Israeli forces killed a suspected Palestinian militant they were seeking to arrest after he shot at them in the occupied West Bank, police and the military said. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the man was suspected of carrying out two shooting attacks in the West Bank on Saturday and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A child girl was killed and several people were wounded Sunday in regime missile attack on Jisr al-Shughour town in Idlib province, local media center said. Idlib Media Center said regime forces launched the rebel-held town And neighboring villages early...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 11 Shiite militants killed by the Islamic State as fierce fighting takes place in Syrian desert east of of Homs province, sources told Zaman al-Wasl Sunday. The radical group launched counter attack on Iran-backed al-Ridha militia in Palmyra desert, also known...

At least 10 people have been killed by air strikes in the opposition-held Damascus suburb of Ein Tarma, according to a UK-based monitor. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said at least two children were among those killed in the air strikes on Friday. The assault...

(Newsweek)- Russia's support for the Syrian government in its war against jihadists and other insurgents has given Moscow a newfound military foothold in the Mediterranean, one that could present a serious challenge to another foe: NATO. The Institute for the Study of War, a...

By Abdul Salam Haj Bakri (Zaman Al Wasl)- The National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces has not been content with all its shortcomings on different fronts over the past years and intervened in sports to create shortcomings there too.  The free...

Israel will reopen the Noble Sanctuary-Temple Mount compound on Sunday, a statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday, after the holy site had been shut down following a deadly shooting. On Friday, three Arab-Israeli gunmen shot dead two Israeli policemen on the...

The Syrian army backed by heavy Russian air strikes seized a string of oil wells in southwest Raqqa province on Saturday, as retreating Islamic State militants battle to defend their remaining territory in the country. State-owned Ikhbariyah television quoted a military source as saying the...

Donald Trump's presidential re-election campaign made a $50,000 payment in June to the law office now representing Donald Trump Jr. more than a week before revelations that the president's son had met with a Russian lawyer during the campaign. The payment to the Law Offices of Alan S....

Benghazi's international airport officially reopened for commercial flights amid a heavy security presence on Saturday after a three-year closure due to fighting in the city. The first outward bound flights from Benina Airport were to the capital, Tripoli, to Amman, Jordan, and to the...

( The New Arab )- There was a smell of death in Mosul's Old City when Ayman Hashem came back this week to see what happened to his home. His neighbourhood was unrecognisable.  "All that's left is rubble and the bodies of families trapped underneath," the 23-year-old said. He flipped...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Tawfiq Mohammed al-Ghawi’s, 23, body arrived at the al-Rahma hospital in the Lebanese town of Arsal on Thursday evening, two weeks after his arrest. Tawfiq, from the town of al-Qarah in western al-Qalamoun, worked as a tank driver transporting water and selling it among the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime has been recruiting youth and former rebel fighters in the capital's reconciled districts as new militia has been formed to fight ISIS in eastern Qalamoun, activists said. Qalamoun Shield is a paramilitary group backed and financed by the military...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel told voters on Saturday that Britain's decision to leave the European Union and France's election of President Emmanuel Macron had changed her view on the bloc, adding it was worth fighting for a stronger Europe. Merkel's comments, made in a speech in the...

 Clashes have broken out in northwestern Syria between two of the most powerful insurgent groups raising fears of widespread violence in the rebel-held province of Idlib. The ultraconservative Ahrar al-Sham said in a statement Saturday that the al-Qaida-linked Levant Liberation...

Already one of the greatest sportsmen of his era, Roger Federer will become the most successful man in Wimbledon history if he can beat Croatian Marin Cilic on Sunday's final and claim an unprecedented eighth men's singles title. The Swiss, level with Britain's William Renshaw and American...

( The New Arab )- Trump's administration has appealed against a judge's decision to exempt grandparents from the travel ban on citizens of six Muslim-majority countries. The US Justice Department has asked the Supreme Court to block a judge's ruling that prevented President Donald Trump's...

Iran on Saturday blamed what it called Donald Trump's "arbitrary and conflicting policies" for global security threats, rejecting the U.S. president's description of Tehran as a rogue state. Tensions between Iran and the United States have heightened since the election of Trump, who has...

U.N.-led Syria talks have a chance of making progress because demands for the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad have receded, Russia's ambassador in Geneva, Alexei Borodavkin, told reporters on Saturday. The seventh round of talks, which ended on Friday, had produced positive results,...

( The Guardian )- The bodies washed up with grim regularity on the banks of the Tigris downstream from Mosul, a daily reminder of the vicious fight against Islamic State that played out a few dozen miles away. All were heavily decomposed, most bound and blindfolded, some mutilated. The...