A car bomb in a village near al-Bab in Syria struck Syrian rebels fighting ISIS early Friday, killing at least 45 people and wounding dozens more, activists and Zaman al-Wasl reporter said. The Turkey-backed rebels Thursday drove ISIS from al-Bab, the extremist group's last significant...

A suicide bomber killed at least eight soldiers in an attack on a military camp in Yemen's southern city of Zinjibar at dawn Friday, a local official and residents said. The bomber, wearing a military uniform, drove a car that exploded at the entrance of the camp. Ten others were wounded....

Ronaldinho launched a Barcelona academy for about 1,000 students in China Friday as the world's most populous nation pursues its grand ambitions in the world's most popular sport. The Barcelona and Brazil great and club president Josep Maria Bartomeu met children and toured the site at the...

 Israel will stop issuing work visas to Human Rights Watch staff, the NGO said Friday, with the Jewish state accusing the group of being "fundamentally biased" against it. The New York-based watchdog, which has written critical reports about the Israeli occupation of Palestinian...

The U.N.'s Syria envoy called on the war-torn nation's rival sides to meet their historic responsibility and seek a deal to end the six-year conflict ahead of a full day of talks set for Friday. The negotiations at the United Nations in Geneva formally opened Thursday with envoy Staffan de...

British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives secured a landmark victory in a parliamentary by-election Friday, boosting her hand ahead of upcoming Brexit negotiations as her rivals suffered damaging poll setbacks. The Conservatives captured the north western region of Copeland that...

President Donald Trump takes the stage Friday at an annual conservative forum, looking to plant his personal stamp firmly on the political movement even as some activists fret his immigration and trade policies go too far. Trump will address the third day of the Conservative Political Action...

(Middle East Eye)- Few inventors can call their brainchilds a "game changer". But that is exactly what the grand jury at the European Youth Awards called Abdul Rahman Alashraf's creation. The young Syrian inventor was presented with a European Youth Award in December 2016 for his winning...

(New York Times)- In the makeshift tent settlements that dot fields and villages in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon, Syrian refugees are digging in, pouring concrete floors, installing underground sewerage and electric wires, and starting businesses and families. What they are not doing is...

(Zaman Al Wasl- Video)- A mass grave for 42 moderate rebels found on Thursday in northern Khan Sheikhoun town in Idlib province, rescuing volunteer group said. About 200 members of rebel factions were killed roughly by the ISIS-linked Jund al-Aqsa group that had killed roughly in Khan...

The U.N. Security Council is likely to vote next week on a draft resolution that would slap sanctions on Syria over the use of chemical weapons but Russia is almost certain to veto the measure, a senior diplomat said Thursday. Britain, France and the United States are pushing for a ban on...

Syrian women Thursday demanded that the fate of their detained or missing relatives be addressed in United Nations-sponsored peace talks, hoping they lead to prisoner releases. Staffan de Mistura, U.N. Special Envoy for Syria, met them after seeing delegations from the Syrian government and...

 Istanbul authorities Thursday said 2,000 Syrian families in the city could be set for Turkish citizenship but the government insisted approval would only come after an April referendum on boosting the president's powers. "Until now in Istanbul, documents have been prepared and sent for...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Moscow's goal in Syria was to "stabilize the legitimate authority" and strike a "decisive blow" against terrorism. "We have no plans to interfere in Syria's internal affairs," he told a group of naval officers returning from Syria, where...

Syria's state grain buyer has signed contracts with local traders for 1.2 million tonnes of Russian wheat, a government source said, the country's second attempt at a huge wheat deal since October as it tries to secure supplies of the food staple. "We have signed six contracts each for 200,000...

(Zaman Al Wasl) Well-informed source said Riad Hijab, the chairman of the High Committee of the Syrian negotiations, has been receiving treatment in the U.S. as his fellow opposition figures are holding talks with the Syrian regime in Geneva on Thursday. The head of the Saudi-backed opposition...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Death orders issued by ISIS showed that being an Ahrar al-Sham member is a great crime that you lose your life for, according to documents obtained by Zaman al-Wasl. The newly-obtained documents include 120 names of people had been killed or detained by ISIS over...

Iraqi forces on Thursday thrust into Mosul airport on the southern edge of the jihadist stronghold for the first time since the Islamic State group overran the region in 2014. Backed by jets, gunships and drones, forces blitzed their way across open areas south of Mosul and entered the...

American white supremacist David Duke has praised France's far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, extolling her political prowess and controversial father. "Her father is a great man, a true patriot. He raised a strong & intelligent woman who understands how to play 21st century...

The spokesman for Egypt's president is categorically denying Israeli reports that Egypt has proposed giving up part of Sinai Peninsula for the Palestinians to set up an independent state. In a statement, Alaa Youssef said the issue has not been discussed or presented "on any level."...