(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamist Failaq al-Rahman rebel group launched Tuesday the second phase of its offensive in the northeastern edge of Damascus, regaining territory they lost to the army in a weekend assault, and were now storming a major road intersection into the heart of the city, a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- An International plan have been set allowing Kurdish Lashoukri Rose Peshmerga to enter northeastern Syria, according to the group's spokesman. Sharfan Deraki, the Spokesman for Lashoukri Peshmerga in Syria assured that the preparation has taken place to facilitate the enter of...

Authorities found eight packages with explosives Monday that were intended for European recipients, a police spokeswoman confirmed. The packages were identical to two sent last week to German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble and to IMF offices in Paris. A local terrorist organization,...

The number of violent attacks by "terrorist cells" in China has dropped due to increased security measures, state media reported on Tuesday, however it also cited experts as saying the level of attempted violence remains high. China says it faces a serious threat from violent extremism,...

The Trump administration is considering sweeping sanctions aimed at cutting North Korea off from the global financial system as part of a broad review of measures to counter Pyongyang's nuclear and missile threat, a senior U.S. official said on Monday. The sanctions would be part of a...

The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said Russia was setting up a military base in northwestern Syria under a bilateral agreement and will help train its fighters - a step that would anger Turkey as it tries to block Kurdish gains near its borders. The Russian defense ministry, however, said it had...

By Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl)- A former detainee held in the regime intelligence branches recounted stories of her detention in various branches which lasted for 24 months. Hanadi al-Hussein was distributing aid in a besieged area on 05 October 2012, and when she left the area, she was...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Islamist Failaq al-Rahman rebel group, in statement issued Monday, said at least 39 regime troops have been killed in its surprise attack on northeast Damascus. The regime army drove rebels back by nightfall and began a fierce bombing campaign on Monday morning,...

By Adnan Abdulrazq (Zaman Al Wasl)- Both Syrian and international reports confirm that Assad regime turned Syria to the tragedy of the century after GDP declined from 60 million dollars in 2010 to less than 27 million dollars’ end of 2016. The declared foreign debt increased more than 11...

Nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu argued Monday Israel was unnecessarily hounding him 12 years after he was freed from prison, as he appeared in court over breaches of his release terms. The 62-year-old former nuclear technician was jailed in 1986 for disclosing the inner workings of...

Turkey's president, who has angered European allies with charges of fascism and anti-Turkish skulduggery, took grievances to the sporting arena on Monday, accusing the International Olympic Committee of playing tricks to stop Istanbul hosting the event. Since the early years of his political...

Iraqi forces battled Islamic State group fighters on Monday to push into Mosul's Old City where thousands of civilians remain trapped under jihadist rule. The city's historic centre is home to the Al-Nuri mosque, where IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in July 2014 proclaimed an IS "caliphate"...

 Turkish authorities have detained three people linked to last year's deadly attack on a Berlin Christmas market, local media reported Monday, saying the suspects were headed to Europe. Tunisian attacker Anis Amri hijacked a truck on Dec. 19, killed its Polish driver and plowed the...

The European Union Monday imposed sanctions against four senior Syrian military officials accused of using chemical weapons on civilians, after Russia and China blocked similar measures at the United Nations. The move marks the first time the EU has blacklisted Syrian officials for the...

Roma president James Pallotta has called on Luciano Spalletti to stay at the club, amid reports the Serie A giants could plug his eventual departure with Sassuolo coach Eusebio Di Francesco. "I'd love him to stay, you can see how strategically and tactically well we play with him around,"...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Assad's archive revealed the presence of dozens of Syrian citizens who were "stripped of Syrian nationality", for reasons that were not revealed, as it came in a memorandum issued by the Political Security Division, the security arm of the Ministry of Interior of the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A prominent Syrian activist and head of the rescuing Civil Defense group in southern Daraa province have been killed on Monday, such a bad news the human workers who defy death in the war-torn country. Abdullah al-Sarhan who was with his mates in civil mission east of Daraa...

President Donald Trump on Monday accused Democrats of making up allegations that Russia interfered in last year's election, and said Congress and the FBI should be going after media leaks instead. His tweets came just hours before a potentially politically damaging hearing in which FBI...

ISIS militants are forcing young men in western Mosul to fight for them in defense of the remaining pockets of their former stronghold against an Iraqi government assault, fleeing residents and Iraqi officers said on Monday. The forced recruitment is a sign that the hardline militants are...

Nearly half of Canadians want to deport people who are illegally crossing into Canada from the United States, and a similar number disapprove of how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is handling the influx, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Monday. A significant minority,...