Chelsea have enough experience to keep their composure in the title race after Sunday's 2-0 defeat at Manchester United cut their lead at the top of the Premier League table to four points with six games left, goalkeeper Asmir Begovic has said. Chelsea have lost two of their last four league...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian opposition activists say an airstrike has killed at least 20 people in an eastern town that borders Iraq. The activists say the airstrike late Monday in Albukamal was most likely carried out by the U.S.-led coalition that has been targeting ISIS in Syria and...

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence reassured Japan of American commitment to reining in North Korea's nuclear and missile ambitions on Tuesday, after warning that U.S. strikes in Syria and Afghanistan showed the strength of its resolve. Pence arrived in Tokyo from South Korea, where he assured...

The travels and travails of China’s veteran point man on North Korea underscore China’s growing frustration in its efforts to broker a negotiated solution to rising tensions between North Korea and the United States.  Wu Dawei, 70, spent an unusually long five days in Seoul last week....

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday will sign an executive order directing federal agencies to recommend changes to a temporary visa program used to bring foreign workers to the United States to fill high-skilled jobs. Two senior Trump administration officials who briefed reporters at the...

( The Guardian )- Is Asma al-Assad a war criminal? Is she a threat to British national security? These are the questions the home secretary will consider if she gives any attention to the call by the Liberal Democrat’s foreign affairs spokesman Tom Brake that she withdraw the Syrian president’s...

North Korea has threatened to launch missile tests "every week", keeping up its drumbeat as Vice President Mike Pence arrived in Japan with a renewed security commitment designed to soothe nerves over Pyongyang's atomic weapons program. The North, which is intent on developing a...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Monday angrily rejected criticism by international monitors of a referendum granting him extra powers that was disputed by the opposition and exposed bitter divisions in the country. The referendum was seen as crucial not just for shaping Turkey's...

( The New Arab )- Over the past two centuries, Arabs have asked themselves an endless stream of questions. The appropriate role of Islam in politics; the dialectic relationship between tradition and modernity; the pros and cons of liberalism and socialism; the meaning and purpose of a true...

On his first trip as U.S defense secretary to parts of the Middle East and Africa, Jim Mattis will focus on the fight against Islamic State and articulating President Donald Trump's policy toward Syria, officials and experts say. His trip may give clarity to adversaries and allies alike...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 15 civilians, mostly women and children, have been killed in rebel-held areas of Aleppo and Idlib provinces on Tuesday as regime forces backed by allied militias wage major offensive in the western countryside of Aleppo, local reporter said. 10 people, mostly children...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Action Group For Palestinians of Syria called on the Syrian regime to disclose the fate of almost 1200 Palestinian detainees, including 86 women believed to be in its prisons. A report issued by the London-based monitoring has reveled that the number of...

The Manbij Military Council on Monday sent 200 fighters to support the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in the Raqqa operation against ISIS with heavy weapons and ammunition, ARA News said. “We did not forget the SDF support. During the liberation campaign of the city of Manbij, the...

Venezuela's defense minister Monday declared the army's loyalty to President Nicolas Maduro, two days ahead of a major protest by opponents trying to oust the leftist president. "The Bolivarian National Armed Forces remains united ... and confirms its unconditional loyalty to the president,"...

ISIS is talking to Al-Qaeda about a possible alliance as Iraqi troops close in on ISIS fighters in Mosul, Iraqi Vice President Ayad Allawi said in an interview on Monday. Allawi said he got the information Monday from Iraqi and regional contacts knowledgeable about Iraq. "The discussion...

The impossible is now possible, French far right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said in celebration the morning after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidency. But the Trump effect may not bring Le Pen the boost she had once expected. That's in part because Trump has not turned out to be...

 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Monday told international monitors to "know your place" after they suggested the landmark referendum giving him extra powers fell short of international standards. "Know your place first," Erdogan told the monitors in an address to supporters...

( Al-Monitor )- Maxim Suchkov writes that following the visit of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to Moscow this week, “the departure of President Bashar al-Assad was and remains a non-starter for Russia. What neither Lavrov nor Putin would probably say to Tillerson, but do expect him to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The fifth batch of Waer neighborhood’s evacuees left the last rebel stronghold in Homs city on Monday, heading FSA-held town of Jarablus at the border with Turkey, local reporter said. The 50 buses carried 1876 people, including 544 women and 680 children, resuming an...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Activists of al-Mazraa town in southern province of Sweida went to streets on Monday, commemorating the 71th anniversary of the Independence Day where the chants were demanding another Independence form the Assad family and All foreign forces in Syria. The Evacuation Day is...