Archaeologists and conservation experts are meeting in Cairo to discuss the safe transportation of King Tutankhamun's throne, chests and bed from the Egyptian Museum in central Cairo to a new one being built on the other side of the city. Sunday's gathering brought together experts from...

The Syrian army seized control of the village of al-Zalakiyat north of Hama on Sunday amid a heavy bombardment, a war monitor reported, despite a deal brokered by Russia, Syria's main foreign backer, to reduce fighting. Violence has raged in the countryside north of Hama for over a month,...

The courtyard of the Louvre Museum in Paris, where French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron was due to speak later on Sunday, was briefly evacuated after a suspect bag was found. Police in the French capital said they made security checks of the area as a precaution and later added that...

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani faced furious protests from victims' families on Sunday when he visited the site of a mine accident that claimed dozens of lives, two weeks ahead of an election. Local news agencies showed people stamping on Rouhani's car and beating the windows as it tried to...

Dozens of ISIS fighters cornered in a northern part of Syria's Tabqa are holding off US-backed forces that hold almost all of the city, a monitor said Sunday. Tabqa sits on the Euphrates River and on a strategic supply route about 55 kilometers (35 miles) west of Raqa, the Syrian heart of...

Agreement has been reached to evacuate wounded fighters of the hardline Islamist group formerly known as Nusra Front from Yarmouk, in the southern suburbs of Damascus, to rebel-held Idlib province, Hezbollah-affiliated al-Manar TV reported on Sunday. The agreement is the second phase of an...

Waterlogged parts of eastern Canada were hit with more rain early Sunday, as freshly deployed troops helped evacuate residents ahead of peak flooding expected in the coming days. Torrential rains combined with runoff from melting snow have caused rivers to overflow their banks, posing a...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- Local sources in Barza, north Damascus, told Zaman al-Wasl that the deal is to displace the people and residents of the neighborhood. The first batch will be sent to Idlib on Monday. Sources said the first batch will include about 1500 people, followed by about 7 other batches...

( BBC )- Veteran dissident Riad Seif is a widely respected figure among Syria's opposition groups, known for more than a decade of his activism against President Bashar al-Assad. Mr Seif's latest initiative is a proposal to set up a new leadership body to unite the various opposition...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Regime forces stepped up their shelling of the villages of al-Asfar, al-Sakia and Khirbat Sa'ad in the north-eastern Swaida countryside under the control of Syrian resistance factions. Facebook page Swaida 24 reported regime army escalation in the region is renewed...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 36 regime army troops from the coastal city of Tartus have been killed since mid of April, activists told Zaman al-Wasl. The death toll included 1 general brigadier, 1 captain and 5 lieutenants, mostly were killed in Aleppo, Homs, Daraa and Damascus suburbs....

With the approach of the holy month of Ramadan, Zizoun camp for the displaced in the countryside of Houran witnessed liberated new waves of displaced persons from the Yarmouk Basin, especially the towns of Glenn and Koya, after faction s affiliated with ISIS captured the...

 By Ethar Abdulhaq (Zaman Al Wasl)- The French debate between the presidential candidates Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen was almost a debate on the Syrian issue, or so it looked like when it came to discussing the file of security and terrorism as it is the most delicate file to play...

By Mark Townsend ( The Guardian )- Syria’s Kurds have revealed plans to redraw the northern part of the country by linking the Kurdish region of Rojava with the Mediterranean Sea, in a move that will infuriate neighbouring Turkey. In a further sign of growing Kurdish confidence in...

Fighting between Syrian rebel and government forces eased on Saturday as a Russian-led effort to shore up a ceasefire took effect, although battles continued on important frontlines near Hama and Damascus, rebels and a war monitor said. The deal to create "de-escalation" zones in the major...

After a tumultuous election campaign filled with scandal and surprises, the French public began to vote on Sunday on whether a pro-European Union centrist or an anti-EU, anti-immigration far-rightist will lead them for the next five years. Opinion polls indicate they will pick Emmanuel...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- About 250 Syrian women, Kurds and Arabs, have joined the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in Hasaka province, activists said. The first batch of female fighters, who operate under the Women's Protection Units (YPJ), have received an extensive training by the the Hasaka-based...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Syrian refugee woman died at the entrance of a Islamic Charity hospital in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli after denying access to Emergency department. Tripoli News network, well-spread Facebook page, reported that the victim’s son Ali Antouz had reported bringing...

Thousands of women dressed in white marched in Venezuela's capital Saturday to keep pressure on President Nicolas Maduro, whose authority is being increasingly challenged by protests and deadly unrest. Led by opposition leaders, lawmakers and Lilian Tintori -- the wife of jailed opposition...

Nigeria's president says he will meet Sunday with 82 Chibok schoolgirls freed this weekend after being kidnapped three years ago by Boko Haram. President Muhammadu Buhari said in a statement that he will receive the released schoolgirls in Nigeria's capital, Abuja. The president said the...