saleh as he fled the city following the collapse of their uneasy alliance, residents said. The Houthi rebels moved swiftly to consolidate their control...

(Zaman Al Wasl)-  Twelve-year-old Basel Alrashdan, who arrived on P.E.I. in December 2015, was part of a crowd of children who rushed to the front of a conference room at the UN and announced the takeover. Alrashdan took part in a rap about children's wishes for the world, based on...

Six months after the outbreak of the Qatar crisis, a group of global Muslim scholars on Monday appealed to Gulf leaders to “shoulder their responsibilities before Allah and their people in achieving comprehensive reconciliation and overcoming disputes". The International Union of Muslim...

The lira gained ground against the dollar on Monday after the Turkish president’s remarks on capital movement abroad. The dollar/lira rate, which soared to a historic high of nearly 4 lira last month, fell below 3.90 after Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he had not given any orders to put...

Yemen’s president Monday called on the loyalists of late President Ali Abdullah Saleh to forge an alliance with his government against the Houthi militia who killed him earlier Monday. "Let us turn a new page and go hand-in-hand to end this vicious criminal gang,” meaning the Houthis,...

A teenage Syrian refugee won a prestigious international prize on Monday for building a school and providing an education to hundreds of children who fled to Lebanon to escape the conflict. Mohamad Al Jounde was just 12 years old when he decided to set up a school in the Bekaa Valley...

 (Zaman Al Wasl) Israel has waged two missile attacks on Syrian military bases on Monday, according to the State TV and local activists.  The Syrian regime said the Israeli missiles had targeted Jamraya town, about 5 km (3 miles) northwest of the capital. ...

Mezza military airport has returned to service after mending the 2.5 km long runway and securing the key Air Force base in Damascus from opposition shelling. Bashar alAssad's plane took off from Mezza airport last November to Sochi where the Syrian dictator made a thank-you visit for...

Yemen's ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh was killed by Houthi rebels on Monday as he fled heavy fighting in Sanaa after the collapse of his alliance with the Iran-backed insurgents. Saleh, who ruled with an iron fist for three decades, had joined forces with the Shiite Houthi rebels in...

The chairman of Swiss-French cement maker LafargeHolcim (LHN.S) said the company had made unacceptable errors in Syria and that it was cooperating with French investigators, according to an interview published in the French newspaper Le Figaro on Sunday. In April, LafargeHolcim’s chief...

(Eqtsad)- Local initiates and civil society  associations in Raqqa are working on removing earth mounds, trenches and the effects of war from the streets of the western towns and villages of Raqqa, while agricultural land is still waiting for similar projects for owners to...