Nuclear proliferation watchdog CTBTO is examining unusual seismic activity in North Korea, it said on Saturday. “Analysts looking at unusual #seismic activity of a much smaller magnitude in the #DPRK,” CTBTO Executive Secretary Lassina Zerbo said in a Twitter post, adding more details...
Iran has successfully tested a new ballistic missile with a range of 2,000 km (1,200 miles) which it displayed at a military parade on Friday, state media reported on Saturday. The test-firing of the Khorramshahr missile, which Iran said could carry several warheads, is likely to raise...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- Realizing the increasing needs of the civil society in the city of Idlib a new facility was opened on 18 of this month making use of the new atmosphere of relative stability in the area. The 3 story- new center called Al-Karama provides free wide-range services to...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 4 civilians killed and and 6 wounded on Friday in regime artillery shelling on Talbiseh town in central Homs province, medics told Zaman al-Wasl. The aerial and ground attack on northern Homs countryside come after weeks of ceasefire deal that brought...
More than 27,000 images of torture and killings allegedly perpetrated by the Assad regime in Syria have been handed to German prosecutors who are investigating possible abuses, a rights group said Friday. "The photos show the extent and the systematic nature of torture" under Syrian...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- Three arrest warrants were issued by the Syrian intelligence for Dr. Orouba Barakat, the senior opposition activist who has been found dead with the U.S.-born daughter at their apartment in Istanbul on Thursday. The prominent activists, and her only child, journalist Hala...
Russia’s foreign minister said on Friday the leaders of North Korea and the United States should tone down their bellicose rhetoric and warned that a collapse of a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers would only embolden Pyongyang. “The exchange of threats is quite bad,...
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), set to enter parliament for the first time at weekend elections, said on Friday it would revive debate there after four years of “grand coalition” rule by the two major parties. Support for the AfD, which has won voters with its...
Hundreds of civilians left a besieged Islamic State enclave in central Syria after the Syrian government and Islamic State reached an evacuation deal, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday. The Syrian army could not be reached for comment on the report. An insurgent...
In late May, an Iraqi cleric called Akram Kaabi visited militia fighters in a desolate Iraqi town near the Syrian border. Kaabi, who heads a Shi’ite Muslim militia named Harakat Hezbollah al Nujaba, was decked out in a camouflage uniform and led the fighters in prayer on mats laid on the...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 8 regime troops and allied militants have been killed by Tharir al-Sham Islamist group east of Hama province on Friday, field sources said. The surprise attack launched by the jihadist alliance that includes the former Nusra Front group on regime checkpoints...
Israeli aircrafts has reportedly fired missiles at a weapons depot near the international airport in Damascus, in the third such attack by the Israeli military on targets associated with the Lebanese group Hezbollah, on Friday At least two missiles were fired by the Israeli planes from...
A Syrian anti-Assad activist and her journalist daughter have been found dead at their home in Istanbul, police said Friday. The bodies of Orouba Barakat, 60, and her 22-year-old daughter Hala Barakat were found in their apartment in Uskudar, a neighborhood on the Asian shore of the...
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday Turkey will deploy troops in Syria’s northern Idlib region as part of a so-called de-escalation agreement brokered by Russia last month. The “de-escalation” zones, agreed by Turkey, Russia and Iran, would be further discussed in talks...
A Syrian refugee arrested in connection with the recent London subway attack was released without charge on Thursday, the British police said. No further action is due to be taken against the man, Yahyah Farroukh, 21, who was arrested by an undercover police squad late Saturday night...
Frequent breakdowns of advanced uranium enrichment devices have inadvertently helped Iran comply with restrictions in the international agreement curbing its nuclear program, according to a new report by a Washington-based think tank. Iranian compliance also is due to tougher policing...
Asian stocks fell and the Japanese yen and Swiss franc gained on Friday after North Korea said it might test a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean and escalated a war of words with U.S. President Donald Trump. Spreadbetters expected European stocks to start lower amid a chill in risk...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian dissident woman and her daughter have been murdered in Turkey's Istanbul city on Thursday, activists and sister said. The journalist and former member of the Syrian National Council, Orouba Barakat and her daughter Hala Barakat were...
Deadly Hurricane Maria caused flooding in the Dominican Republic as it brushed past the country on Thursday after destroying buildings and knocking out power across the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico and St. Croix. The second major hurricane to rage through the Caribbean this month,...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 9 people, including 3 women and 3 children, have been killed in the northern town of Khan Sheikhoun as regime and Russia's warplanes steped its aerial campaign in Hama and Idlib provinces since Tuesday, Civil Defense worker told Zaman al-Wasl. ...
