(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces have violated Russian-brokered ceasefire deal in the Eastern Ghouta Suburbs near the capital as ground and aerial bombing has been renewed on Wednesday, local activist said.  Douma coordination said the key town of Eastern Ghouta was rocked by...

A group of feminist activists was detained in Moscow Wednesday, International Women's Day, after protesting by the Kremlin walls with a banner reading "Men have been in power 200 years, down with them!" OVD Info, a website that monitors detentions of activists, wrote that seven people were...

Yemen's Al-Qaeda has detained two militants accused of being U.S. informants in a district targeted by multiple air raids over the past week, a tribal leader said Wednesday. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) arrested two of its operatives in Mawjan district in the southern Abyan...

Iraqi forces in west Mosul worked to clear bombs and searched for extremist fighters in recaptured areas Wednesday to set the stage for renewed offensive operations, officers said. Iraqi security forces launched a major operation to retake west Mosul -- ISIS' last major urban bastion in the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Spokesperson of the Syrian Elite Forces, said their forces and its allies the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) took control of the area close to the archaeological Zalbiyet site along the Euphrates River after confrontations with the Islamic State in Deir Ez Zor western...

UN Assistant Secretary-General and Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis Kevin Kennedy is calling for greater efforts to address the needs of more than 7 million women and girls in Syria impacted by the conflict. “Responding to the specific needs of Syrian women is an absolute...

A U.S. Navy ship changed course towards Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessels in the Strait of Hormuz Saturday, a guard commander was quoted as saying Wednesday while issuing a warning. A U.S. official told Reuters Monday that multiple fast-attack vessels from the Revolutionary Guard had come...

Iraq will continue hitting ISIS targets in Syria, as well as in neighboring countries if they give their approval, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Wednesday. "I respect the sovereignty of states, and I have secured the approval of Syria to strike positions (on its territory)," he...

Armenia's President Serzh Sarkisian has urged international powers to step up pressure on Azerbaijan to avoid all-out war over the disputed Nagorny Karabakh region, accusing his nation's arch-foe of military "blackmail". "The danger of a new war is constant and will persist until Azerbaijan...

Indian police Wednesday shot dead a suspected ISIS sympathizer who they said was involved in a train explosion that injured 10 people. Police said they ended a nearly 12-hour stand-off in the early hours by storming the house where the suspect, identified as Saifullah, was holed up in...

Thousands of people have fled clashes between the Myanmar military and ethnic rebels along the border with China, a Chinese official said, as fighting threatened leader Aung San Suu Kyi's top goal of reaching peace with minorities. About 30 people were killed on Monday in the attack staged...

China, fearing a rapid escalation of tension on the Korean peninsula, called on North Korea on Wednesday to stop its nuclear and missile tests and for South Korea and the United States to stop joint military drills and seek talks instead. North Korea launched four ballistic missiles on...

(New York Times)- The top American military officer met Tuesday with his Russian and Turkish counterparts to discuss how to avoid an unintended confrontation as forces from all three nations operate on an increasingly crowded battlefield in northern Syria. The unusual three-way meeting was...

Gunmen, including at least one dressed as a doctor, attacked a military hospital close to the U.S. embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday and were engaging security forces inside the building, officials and witnesses said. A security official said the attack began with an explosion...

Alexis Sanchez was named in Arsenal's starting XI for Tuesday's Champions League last-16 second leg at home to Bayern Munich following reports of a training-ground bust-up. The Chile star, 28, was dropped for Arsenal's 3-1 loss at Liverpool last Saturday after reportedly clashing with...

Turkey's foreign minister accused Berlin Tuesday of exerting systematic pressure on Turkish citizens in Germany and hampering those who wanted to campaign in support of President Tayyip Erdogan's bid for new powers at a referendum next month. Mevlut Cavusoglu was speaking at a rally of...

Spain hinted Tuesday it wants to receive fewer refugees from European Union border areas than it had agreed, arguing the number of people needing relocation was far less than thought. The EU in 2015 approved a plan to share out 160,000 refugees already on European soil, mainly in Italy and...

Syrian regime army and its allies took control of the main water pumping station for Aleppo at al-Khafsa near the Euphrates on Tuesday after ISIS fighters withdrew, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a pro-opposition group, said. The army and its allies, backed by Russian air power,...

A ceasefire has been declared in Syria's Eastern Ghouta, a rebel bastion near Damascus, to run from midnight on Sunday to March 20, Russia's defense ministry said Tuesday. "A 'regime of silence' has been introduced from 00.01 on March 6 to 23:59 on March 20 (Damascus time) in the area...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Southern Front rebel group said no invitation has been received by the Kazak government to attend the fourth round of Syria's peace talks on March 14, spokesman said Tuesday. Issam al-Rayyes told Zaman al-Wasl that the alliance of more than 35 rebel groups that...