When Samer Saem Eldahr finished university, he was ready to spread his wings and start his career. He planned a month away from home to discover and pursue his craft. It’s a similar story to that of many college graduates, with a notable exception. There would be no realistic option to return...

 Israel responded with tank fire into Syria on Thursday after a Syrian mortar shell landed in the Israeli-occupied part of the Golan Heights, the army said. "In response to the projectile that hit Israel earlier today, the Israel Defense Forces targeted the sources of fire in the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Firas Mustafa Tlass, Syrian business tycoon, has been arrested on Tuesday by the UAE security over working as a broker between ISIS and the giant Cement group LafargeHolcim including oil and toxic gas purchases, sources told Zaman al-Wasl. Maher Sharaf...

A Saudi official has visited northern Syria with a U.S. envoy to discuss reconstruction of Raqqa, which Kurdish and Arab militias backed by a U.S.-led coalition, captured from Islamic State on Tuesday, an adviser to the militias said. Saudi Gulf Affairs Minister Thamer al-Sabhan visited...

About 100,000 Kurds have fled Kirkuk, fearing unrest, since Monday's takeover of the region by Iraqi forces, officials from the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said Thursday. About 18,000 families have taken shelter in the cities of Irbil and Sulaimaniya, the...

France criticized Russia on Thursday for calling into question an international inquiry into who is to blame for chemical weapons attacks in Syria. Russia has questioned the work and future of the joint inquiry by the U.N. and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons...

 Kurdish forces have not withdrawn from the Khurmala oil field, northwest of Kirkuk, Irbil-based Rudaw TV said Thursday, citing a Peshmerga commander. Khurmala is part of the geological structure of the Kirkuk oil basin. It was developed by the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional...

 At least 43 Afghan soldiers were killed in a Taliban-claimed suicide attack on a military base in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, officials said, the third assault on a security installation this week. Just two soldiers are known to have survived unscathed after the attack on...

A top aide to US President Donald Trump said Thursday that an emerging Palestinian unity government must recognize Israel and disarm Hamas, following a landmark reconciliation deal signed last week. "Any Palestinian government must unambiguously and explicitly commit to nonviolence,...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey may shut its border with northern Iraq "at any moment" after closing its air space to the region, Hurriyet newspaper reported Thursday, reviving a threat first made after Kurds there voted for independence. "We have completely closed our air...

LONDON (Reuters) - European shares edged down across most bourses and sectors on Thursday as a new batch of third-quarter results brought in some disappointments to investors, notably forecast misses from France’s Publicis, Dutch-British Unilever and Germany’s Kion. By 0715 GMT, the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The only center for forensic evidence in opposition-held areas was founded a year ago by personal efforts and with limited possibilities  in northern Idlib province  to provide the courts and police stations with basic services in the field of detection and...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thirty years ago, before heading to work at the New York Stock Exchange, Peter Kenny left his home in lower Manhattan and made a detour to the nearby Our Lady of Victory church to pray to St. Jude, the Roman Catholic patron saint of desperate and lost causes. The...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- The former Syrian ambassador to Turkey on Wednesday has appealed to the Syrian regime president Bashar al-Assad to withdraw the citizenship from Syrians mocking Issam Zahereddin’s death. Nidal Kabalan’s demand come in series of Facebook posts mourning the...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Closing arguments in the U.S. trial of former HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA.L) executive Mark Johnson came to an end Wednesday, with a lawyer for the government urging jurors to convict Johnson of defrauding a client. Prosecutors have claimed Johnson, the former head of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- With the approach of winter, a quarter of a million displaced people continue to suffer from a lack of basic supplies, shelter and blankets in the opposition-held areas in northern Aleppo province. Displaced people in the region are waiting for the organizations and camp...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A U.S.-backed campaign against Islamic State in eastern Syria will accelerate now the jihadist group has been defeated in its former capital Raqqa, a spokesman for U.S.-allied Syrian militias said on Wednesday. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which announced the...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above the 23,000 level for the first time on Wednesday, driven by a jump in IBM after the computing giant hinted at a return to revenue growth. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite ticked up to record closing highs....

(Reuters) - Credit card issuer American Express Co (AXP.N) reported about 19 percent jump in quarterly profit as higher billings and loan growth helped offset a jump in costs. Net income attributable to common shareholders rose to $1.36 billion, or $1.50 per share, in the third quarter...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday it would push the United Nations Security Council to renew within days an international inquiry into who is to blame for chemical weapons attacks in Syria, setting the stage for a likely showdown with Russia. Russia has...