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(Zaman Al Wasl)- Self-administration of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) opened registration in schools under its control on Tuesday after rejecting the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) offer to hand over 2,000 schools in the province of Hasaka to the international...
Syrian forces have used chemical weapons more than two dozen times during the country's civil war, including in April's deadly attack on Khan Sheikhoun, U.N. war crimes investigators said on Wednesday. A government warplane dropped sarin on the town in Idlib province, killing more than...
Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) chief executive John Cryan has called on the European Central Bank to change course on providing cheap money, warning he sees price bubbles in stocks, bonds and property. “The era of cheap money in Europe should come to an end - despite the strong euro,” Cryan...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-led coalition forces battling Islamic State have conducted an airdrop near al-Mayadeen city northeast of Deir Ezzor province, local activists said on Wednesday. The airdrop of American and allied troops seeks to uproot ISIS from eastern Syria amid fears that...
Millions of Syrians have fled their country's war as refugees, but for tens of thousands of people escaping conflict elsewhere, Syria is also a place of refuge. Among them is Zahraa Abdi, who fled her native Somalia in 2012 and lives in a small room with her three children in northern...
(Moscow Times)- Almost half of Russians say the Kremlin should withdraw from its military campaign in Syria, according to the results of a Levada Center poll published Tuesday. Some 49 percent of respondents said Russia’s intervention in the Syrian conflict should end while 30...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia on Tuesday has fortified the Assad regime with new de-escalation zone agreement at the eastern gate of the capital, a deal makes most of surrounding districts of Damascus non-war areas. Eastern Qalamoun that lies on the enclaves of Syria's desert, also known...
By Ethat Abdul Haq (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 16 Sunni civilians killed on Monday by pro-regime militia in the Alawites dominated village of al-Hawat in Hama province, in retaliation to killing of pro-regime militant. The victims were from al-Nuayim and al-Hadidin...
Turkey's prime minister said Tuesday that the international community needs to do more in the face of crimes against humanity. “The United Nations in the first place and the international community need to take full responsibility to be more sensitive and take a clear stance on crimes...
President Donald Trump has decided to end his predecessor's program to shield from deportation children brought to this country illegally, the nation's top law enforcement official said Tuesday. Attorney General Jeff Sessions defended the decision by claiming the move is in line with...
Swedish journalist Kim Wall died when she was accidentally hit by a heavy hatch cover on board a home-made submarine, the Danish owner of the vessel testified in court on Tuesday. Peter Madsen, who denies killing Wall, said he was holding the hatch for her but it slipped and hit her...
Egypt’s armed forces said on Tuesday that joint U.S.-Egyptian military exercises will resume this month for the first time since 2009, after U.S. officials canceled them in 2013 following an Egyptian army crackdown on protests. The joint training is usually held every two years...
Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday that Iran’s talk of a possible rapprochement with the kingdom was laughable. Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir told reporters in London that Iran would have to change its policies for any rapprochement. Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad...
The dream of Russia 2018 is still alive. They are into a play-off now. We went over to Syria for BBC Sport earlier in the year and spent six days in Damascus and discovered a truly remarkable story. Syria is in the middle of a six-year war and the team have no money because of...
A Kremlin spokesman says President Vladimir Putin has sent his congratulations to Syrian President Bashar Assad after government forces breached the nearly three-year Islamic State siege of the eastern city of Deir el-Zour. Dmitry Peskov told reporters Tuesday that Russian Defense...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 5 civilians killed in regime mortar rounds pounded Misraba suburbs in eastern Ghouta district near the capital, local monitoring group said on Tuesday. Mahmoud Qadado, Head of Civil Defense in Misrata was also killed when a mortar shell hit the White...
Moody’s Investors Service said on Tuesday it would strip the United States of its top-notch rating if a default such as a missed debt payment were to happen and it would not regain the Aaa-status even if the default were resolved. “An upgrade back to Aaa would be unlikely while the...
The Syrian regime military has broken a siege of the eastern city of Deir al-Zour, surrounded for years by so-called Islamic State, state media say. The official Sana news agency reported that troops and allied militiamen had joined up with forces at the Brigade 137 base on the city's...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S. army through its joint task command in Jordan has demanded allied rebel groups fighting regime forces in Syrian desert to withdraw to Jordan, saying this move will serve the de-escalation zone agreement as their defeat is inevitable. In an audio...
The Syrian regime military has broken a siege of the eastern city of Deir al-Zour, surrounded for years by so-called Islamic State, state media say. The official Sana news agency reported that troops and allied militiamen had joined up with forces at the Brigade 137 base on the city's...
