( The New Arab )- Refugees fleeing the bloody conflict in Syria are trying to find shelter in any neighbouring countries that could offer tham a haven. And, as unlikely a destination as it may seem, Gaza has become home for families fleeing Assad's war. Dozens of Syrian families have arrived...

( The New Arab )- International efforts to end the Syria war are taking place along two rival tracks, with peace talks due in Geneva on Tuesday overshadowed by a competing process in Astana. Observers say the UN is battling to compete with Astana's momentum after a deal to create four...

A group of German lawmakers has been blocked from visiting troops stationed at Turkey's Incirlik air base, officials said on Monday, a move that could reignite a row between the NATO allies over Berlin's access to the base. The lawmakers were denied a visit to the base as it was not deemed...

U.S.-backed Iraqi forces pressed an advance on neighborhoods under ISIS control in Mosul Monday as they seek to dislodge fighters entrenched in a central mosque before the holy month of Ramadan. Seven months into the campaign to recapture Mosul, militants are besieged in its northwestern...

 By Evan Dyer ( CBC )- The Syrian branch of al-Qaeda, currently calling itself Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), has succeeded in getting itself off Canada's list of designated terrorist entities following its latest identity shift. That complicates the task of prosecuting...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas began a three-day visit to India Monday with a tour of an IT facility that is helping Ramallah build a high-end tech hub. Abbas, who arrived late Sunday, will hold talks on the Middle East peace process, among other issues, with Prime Minister Narendra...

 For the second time in a week, government lawyers will try to persuade a federal appeals court to reinstate President Donald Trump's revised travel ban - and once again, they can expect plenty of questions Monday about whether the ban was designed to discriminate against Muslims. A...

The United Nations said Monday that $1.4 billion (1.3 billion euros) was needed this year alone to help the nearly two million people who have fled war and famine in South Sudan. The UNHCR refugee agency and the World Food Programme presented an updated response plan to the crisis in...

Militants killed two police Monday in Haditha in a rare attack inside a town west of Baghdad that tribesmen and security forces successfully defended against repeated extremist assaults, officials said. When ISIS seized swathes of territory in Anbar and elsewhere in Iraq, Haditha was one of...

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson Monday downplayed differences with EU partners over the bloc's military ambitions, saying London supported their efforts to bolster defense cooperation. Reports Friday put Brexit-bound Britain in the dock for blocking the launch of an EU military...

Iranian opposition figure Mehdi Karoubi, under house arrest since 2011, announced his support for President Hassan Rouhani who is seeking a second term in Friday's election. Karoubi asked all Iranians to participate in the election and to protect the democratic process by choosing their...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 15 civilians have been killed Monday in the US-led coalition strikes on border town with Iraq, ISIS news agency said. Amaq agency said the deadly strike that hit Albukamal town had also let 35 peple wounded. A nother U.S.-led...

North Korea said Monday it had successfully tested a new type of rocket in its latest missile launch, as analysts said it showed an unprecedented range that brought U.S. bases in the Pacific within reach. Sunday's launch was of a "new ground-to-ground medium long-range strategic ballistic...

Governments and computer experts girded Monday for a possible worsening of the global cyber attack that has hit more than 150 countries, as Microsoft warned against stockpiling vulnerabilities like the one at the heart of the crisis. European policing and security agencies said the fallout...

Oil prices jumped on Monday after the energy ministers of top producers Saudi Arabia and Russia jointly said that an OPEC-led crude production cut would be extended from the middle of this year until March 2018. Brent crude was at $51.66 per barrel at 0410 GMT, up 82 cents, or 1.6 percent,...

The bombed-out buildings of Aleppo may bear little resemblance to London’s gleaming skyscrapers but the two cities once had much in common, something German artist Hans Hack has seized on to bring home the reality of war.  Before Syria’s 6-year-old conflict, Aleppo, like London, was its...

(The Daily Star)- Lebanese General Security on Monday announced the arrest of a Syrian charged with the selling of military weapons and munitions to militants in northeast Lebanon. Following his arrest, the alleged weapons trader, identified by his initials T.Z., admitted to smuggling...

By Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Al-Amal Foundation for People with Special Needs began documenting cases of disability in the western countryside of Aleppo with the aim of developing a database for all the people with special needs in the region. The documentation,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime has deployed troops in the Syrian desert along the borderline with Iraq and Jordan due to a Russian demand as fears mount from a Western-backed attack by armed opposition, source said Sunday. The mobilising came as the U.S.-backed...

President Donald Trump is trying to determine how keeping his promise to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem could affect his hopes of brokering a peace deal between the Israelis and the Palestinians, his secretary of state said on Sunday. Since taking office in January, Trump has...