President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday urged Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards and the Basij militia under its control not to meddle in Friday's presidential election, in a rare warning that underscored rising political tensions. The Guards, who oversee an economic empire worth billions of...

The Syrian opposition is seeking an extension of the current round of U.N.-hosted peace talks underway in Geneva. Salem Meslet, an opposition spokesman, said on Wednesday it's "not right" that this round is expected to last just four days, and says the opposition plans to ask for more...

( The New Arab )- Pro-Syrian regime media outlets are notorious for writing articles based on baseless conspiracy theories.  They shamelessly deny massacres and pin the "terrorist" label on people and organisations without even considering to verify their claims - or their dangerous...

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, who slammed the Iran nuclear deal as a candidate, on Wednesday will extend sanctions relief for Iran that was called for under the 2015 pact, two U.S. officials told Reuters. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the...

Vladimir Putin rushed Wednesday to defend U.S. President Donald Trump from criticism over sharing classified information with Moscow, issuing a strongly worded statement that reflected the degree of the Russian leader's frustration with the Washington infighting that has thwarted Kremlin hopes...

 Newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron appointed his first government on Wednesday, naming veteran Socialist Jean-Yves Le Drian to foreign affairs and European lawmaker Sylie Goulard as defense minister. Other key figures during his campaign were given senior roles, with the...

 ISIS militants are planting bombs near front doors in Mosul to prevent civilians leaving, a federal police commander and witnesses said on Wednesday, as Iraqi forces make their final push against the extremists after seven months of fighting. Trapped in a shrinking area of the city,...

North Korea launched a ferry service to the Russian city of Vladivostok on Wednesday to develop links and boost economic cooperation, the North's state media said, as it faces increasing isolation over its weapons development. Experts have said North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, may be...

Russia President Vladimir Putin offered Wednesday to turn over to Congress records of President Donald Trump's discussions with Russian diplomats in which Trump is said to have disclosed classified information. His offer added a bizarre twist to the furor over Trump's intelligence disclosures....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime secuirty used to bury opposition detainees in the courtyards, an eye-witness told Zaman al-Wasl Wednesday. The  former female detainee,  who spoke on condition of anonymity, said I saw with my cell mates members of the notorious Palestine...

Germany's Foreign Ministry says it has been granted consular access to a German-Turkish journalist arrested in Turkey. Ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer said Wednesday that consular officials will visit reporter Deniz Yucel in an Istanbul-area prison on Thursday for a second time since his...

A cholera outbreak in Yemen has killed 209 people in recent weeks with 17,200 suspected cases across the war-torn country, the United Nations children's agency said Wednesday. UNICEF's Yemen mission said that there had been an "alarming increase" in cholera-related deaths. The agency's...

By Tareq Haj Bakri GENEVA (Zaman Al Wasl)-    Munther Makhous, v eteran opposition figure and  a member of the delegation of the High Committee for the ongoing Geneva  talks  confirmed to Zaman al-Wasl that a group of people from the High Committee for...

Germany's foreign minister Wednesday said parliament would likely vote on withdrawing troops involved in the fight against ISIS in Syria from a Turkish military base if Ankara persisted in denying German lawmakers access to the site. Turkish officials have told Reuters a visit by German...

A car bomb exploded in Syria's sprawling Rukban refugee camp near the border with Jordan Wednesday, two rebel sources and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The blast came two days after a double car bomb attack at the same site. ISIS claimed responsibility for Monday's...

( SNHR )- On February 18, 2017, the Syrian regime initiated an extensive military campaign against the opposition-held parts of Damascus’s eastern neighborhoods (Mainly al Qaboun and Tishreen neighborhoods), in which “Pheel” rockets, mortar shells, and chemical weapons were used. ...

Syria's government and opposition figures were expected to respond Wednesday to a "surprise" U.N. proposal on mapping a way to a new constitution, the second day of renewed peace talks in Geneva. The sixth round of U.N.-backed negotiations is the latest drive to bring a political solution to...

Zaman al-Wasl obtained three recordings documenting the communication of a Russian pilot with the control tower  in northern countryside of Homs , which is likely to be the watchtower of the Hemeimim base in Lattakia. Three recordings show that Russian air communications code...

U.S. and European officials will discuss Wednesday plans to broaden a U.S. ban on in-flight laptops and tablets to include planes from Europe. The move would create logistical chaos on the world's busiest corridor of air travel - as many as 65 million people a year travel between Europe and...

A top U.S. Navy commander Wednesday pushed for a "sense of urgency" over North Korea's nuclear and missile development, stressing it even threatens Pyongyang's allies China and Russia. Admiral Harry Harris, who heads the Pacific Command, spoke during a visit to Japan after North Korea's...