Children have suffered the most in Syria's six-year war, and among them the most vulnerable are those separated from their families, a senior Unicef official told Reuters Wednesday. Furthemore, as well as the large number of direct casualties from warfare, many more children have died or...

Two suicide bomb attacks killed at least 31 people and wounded dozens more in Damascus on Wednesday, state media reported, in the second such spate of bombings in the Syrian capital in five days. The first suicide bomber targeted the Palace of Justice, the main courthouse in central Damascus...

A suicide bomber attacked a courthouse in the center of the Syrian capital Wednesday, killing at least 30 people and wounding others, state media reported. "The preliminary toll in the terrorist suicide bombing at the old palace of justice building is 30 dead and a number of wounded," state...

Hackers supporting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday defaced Twitter accounts of top individuals and institutions with Nazi jibes, as the EU hit back at Ankara's behaviour in an escalating crisis. Turkey and the European Union are going through their most explosive crisis...

Syrian government negotiator Bashar al Ja'afari said Wednesday his delegation had not discussed a constitutional commission for the war-torn state during the latest round of Syria peace talks in Astana. Speaking in the Kazakh capital, Ja'afari said the only document the Syrian government...

The White House acknowledged late Tuesday that Donald Trump paid $38 million in taxes in 2005, a rare view into the president's jealously guarded finances that was leaked to the U.S. media. Trump reported an income of $150 million, and paid an overall tax rate of around 25 percent. But the...

 Nearly 100,000 Iraqis have fled the battle to retake west Mosul from ISIS, the International Organization for Migration said Wednesday. Iraqi forces launched a major push last month to recapture west Mosul, which is the most populated urban area still held by ISIS, with an estimated...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Army of Tribes has come to light again at the sixth anniversary of the Syria revolution as part of the meeting included many figures in Turkey this week to discuss activating it. The Spokesman of the Higher Council of Syrian Tribes, Modar al-Asaad has told Zaman...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 11 civilians have been killed in Russian airstrikes targeted the northern city of Idlib early Wednesday, local media center said. Five children were among the casualties, according to Idlib Media Center. Meanwhile, the rescuing Civil Defense workers are still looking...

Four female suicide bombers blew themselves up near a bus station in northeastern Nigeria early Wednesday, killing two people, the country's disaster agency said. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said the blasts occurred at about 1:15 am (0015 GMT) in the Usmanti area on the...

Germany's biggest-selling daily Bild Wednesday lashed out at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, branding him persona non grata and accusing him of "endangering Europe's stability through his lust for power". "Bild tells the truth to Erdogan's face -- you are not a democrat! You are...

In its Sixth Anniversary: The Revolution Without Aleppo (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrians this week are celebrating the sixth anniversary of the start of the revolution for freedom and dignity with the painful loss of Aleppo city. The city was distinguished by the celebratory carnivals its activists...

A nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea Wednesday for joint military exercises, the U.S. Navy said, in the latest show of force against the North. The USS Carl Vinson berthed in the southern port of Busan as U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson began a tour of the...

Turkish media report suspected Kurdish rebels have detonated explosives on a highway as security forces were passing by, killing two soldiers. The state-run Anadolu Agency says the explosion occurred Wednesday on a highway linking the cities of Mardin and Diyarbakir in southeast Turkey....

More than 800 health workers have died in "acts of war crimes" in Syria since 2011, in hospital bombings, shootings, torture and executions perpetrated mainly by government-backed forces, researchers said Wednesday. The Syrian government and its ally, Russia, have turned the violent...

Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry said Syria's rebel delegation was expected in Astana Wednesday night for peace talks which are taking place this week to end the six year civil war. A spokesman for the ministry said the rebels would come for consultations with Russia, Turkey and Iran. The...

China's accelerated military development and recent activity by its military aircraft and ships around Taiwan pose an increased threat to the self-ruled island, according to a Taiwanese government defense report draft reviewed by Reuters. The 2017 Quadrennial Defence Review (QDR) also...

Germany's center-left Social Democrats (SPD) remained steady at 32 percent support over the past week, one percentage point behind Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats, according to a poll published on Wednesday. The two parties, now partners in Merkel's 'grand...

Troops commanded by Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar announced the recapture Tuesday of two key oil installations, as fighting raged in Tripoli where a rival government has struggled to assert its authority. Libya has experienced years of violence and lawlessness since the 2011...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Senior commander in the military council of al-Bab city said the opposition fighters who are part of the Turkish-led Euphrates Shield Operations would head to Raqqa to fight the Islamic State forces as they close to finishing their military operations in Aleppo. Abu...