(Eqtsad)- As soon as the wheat and barley ears dried and gained its golden color, farmers in Daraa countryside hurried to harvest them fearing they would be intentionally burnt by the regime as it has done in previous years or that a rocket or a spark would reach them and a year’s work would...

The Pentagon credited Russia on Friday for helping calm tensions in southern Syria after a US jet shot down a pro-regime combat drone that had fired at coalition forces. In the first incident of its type, the pro-regime drone on Thursday fired what turned out to be a dud bomb at US-led...

A Palestinian was killed by Israeli gunfire during clashes in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday, said the health ministry of the Islamist movement Hamas which runs the territory. "Aeid Jumaa, 35, was killed and six other Palestinians were wounded during clashes along the Gaza border (with...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime has stepped up its aerial bombing on the opposition-held areas in southern Daraa province, dropping more than 58 barrel bombs that pushed about 800 families to leave the Old City of Daraa, the local council said on Friday.   Mohamed al-Masalmeh head of...

The Russian military on Friday accused the U.S.-led coalition in Syria of providing safe corridors for ISIS to leave the area around its stronghold of Raqqa. Col. Gen. Sergei Surovikin, the commander of Russian forces in Syria, said ISIS made a deal earlier this month with the Kurdish forces...

President Donald Trump said he was vindicated and derided James Comey as a "leaker" on Friday after the fired FBI director accused him of lying and trying to quash an investigation into a former national security adviser. Trump broke his silence on Comey's damning congressional testimony...

Iraq's Kurds said on Friday a referendum on independence will go ahead despite warnings internationally that a vote in favor of secession could trigger conflict with Baghdad at a time when the fight against ISIS is not yet won. The Kurds have played a major role in the eight-month-old...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime warplanes pounded the opposition-held areas in southern Daraa province with incendiary bombs on Thursday, including the grand mosque in the Old City, residents said.   The Napalm bombs hit the neighborhoods of Daraa al-Balad, al-Sad and al-Mukhayyam....

 Thousands packed Tehran’s streets on Friday to mourn the victims of two suicide bomb and gun attacks, and joined their supreme leader in accusing regional rival Saudi Arabia of involvement in the assaults. People in the crowds, some crying, chanted "Death to Saudi Arabia" alongside the...

A powerful Al-Qaeda-linked group Friday claimed an attack on a United Nations camp that killed three peacekeepers in Kidal in Mali's troubled north. The Group to Support Islam and Muslims, a fusion of three Malian extremist groups with previous Al-Qaeda links, posted a statement on its...

Three people were wounded when a car bomb in Turkey's southeastern province of Batman targeted a gendarmerie station Friday, police and hospital sources said. Two soldiers and one civilian were wounded by the blast, at a checkpoint in front of the station in Batman's Bekirhan district, the...

U.S.-led coalition forces launched heavy raids into Friday morning in support of Syrian fighters battling to oust ISIS from its bastion of Raqqa, activists said. The Kurdish-Arab alliance known as the Syrian Democratic Forces broke into Raqqa city's east earlier this week, months after they...

Washington buzzed with new questions Friday after ousted FBI director James Comey accused President Donald Trump of lies and defamation, in gripping testimony that undermined an already troubled White House. During almost three hours of extraordinarily frank statements before a Senate...

 A suicide bomber detonated his explosive belt in a market east of the Shi'ite holy city of Kerbala Friday, killing at least 20 and wounding 25, Iraqi security sources said. Islamic State claimed the attack in the town of Musayab, in a statement on its Amaq news agency. Read...

Iranian authorities have arrested two suspects linked to attacks in Tehran this week that killed 17 people, Iranian media reported on Friday. "Two suspects with links to the terrorist raids in Tehran on Wednesday have been arrested in (the western Iranian province of) Kermanshah," state TV...

A man armed with a knife is holding employees hostage at a job center in Newcastle in northeast England, police said Friday. "Specialist negotiators are at the scene," Northumbria Police said in a statement, adding that there were no reports of injuries. Police said student accommodation...

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is encouraged by the peace process seeking to put an end to the war in Syria. Russia along with Turkey and Iran sponsored talks in the Kazakh capital Astana bringing together the Syrian government and the opposition and focused on reducing violence....

Turkey Friday called a plan by Iraqi Kurds to hold a referendum on independence a "terrible mistake", saying that Iraq's territorial integrity and political unity was a fundamental principle for Ankara. "We think this will represent a terrible mistake," the foreign ministry said in a...

European Union leaders fear Prime Minister Theresa May's shock loss of her majority in the snap British election will delay Brexit talks due to start this month and raise the risk of negotiations failing. Guenther Oettinger, the German member of the European Commission, said it was unclear...

Chinese President Xi Jinping Friday told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the two countries should work to "appropriately" manage their differences, the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement online. "(China and India) should strengthen multilateral communication and...