Regime counters resistance and tighten noose on civilians in Hama (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime has pumped the water of Rastan Dam into the Orontes River in the northern countryside of Homs city, to increase the water level of the river, such a step may cut off the supply route f...

Syria's army and its allies retook a village near Hama Saturday, a Syrian military source said, as the government tries to turn back a major insurgent offensive, but bitter fighting continued, a war activist said. President Bashar Assad and his allies, Russia, Iran and Shi'ite fighters from...

A former Palestinian prisoner who Israel sent to Gaza after his release has been found shot dead at the entrance of his house in Gaza City. Mazen Faqha belonged to Hamas, the resistance group that rules Gaza. Hamas says Faqha was shot four times in the head with a silenced gun late...

Dubai International Airport and its flag carrier Emirates began implementing a ban on laptops and tablets on direct flights to the U.S. Saturday, on one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. 1.1 million people are expected to pass through the busiest international airport as the city...

The man who killed four people outside Britain's Parliament was in Saudi Arabia three times and taught English there, the Middle Eastern country's embassy said. A Saudi Embassy statement released late Friday said that Khalid Masood taught English in Saudi Arabia from November 2005 to...

At least 16 people died after a Friday night air strike on a prison in Syria's rebel-held Idlib province including both prisoners and staff, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, said on Saturday. Idlib is one of the most important strongholds of rebels,...

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet with NATO members next week in Brussels, officials said Friday, as alliance diplomats worked to nail down the date. "We are currently planning to hold the meeting of NATO foreign ministers on 31 March. Consultations on scheduling among Allies...

Russia, Iran and Turkey need to convene more Syrian ceasefire talks as soon as possible to bring the situation on the ground under control, U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said on Friday. De Mistura is mediating political talks in Geneva, while a separate series of talks in the Kazakh...

Britain risks looking as though it has put defense and trade ties with Turkey ahead of human rights concerns as it pushes to secure a closer relationship with Ankara, a committee of lawmakers said Saturday. The warning comes as Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to begin negotiating...

The wail sliced through the stuffy underground medical centre in a besieged town near the Syrian capital. Dania, 14, was writhing in pain ahead of her first ever dialysis session. She was one of dozens of patients being treated for renal insufficiency inside a basement-turned-clinic in...

U.S.-backed local forces fighting Islamic State in Syria on Friday reached one side of the Tabqa dam, one of the top prizes in their campaign to drive the jihadist group from Raqqa city, local campaign officials said. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Negotiating Committee in the besieged neighborhood of Al-Wa'ar, in Homs city, issued a brief statement on Friday announcing the postponement of the second evacuation, which was scheduled on Saturday afternoon due to fierce fighting in Hama countryside between the Syrian...

Communication channels between Russia and the United States on flight safety over Syrian airspace are working, Interfax news agency reported Friday, citing Russia's Defense Ministry. The ministry said that its officials held a video conference with the U.S. counterparts on Friday and...

Syrian rivals will tackle all agenda items at peace talks this week, including political transition, the United Nations mediator Staffan de Mistura said Friday, warning not to expect "miracles." The fifth round of stalled U.N.-backed negotiations have started in Geneva, with a mandate to...

ISIS claimed responsibility late Friday for a suspected suicide bomb attack outside the Bangladeshi capital's main international airport, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors extremist communications. A bomber was killed in the blast, police said, the third in a series of...

(Eqtsad)- The Syrian refugee community in the Turkish border city of Kilis has become victim of frequent burglary and robbery causing a prevailing feeling of insecurity among residents, especially Syrians, which caused a wave of concern among Syrian people over the social media, who called...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- 15 regime soldiers were buried Friday in an official funeral in the coastal city of Tartus amid state of anger and resentment by the deaths families, activists said. Mustafa al-Banyasi, Tartus-based activist, said the families of slain soldiers have accused regime official of...

The U.N. Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution condemning the unlawful destruction of cultural heritage and warning ISIS, Al-Qaeda and other combatants that such attacks may constitute war crimes. The resolution approved Friday expands previous measures which were limited to...

A U.S.- or Turkish-backed attack on Islamic State in the Syrian city of Raqqa would be illegitimate unless coordinated with President Bashar al-Assad's government, the Syrian chief negotiator at peace talks in Geneva said on Friday. "Any military presence on our territory without the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State said it had foiled the U.S.-led coalition's air-drop onto the southern bank of the Euphrates west of Tabqa town last Tuesday, Amaq news agency said as Friday's strategic advance of the U.S.-backed forces refutes ISIS claims.   The Pentagon said on Wednesday...