By Ethar Abdulhaq (Zaman Al Wasl)- An exclusive video footage obtained by Zaman al-Wasl shows the artifacts of Palmyra Museum that were displayed in its halls and courtyards and those stored in the museum warehouse. The footage was filmed in spring 2015 while the Islamic State forces...

A contractor for France's National Front party who's close to far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has been handed preliminary charges in an investigation into the financing of political campaigns in 2014 and 2015. The Paris' prosecutor's office confirmed Saturday that Frederic...

(Washington Post)- For complicated reasons to do with war and politics, the only way in and out of the enclave controlled by Syria’s Kurds is on a rusty iron boat that ferries passengers across the Tigris River from Iraq. Late last year, photographer Alice Martins and I boarded one of those...

U.S. immigration authorities are barring entry to a 21-year-old Syrian cinematographer who worked on a harrowing film about his nation's civil war, "The White Helmets," that has been nominated for an Academy Award. According to internal Trump administration correspondence seen by The...

A Cairo court acquitted one of deposed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's closest aides in a retrial in a corruption case, state news agency MENA reported Saturday. While courts have absolved several Mubarak-era officials, they have been handing down lengthy sentences to liberal and Islamist...

A female reporter working for Iraqi Kurdish channel Rudaw was killed Saturday covering the fighting between government forces and ISIS in Mosul, her channel said. "Prominent Rudaw war reporter and journalist Shifa Gardi has been killed in Mosul as she covered clashes," Rudaw said on social...

A ceasefire went into force early Saturday in the Libyan capital after two days of fighting between rival gunmen injured nine people and forced residents to cower indoors, the government said. The fighting between two rival armed groups in eastern Tripoli erupted Thursday after one accused...

Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane believes opponents raise their game when facing the European champions after suffering a shock defeat to Valencia in midweek. Madrid spurned the chance to extend their one-point lead over Barcelona at the top of the table as they conceded twice to a Valencia...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Six people, including a woman and a child, were killed Saturday in regime airstrikes on the city of Douma northeast of Damascus, rescuing volunteer group said. Firas al-Doumi, press spokesman for Civil Defense, said three of the victims have burned to death and their...

Malaysia plans to sweep one of the terminals at Kuala Lumpur international airport for toxic chemicals after Kim Jong Nam was murdered there with a nerve agent last week. The teams involved include the police forensic team, the fire department and the Atomic Energy Licensing Board, the...

 U.S.-backed Iraqi forces pushed deeper into western Mosul Saturday after retaking the city's airport from ISIS and punching into built-up areas of the extremists' last major stronghold in the country. Troops advanced in several more populated, built-up southern districts and about...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 14 people, including four family members, have been killed in regime air strikes on Khan Sheikhoun and Ariha towns in northern Idlib province, activists said Saturday. The deadly strikes on Ariha have also left 50 people wounded, local activists said. Also, five...

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir was in Baghdad for talks Saturday, the first such visit by a chief diplomat from the kingdom in years, Iraqi officials said. He met his Iraqi counterpart Ibrahim al-Jaafari, a foreign ministry official told AFP on condition of anonymity. Another...

 Ibrahim Dereci emanates pride as he flickers on his prayer beads. Immaculately dressed in a suit and tie, he is a throwback to a different era.  The 62-year-old runs his patisserie in Istanbul’s Fatih district, while also keeping an eye on his neighbourhood from the well-located...

U.S. President Donald Trump's push against ISIS in Syria could present him with an unenviable choice: Alienate NATO ally Turkey by relying on Kurdish fighters or adopt a plan that may slow the assault and require many more U.S. combat forces. The objective of the coming U.S.-backed offensive...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A suicide attack on regime security zone in the central city of Homs on Saturday killed at least 4o officers and soldiers and wounded dozens, Zaman al-Wasl reporter and monitoring group said. The attackers stormed two security offices in Homs, killing dozens with gunfire...

An Afghan official says that 10 police officers and the wife of a police commander have been killed by ISIS militants in northern Zawzjan province. Mohammad Reza Ghafori, spokesman for the Zawzjan provincial governor, said Saturday that the police officers were ambushed Friday as they were...

An attack on Syrian regime security forces in the central city of Homs on Saturday killed at least 14 people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. The sound of gunfire and explosions had been heard since early in the day and those killed included a senior officer, the...

Hundreds of Christians are fleeing Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula as the Islamic State affiliate there has increasingly targeted the community in recent weeks, according to witnesses, clergy and human rights activists. In the past month alone, suspected Islamic State militants have killed...

Malaysia said on Saturday it would issue an arrest warrant for a North Korean diplomat wanted for questioning over the murder of Kim Jong Nam if he doesn't voluntarily cooperate with the police. "Reasonable" time will be given for the diplomat to come forward before police take further...