Egyptian police officers have shot dead 16 gunmen in two shootouts, the country's Interior Ministry said on Saturday, adding that most of those killed were fugitive militants linked to recent attacks on security forces in Northern Sinai. Egypt faces an Islamist insurgency led by the Islamic...

Iraq will announce imminently a final victory in the nearly nine-month offensive to retake Mosul from jihadists, a US general said Saturday, as celebrations broke out among police forces in the city. The defeat would be the biggest yet for the Islamic State group three years since it seized...

(Zaman Al Wasl)-  In a tent on the edge of al-Qaryeh camp in Arsal, Khaled, a 43-year-old Syrian refugee from the town of Qara in Western Qalamoun has opened his small workshop to repair washing machines and refrigerators for his refugee family in the al-Qaryeh camp. The workshop,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- 100 refugees fleeing U.S. aerial bombing in Deir Ezzor have arrived to Qana camp in Hasaka province as U.S.-backed Kurdish forces struggle to gain ground against ISIS in eastern Syria, local reporter said Saturday. Qana camp, which is a shelter for displaced people...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said it may take time to rein in North Korea's nuclear ambitions, but expressed confidence that Washington and Beijing could eventually do so. Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted Trump for a meeting just after the G20 summit concluded. Trump has urged...

President Tayyip Erdogan Saturday said Turkey would not watch passively as weapons were sent to Kurdish fighters on its southern border, saying his country would respond to any threats to national security. The United States has been arming Kurdish YPG fighters taking part in the battle to...

A Lebanese military prosecutor ordered forensics to examine the bodies of four Syrians who died in army custody last week following calls for an inquiry by rights groups, a judge said on Saturday. The four, who the army said had died due to chronic illness, were among several hundred people...

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday he had not given up on trying to get U.S. counterpart Donald Trump to change his mind about withdrawing the United States from the Paris climate change agreement. The final statement from the Group of 20 leaders meeting in Hamburg on Saturday...

(Eqtsad)- In recent days, Syrians have experienced difficult days with the rising temperatures, but their suffering does not compare to the tragedy residents in camps along the Syrian-Turkish border are experiencing.  The area of  Atmeh  in Idlib province hosts several...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Key opposition figures are working on new framework to be discussed in the next-week round of Geneva peace talks amid the weakening of opposition stance and lack of International Community support, well-informed sources told Zaman al-Wasl. The Syrian National Council...

Syria's Raqa once thrived on the banks of the gushing Euphrates River, but dire shortages in the Islamic State group stronghold are forcing desperate civilians to risk their lives for water. The northern city has been without steady running water for several weeks after damage to pipelines...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Anas al-Husaiki resided in neither al-Nour nor al-Qaryah camps in Arsal which were raised by the Lebanese al-Majoqal Regiment on the morning of Friday, June 30, 2017.  Anas al- Husaiki , a nurse and father, was placed by fate before the Lebanese Army forces he...

Some 48 Egyptian migrants were found dead in eastern Libya, according to the Libyan Red Crescent. In a statement on Saturday, the Red Crescent said the bodies were found south of a checkpoint between Tobruk and Ajdabiya cities in northeastern Libya. “The victims were on their way to...

A separate truce for southern Syria, brokered by the U.S. and Russia, is meant to help allay growing concerns by neighboring Jordan and Israel about Iranian military ambitions in the area, including fears that Tehran plans to set up a disruptive long-term presence there. Such apprehensions...

A ceasefire deal agreed for southwestern Syria is a positive development that will help support the political process in the country, The U.N. Deputy Special Envoy for Syria said on Saturday. "This is a step in the right direction... All of this leads to supporting the political process,"...

Dozens of religious leaders boarded a bus on the Champs Elysees in Paris on Saturday to kick off a European tour of the sites of recent Islamist attacks to remember the victims and condemn violence.    Imams from countries including France, Belgium, Britain and Tunisia were joined by...

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday to put aside "distractions" that have strained bilateral ties and warned that China was unwilling to compromise on Taiwan, state news agency Xinhua said. Relations have been complicated for decades by the...

The firefighters who battled an inferno at a London apartment block that killed at least 80 people last month were hindered by equipment failings including the lack of a high ladder, the BBC reported on Saturday. More than 200 firefighters and 40 engines were sent to the 24-storey Grenfell...

( The Guardian )- Wolves have broken their transfer record to sign the Portugal midfielder Rúben Neves from Porto on a five-year deal. The club also announced on Saturday the arrival of Porto’s defender Willy Boly on a season-long loan. Neves, who became the youngest captain in Champions...

World leaders meeting for a summit in Germany have agreed every aspect of a joint statement apart from the section on climate where the United States is pushing for a reference to fossil fuels, European Union officials said on Saturday. The officials said aides had worked until 2 a.m. to...