(Zaman Al Wasl)- A barrage of US-led coalition airstrikes and Kurdish militia artillery killed 48 people and wounded 40 more in Raqqa province, local monitoring group said Thursday. Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently said the aerial and ground bombing of ISIS-held Raqqa city left about...

Human Rights Watch said that activists in western Libya were physically attacked and threatened by armed groups, some affiliated with U.N.-backed government based in the country's capital, Tripoli. The statement by the New York-based watchdog on Thursday says that Libyan "authorities seem...

Kurdish fighters wearing the blue eagle insignia of the Asayish security force stopped the taxi entering the Sheikh Maqsoud district in Aleppo, checking papers and searching for contraband. When they waved it on into the Kurdish-controlled district, it stayed inside the city while leaving,...

 An Iraqi army division trained by American forces summarily executed prisoners in west Mosul, Human Rights Watch said Thursday, calling for U.S. assistance in suspending the unit. The latest report of executions comes after the release of videos allegedly shot in the Mosul area that...

President Vladimir Putin has signed a law ratifying a deal with the Syrian government allowing Russia to keep its air base in Syria for almost half a century, official documents show. The original deal, signed in Damascus in January, sets out the terms under which Russia can use its Hmeymim...

France will set up processing centres this summer in Libya for asylum seekers trying to reach Europe across the Mediterranean, President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday. "The idea is to create hotspots to avoid people taking crazy risks when they are not all eligible for asylum. We'll go...

The United States' 2-1 win over Jamaica in the CONCACAF Gold Cup final on Wednesday took their unbeaten streak to 14 games but coach Bruce Arena says they must not lose sight of the big picture -- qualifying for next year's World Cup finals. The United States are unbeaten since Arena...

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has met with representatives of 19 German companies operating in Turkey and reassured them that no German firm is under investigation. This week, Turkey withdrew a request via Interpol for information on a number of German companies with ties to Turkish...

Freedom of movement of workers between Britain and the European Union will end when Britain withdraws from the bloc, immigration minister Brandon Lewis said Thursday. "Free movement of labour ends when we leave the European Union in spring 2019," Lewis told BBC radio. Lewis also said a...

The U.S. Pacific Fleet commander said Thursday he would launch a nuclear strike against China next week if President Donald Trump ordered it, and warned against the military ever shifting its allegiance from its commander in chief. Adm. Scott Swift was responding to a hypothetical question...

Syrian government forces are nearing the last major town held by Daesh (ISIS) in Homs province, part of their multi-pronged advance towards the extremist group's strongholds in the east of the country, a military source said on Thursday. The source said combat operations would accelerate...

 Israel overnight removed all security infrastructure it had put in place this month at Muslim entrances to the Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, stepping up its efforts to diffuse political and religious tension. The government had already dismantled metal detectors it...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- A ceasefire took effect on Thursday in a mountainous area of the Lebanese-Syrian border where Lebanon's Hezbollah says it is on the verge of defeating Hayat Tahrir al-Sham militants in their last foothold at the frontier. The ceasefire began at 6 a.m. (0300 GMT),...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Spokesman for Southern Front operating in Daraa province refuted reports of a secret visit to Israel and attending peace talks initiative, saying such reports aim to defame armed opposition. Major Issam al-Rayes via phone call said pro-regime news feeds have a clear...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Police chief in rebel-held Aleppo confirmed the start of the training of women cadres police to deal with women and methods of inspection and all that is related to women commensurate with the values and customs of society. Brigadier Adeeb al-Shalaf   told Zaman...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria’s leading Civil Defense group finds a space of time to mend and serve residents in southern Daraa province as the cessation of hostilities agreement went into effect two weeks ago. Russia vowed to Israel to make the agreement a permanent deal to secure the border...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- About 5000 Syrian refugees to flee the ongoing fighting between Hezbollah and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham to the eastern Qalamoun over a deal with Saraya Ahl al-Sham, rebel group operating at the Lebanese-Syrian border, sources old Zaman al-Wasl. Abu al-Joud la-Qalamouni said...

( The New Arab )- Noor was studying architectural engineering at the University of Mosul when, on her daily commute from her home in Qaraqosh, a man stopped all the buses on the road, flailing his arms and screaming in distress.  It was May 2, 2010, and the subsequent explosion tore...

The Trump administration imposed sanctions on 13 senior Venezuelan officials as the country's opposition launched a two-day strike on Wednesday, heaping pressure on unpopular President Nicolas Maduro to scrap plans for a controversial new congress. Venezuela's long-time ideological foe the...

The United States, Saudi Arabia, Britain, France and other nations are demanding the U.N. Security Council takes action to ensure aid convoys reach millions of needy Syrians, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Wednesday. In a rebuke to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies...