(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful PYD militia on Tuesday has freed senior official in the political National Kurdish Council after 5 months of detention in the northeastern city of Qamishli, fellow official said. Engineer Mohamed Ismail was kidnapped by the Kurdish Democratic Party during a funeral of...

 Turkish prosecutors are demanding up to 142 years in prison for pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-leader Selahattin Demirtas on charges of links to Kurdish militants, state media said on Tuesday. The charismatic Demirtas was detained in November along with another nine HDP...

Germany's foreign minister said Tuesday that British Prime Minister Theresa May had "finally brought a bit more clarity" with a highly anticipated speech on her government's Brexit plans. Seven months after the referendum to leave the EU, Brexit "still has not been formalized," said...

Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane insists he has no reason to panic and will once again use the depths of his squad against Celta Vigo in the Copa del Rey Wednesday looking to bounce back from a first defeat in 40 games. Madrid conceded twice in the final five minutes in losing 2-1 to Sevilla...

Syria's U.N. ambassador will head the government delegation to upcoming peace talks, a Syrian daily reported Tuesday, while the opposition said it would be represented by rebel negotiator Mohammad Alloush. Talks on the nearly six-year-old conflict, organised by Turkey, Russia and Iran, are...

 Iran will be granted a licence to become a mobile service operator in Syria under agreements to expand economic ties between the countries. Five memorandums of understanding were signed at a ceremony attended by Syrian Prime Minister Emad Khamis and Iranian Vice President Eshaq...

 Iraqi special forces pushed into a pocket of ISIS-held territory in eastern Mosul Tuesday, the military said, seeking to recapture the remaining districts under the group's control east of the Tigris river. The militants have been driven out of most eastern districts in their Iraqi...

(BBC)- At least 10,000 people have been killed in the war in Yemen between Houthi rebels and the Saudi-led coalition supporting the government, the UN says. The organisation said the death toll "underscores the need to resolve the situation" that has lasted for more than 21 months. The...

Vitaly Naumkin, a Russian adviser to U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura, said Tuesday he still considered Geneva talks on the Syria conflict relevant. "I am sure that on Feb. 8 there will be talks in Geneva and the process focused on a political resolution will continue," Naumkin told reporters....

Russia expects to have a dialogue with the Trump administration on strategic stability, including on nuclear weapons, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday. Lavrov added to reporters that such a dialogue could cover hypersonic weapons, a U.S. missile shield in Europe, space...

At least 20 Daesh terrorists were killed in northern Syria over the last 24 hours as part of the ongoing Operation Euphrates Shield, according to a Turkish General Staff statement early Tuesday. Turkish jets conducted air operations against 10 Daesh targets including sniper positions and a...

British American Tobacco agreed Tuesday to pay almost $50 billion (47 billion euros) for control of U.S. firm Reynolds American, creating the world's largest listed tobacco company. BAT will purchase the 57.8-percent of Reynolds American that it does not already own, BAT said, unveiling an...

After the Soviet Union sacrificed millions of lives to help defeat Nazi Germany, it received a token of gratitude from its allies: a chunk of territory surrounding the Prussian city of Konigsberg on the Baltic Sea. Now called Kaliningrad, the isolated and highly militarized Russian enclave of...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will reshuffle his cabinet soon, he told state newspapers in an interview published Tuesday. "Yes, there will be a reshuffle and very soon ... We will fix what needs fixing and improve performance," Sisi said, without giving more details. The last...

Asian investors moved warily Tuesday as they look ahead to a crucial week for two of the world's top economies as Britain outlines its plans for leaving the EU and Donald Trump is sworn in as U.S. president. Britain's pound edged up but remains stuck near three-decade lows against the dollar...

Liverpool are better equipped to challenge for the Premier League title this season because they do not rely solely on one player, goalkeeper Simon Mignolet has said. With Luis Suarez spearheading their challenge, Liverpool finished two points behind champions Manchester City in the 2013-14...

A visit to a Russian aircraft carrier by Libya's Khalifa Haftar has given the eastern–based commander a symbolic boost while also signaling Moscow's interest in a greater role in the region following its intervention in Syria. Haftar is a figurehead for east Libyan factions who harbors...

Kazakhstan is fully ready to hold talks on Syria in its capital Astana on Jan. 23, Russia's RIA news agency reported Tuesday, citing the Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov. Russia, Syrian President Bashar Assad's most powerful ally, pushed for peace talks in Astana after Assad's...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime army has mobilized thousands of troops west of Damascus, seeking to defeat rebels in strategic Wadi Barada valley, where the capital's main water supply has been bombed out of service, sources said Tuesday. The deployment come as rebel groups decide to attend...

 The gunman suspected of killing 39 people in an Istanbul nightclub on New Year's Day has been caught in the city's Esenyurt district, the Hurriyet newspaper website and other media reports said on Tuesday. The reports could not be confirmed; but Hurriyet said the man, who media quoted...