(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 17 people have been killed in the last 24 hours in southern Daraa province as regime forces and allied militias wage major offensive, residents said Tuesday. The regime ground bombardment on Tafas town killed five civilians, including two children. On Monday, 12...

Two days from a national election, Britain's ruling Conservatives and opposition Labour Party battled to defend their records on security after an Islamist attack that killed seven people in London upended the campaign. After police named two of the attackers and revealed that one was...

The U.S.-led coalition battling ISIS waged a fresh strike on Tuesday against forces supporting the Syrian regime that it said threatened U.S. and partnered forces based in southern Syria, in the latest sign of growing tension there. "Despite previous warnings, pro-regime forces entered the...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels on Tuesday have killed 7 YPG militants in surprise attack in rural Aleppo province, local reporter said. The rebel factions launched a surprise attack on the bastion of the powerful Kurdish militia at the interface of Tel Refaat town, killing seven....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The death toll of Monday's Russian airstrikes on rural Hama province rose to 15, mostly fmembers of displaced family, local activists said. The Russian airstrikes hit the ISIS-held village of Aqrabat on Monday inthe eastern countryside of Hama province. Aqarabat...

A man armed with a hammer shouted "this is for Syria" before attacking police officers on Tuesday outside France's Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, the interior minister said. The assailant wounded one officer before he was shot and wounded by other officers. The Paris prosecutor's office...

Police in Paris shot and wounded a man who attacked an officer outside the Notre Dame cathedral on Tuesday, the Paris police headquarters said. Police had earlier said they were dealing with an incident in the courtyard outside the world-famous tourist site and warned the public to stay...

( The Guardian )- The UN’s top human rights official has marked the 50th anniversary of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories by calling for its quick end, insisting that such an outcome would benefit both sides. Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, the Jordanian prince who heads the UN Human...

 Russia's defense ministry says one of its fighter jets has intercepted an American strategic bomber that was flying near the border of Russian airspace. The defense ministry said in a statement the Su-27 was dispatched to the area over the Baltic Sea on Tuesday morning after Russian...

Emmanuel Macron's party is set to win the biggest parliamentary majority for a French president since Charles de Gaulle's 1968 landslide, a survey of voter intentions for the coming legislative elections showed on Tuesday. A majority of such proportions would give Macron's government a...

Britain must work with other countries to cut funding for terrorism whether it is provided with the knowledge of governments or not, foreign minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday. Asked by a journalist about a government report which local media have said focuses on the role of Saudi Arabia...

A rocket struck an Indian diplomatic compound in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Tuesday, causing no casualties, police said, as representatives of about two dozen international delegations met a kilometer or so away to discuss efforts to end violence. Sirens and warnings of "incoming"...

Accusations that Russian intelligence services were seeking to hack U.S. voting equipment as part of a broader effort to interfere in the U.S. presidential election are false and unfounded, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. "This assertion has absolutely nothing to do with reality," Kremlin...

The third Islamist militant who carried out an attack on Saturday in London that killed seven people was a Moroccan-Italian called Youssef Zaghba, an Italian intelligence source said on Tuesday. The source said Zaghba's Italian mother lives in the northern Italian city of Bologna, confirming...

Saudi Arabia plans to execute 14 citizens, all Shiites, after a "grossly unfair trial" linked to political protests, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday. Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia, which has one of the highest rates of executions in the world, has witnessed protests...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian revolution and Qatar have many intersections and Qatar preceded everyone in some of these intersections. Zaman al-Wasl presents 7 priorities for Qatar with the Syrian revolution: July 18, 2011: The Qatari Ambassador and the Qatari Diplomatic Mission...

The top United Nations human rights official called on Tuesday for an end to Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory, saying it would benefit both sides after 50 years of enmity. Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, in a speech opening a three-week session of the U.N. Human Rights Council, said that...

Syria's state news agency and an opposition monitoring group say airstrikes on the northern city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of ISIS, have killed at least 12 people. State news agency SANA reported on Tuesday that the airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition killed 12, including women and...

Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny wants to extend his stay at Roma after completing two loan spells at the club, President of the Serie A side James Palotta has said. Szczesny, who debuted for Arsenal in 2010, moved to Roma in 2015 and re-signed for another year after a successful first...

 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani issued an ultimatum to the Taliban Tuesday, calling on the insurgents to embrace peace or "face consequences". "We are offering a chance for peace but this is not an open-ended offer. Time is running out... this is the last chance, take it or face...