Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Jordan's King Abdullah Wednesday for supporting a round of Syria peace talks this week in the Kazakh capital of Astana. Abdullah said Russia was playing a critical role in solving the crisis in Syria. Putin said the Astana talks would become the basis...

British armed forces escorted a Russian aircraft carrier dubbed "the ship of shame" by Defense Secretary Michael Fallon as it passed through waters close to the English coast on its way back from bombing raids in Syria. Images released by the British defense ministry showed RAF Typhoon jets...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Yasmin and Wala, two Syrian refugee sisters in Lebanon suffer of hepatomegaly, in which the liver get enlarged by many causes, but the cause has not been diagnosed in these two children. The mother, Thana al-Hussein, a refugee from Bab-Amr in Homs to Lebanon, told Zaman...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Ahrar al-Sham movement said it will stand in the face of powerful jihadist group of Fateh al-Sham after a series of attacks on moderate rebels groups this week, according to a voice message by general leader. Abu Ammar al-Omar, Ahrar al-Sham’s general commander, said his...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Wednesday that Egypt was "on the right track" six years after the uprising that overthrew Hosni Mubarak. Speaking in televised address commemorating the revolution, Sisi called on young activists who took part in mass protests in 2011 to work for...

Six long-range Russian bombers struck ISIS targets in Syria's Deir al-Zor province Wednesday, the TASS news agency reported, citing Russia's Defense Ministry. TASS said the planes had taken off from Russian territory to launch the latest in several strikes on militants in the same area in...

( Zaman Al Wasl )- The months that followed the liberation of Raqqah from the regime forces in March 2013 were decisive and sensitive. The city was the first center in the Syrian province to fall outside of regime authority and control and witnessed heightened diversity as political relations...

The North Korean elite are outwardly expressing their discontent towards young leader Kim Jong Un and his government as more outside information trickles into the isolated country, North Korea's former deputy ambassador to London said on Wednesday. Thae Yong Ho defected to South Korea in...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will hold talks with Syrian opposition representatives Friday, Moscow said, but there were no details on which groups will attend. The meeting comes after two days of Russian-brokered talks between the Syrian regime and armed rebel groups in Kazakhstan...

Iraq’s firebrand Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has denounced U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans to relocate the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, saying the move would amount to a “declaration of war on Islam”.  Trump had pledged during his electoral campaign to move the...

A man described as a so-called “judge” in the Daesh terror group was remanded in custody by an Istanbul court on Wednesday. Yasser Mohammed Salem Radown, a foreign national also known as Abu Jihad, was arrested earlier this month when Turkish police raided a residence in Istanbul's...

Brazil international midfielder Philippe Coutinho has extended his contract with Liverpool, the Premier League side said on its website (www.liverpoolfc.com) Wednesday. Although no official details of his new contract were revealed, media reports said the 24-year-old signed a five-and-a-half...

China is calmly mapping out global leadership aspirations from trade to climate change, drawing distinctions between President Xi Jinping's steady hand and new U.S. President Donald Trump, whose first days have been marked by media feuds and protests. Just days ahead of Trump taking office,...

Syrian police personnel were deployed in Syria’s northern city of Jarabulus, for the first time since the city was liberated by Turkey-backed forces from Daesh militants.  The 440-strong force will be responsible for maintaining security across the city.  “Today is a very...

(The Guardian)- Bana al-Abed, the seven-year-old girl whose tweets from Aleppo gave devastating insights into the Syrian war, has pleaded with Donald Trump to “do something for the children of Syria” in an open letter. Bana amassed hundreds of thousands of followers for her messages...

A Syrian family of pastry chefs, the Sakkas, once delighted the people of Homs with their sugar-soaked Levantine delicacies, until a rain of bombs turned them into refugees. Now, after a four-year odyssey, they have reopened the family's sweet-tooth haven in Berlin, a baklava shop called the...

(Daily Mail)- President Donald Trump will begin rolling out executive actions on immigration Wednesday, beginning with steps to tighten border security - including his proposed wall along the US-Mexico border.  The president is also expected to take action over the next few days to...

A suspected suicide car bomb rammed into the gate of a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu Wednesday and militants stormed inside, police and witnesses said. There were no immediate reports about casualties and no immediate claim of responsibility. The Somali Islamist group al Shabaab...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Fateh a-Sham group has dismantled moderate rebel group from all weapons and took its bases in Aleppo in Idlib provinces after a a surprise attack sparked wide condemnation by rebels groups and residents. Jaish al-Mujahideen fighters have withdrawn from all checkpoints...

(Eqtsad)- Syria has exported more than 20,000 tons of olive oil in 2016 mostly at Gulf countries followed by Europe, even to Spain, Italy and Greece, the internationally well know producers of olive oil. Abo Hashim, an olive oil exporter, mentioned that last year has the highest amount of...