(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 103 regime troops, including 21 officers, were killed by the Islamic State in Syrian desert in July, local reporter said. 90 soldiers were from central Homs province as the clashes with east take place in the eastern countryside and the desert; also known...

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence pledged support Tuesday for the former Soviet republic of Georgia, his second stop on a European trip backing nations that feel threatened by Russian aggression. Russia and Georgia fought a brief war in 2008, which lead to two breakaway Georgian regions, South...

Iran's Revolutionary Guards have started using a new route across the Gulf to funnel covert arms shipments to their Houthi allies in Yemen's civil war, sources familiar with the matter have told Reuters. In March, regional and Western sources told Reuters that Iran was shipping weapons and...

Brazil's Neymar triggered a guessing game on his return from China on Tuesday, posting a video on social media apparently from Dubai but leaving his final destination -- Paris or Barcelona -- a mystery. As speculation mounts of an imminent record-busting transfer from Barcelona to Paris...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime warplanes carried out at least 20 raids on the northern countryside of central Homs province in the last four days, local reporter said. The strikes hit al-Hola region, an array of rebel-held villages north of Homs.  The regime army has also pounded...

The United States began removing furniture and equipment from a diplomatic property in Moscow on Tuesday in the first sign of compliance with a Kremlin order to slash its presence in Russia as retaliation for new U.S. sanctions. President Vladimir Putin has ordered the United States to cut...

Iran has complained to the U.N. Security Council about sanctions the United States imposed on Iran in July, saying they breached Tehran's nuclear deal with major powers, the speaker of parliament was quoted on Tuesday as saying. The nuclear deal (also referred to as JCPOA), signed in 2015 by...

Turkey on Tuesday lashed out at what it called "unacceptable" remarks by a senior U.S. official suggesting Ankara had encouraged the rise of Al-Qaeda-linked groups in Syria's Idlib province. Brett McGurk, the senior U.S. envoy to the international coalition fighting Daesh (ISIS), said Idlib...

The U.S-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are on the verge of seizing full control of the southern neighborhoods of Daesh (ISIS)-held Raqqa, a Kurdish official said on Tuesday. The U.S.-led coalition said SDF fighters advancing from the east were within 300 metres of meeting up with...

Dozens of activists have rallied outside Jordan's parliament, calling on legislators to repeal a provision that allows a rapist to escape punishment if he marries his victim. Parliament is to vote on the proposed change to the penal code on Tuesday. A royal reform committee has...

Venezuelan opposition leaders Leopoldo Lopez and Antonio Ledezma have been taken from their homes, where they were serving house arrest, family members said on Tuesday, adding that President Nicolas Maduro was responsible for their fates. Both leaders in recent days have called on...

The number of people with an immigrant background in Germany rose 8.5 percent to a record 18.6 million in 2016, largely due to an increase in refugees, the Federal Statistics Office said Tuesday. Just over a fifth of the population - 22.5 percent - were first or second generation immigrants...

( The New York Times )- The boy did not want to see a beheading, so he held his mother’s hand tight and tried to close his eyes. But seeing it was mandatory when the Islamic State ruled his hometown in northern Syria: If you were out on the street, you had to watch. The boy, now 11 and a...

The United Nations has begun removing containers holding more than 7,000 weapons from demobilization zones where the arms were handed over by former fighters for Colombia's largest rebel group who are beginning life as civilians under a peace agreement. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has issued a tough line on national sovereignty amid multiple disputes with his country's neighbors, saying China will never permit any loss of territory. Xi's declaration came during a nearly one-hour speech Tuesday in Beijing marking the 90th anniversary of the...

George and Amal Clooney said on Monday they would help 3,000 Syrian refugee children go to school this year in Lebanon, where the United Nations says 200,000 children are not receiving an education after fleeing the war in neighboring Syria. The Clooney Foundation for Justice said it...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime President Bashar al-Assad has extended the military duty of Jamil al-Hassan, his close advisor for another year, delaying the retirement the head of the Syrian Air Force Intelligence Directorate for the seventh time, sources told Zaman al-Wasl. Maj Gen...

Los Angeles formally announced its intent to host the 2028 Summer Olympics on Monday after agreeing a deal with Games officials that paves the way for Paris to host in 2024. "The Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic bid committee in cooperation with the International Olympic Committee (IOC),...

The transfer of thousands of Syrian militants and refugees from Lebanon's border region to northwestern Syria was delayed to Tuesday from Monday, a military media unit run by Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah said. It said the delay was to allow for "logistical measures", including the...

The Pentagon Monday criticized Turkey's plans to purchase a Russian air-defense system instead of investing in NATO technology. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in talks to get Russia to supply Ankara with its latest S-400 surface-to-air missile system. Pentagon spokesman Navy...