(Zaman Al Wasl)- Liwa al-Quds, pro-regime militia fighting the Islamic State in the Syrian desert, has mourned 17 militants killed in clashes with the radical group northeast of ancient city of Palmyra, according to statement posted on Tuesday. The Iran-backed militia...

The Supreme Court's criteria for who can be barred from entering the United States under President Donald Trump's travel ban may confuse the U.S. officials overseas charged with implementing it and trigger a new round of lawsuits, experts said. People with a "bona fide relationship with a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- With the signing of the Truce Agreement at the beginning of last month and the absence of bombing on Idlib, Eid looks different this year in Idlib. Idlib's people have been able to prepare for the Eid holiday with greater comfort in stark contrast to previous Eid al-Fitr...

By Nour Malas ( The Wall Street Journal )-  On the glittering Bosporus strait, a boat outfitted to look like an old Damascus neighborhood offers Syrians living in Turkey a wistful taste of home. To the beat of drums and folkloric processions, Syrians looking to escape from the...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday demanded that investigators apologize for looking into Russian interference and possible collusion with his 2016 election campaign, accusing predecessor President Barack Obama of having "colluded or obstructed," but he did not provide evidence....

A Swede who had been held hostage by Al-Qaeda in Mali since 2011 has been freed, the Swedish government said Monday, but the fate of a fellow hostage from South Africa remains unknown. "It is with great pleasure that I can announce that Johan Gustafsson has been released and can return to...

An eight-year-old Syrian girl who drew global attention with her Twitter updates from besieged Aleppo was on Monday named one of the most influential people on the internet by Time Magazine. Other people on this year's list included British author J.K. Rowling, pop singer Rihanna, celebrity...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The number of displaced persons in the Qana refugee camp in the southern countryside of al-Hasakah has risen to 1,200 with tens of families continuing to arrive via Markada from Islamic State controlled areas in Deir Ez Zor province. Zaman al-Wasl’s reporter in the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Dozens of civilians were killed and wounded during Russian and the Global Coalition airstrikes on the cities and countryside of Deir Ez Zor, al-Raqqah, and al-Hasakah which are all areas excluded from the de-escalation of tension areas agreed upon between Russia, Turkey and...

( The Guardian )- For the 10 months I spent as a detainee in the prisons of Bashar al-Assad, I only saw my family in my dreams. At night, the screams would stop for an hour or two, and I could close my eyes and remember what it was like to be human. When I slept, I would return to my life....

Daesh (ISIS) fighters launched a string of counterattacks in a western Mosul neighborhood that had recently been declared free of the militant group, setting off clashes that continued overnight, Iraqi officials said Monday. By daylight, the situation was calm and the fighting had subsided,...

British Prime Minister Theresa May told European Union citizens who are already living legally in Britain that she wanted them to stay after the country leaves the EU in 2019. Setting out Britain's plans for immigrants from EU countries, she said that all those legally in Britain before a...

An opinion poll shows that a majority of Russians think Soviet leader Josef Stalin was the "most outstanding person" in history. The survey by the Levada Center released Monday said 38 percent chose Stalin, in a stark contrast to just 12 percent in 1989 when Russians were beginning to...

The battle to take full control of Mosul from Islamic State will be over in a few days and an attempted fight-back by the militants failed, an Iraqi general told Reuters on Monday. "Only a small part remains in the city, specifically the Old City," said Lieutenant General Abdul Ghani...

The EU's powerful anti-trust regulator will slap Google with a record fine as early as Tuesday in another European blow against a US tech giant, sources said. Led by hard-charging European Commission competition chief Margrethe Vestager, the EU will impose a massive penalty against Google...

Thousands of people who fled to Canada to escape President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal migrants have become trapped in legal limbo because of an overburdened refugee system, struggling to find work, permanent housing or enroll their children in schools. Refugee claims are taking...

(Eqtsad)- An observer monitoring the oil production data announced by the Syrian regime officials, would directly notice the significant decline in the production of these data over the past year. The decline comes in contradiction to the statements of government officials about the...

A gunman paused for a moment after entering an internet cafe in the Yemeni port city of Aden, approached Amgad Abdulrahman and pulled the trigger three times. As the 22-year-old law student -- a member of a cultural club set up by secularists -- lay dying, the gunman waved his pistol...

Iraqi troops have captured Mosul's al-Faruq neighborhood, in the northwestern side of the Old City, from Daesh (ISIS) militants, the military said. The district is located opposite the historic Grand al-Nuri Mosque, which was destroyed by the militants last week. Daesh is still in control of...

US-backed fighters have seized a quarter of Syria's Raqqa from Daesh (ISIS), a monitor said Monday, less than three weeks after they first entered the northern city. Arab and Kurdish militiamen from the Syrian Democratic Forces smashed into the militants main Syrian bastion on June 6 after a...