(Zaman Al Wasl)- Yemen is today witnessing the arrival of a large number of Syrian students coming to study in Yemen. Syrians have been coming to student in Yemen since prior to the revolution, but their numbers have increased since the start of the Syrian revolution and the forced migration of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebel factions, in statement posted online, said the nationwide ceasefire is 'void and null' as regime forces and allied Hezbollah militia extended their ground and aerial campaign on Wadi Barada valley, northwest the capital. The 9-day-old ceasefire agreement that...

Foreign minister Boris Johnson has arrived in the United States to meet close advisers to President-elect Donald Trump and senior Congressional leaders, Britain's foreign ministry said on Sunday. "Following the successful meeting last month between the prime minister's chiefs of staff and...

The presence of Daesh and PKK terror groups in Iraq is unacceptable to Turkey, Turkish premier said Sunday. Prime Minister Binali Yildrim made the remarks following his meeting with Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani in Erbil during his second day in Iraq. ...

 Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei paid tribute to Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the former president who died on Sunday, as a "companion of struggle" despite differences between them. "The loss of my companion of struggle, whose cooperation with me dated back 59 years, is...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview with French media to be aired on Monday that his forces are on the road to victory after recapturing the key city of Aleppo last month. "We do not consider that (retaking Aleppo from the rebels) as a victory because victory will be when...

Up to 1,000 Tunisians have marched in the capital to protest the return of jihadis from Syria, Iraq and neighboring Libya. Authorities say that about 3,000 Tunisians have traveled to conflict zones and about 800 have returned. Tunisians now fear offensives against the Islamic State group and...

The Mexican authorities have arrested the alleged gunman who shot and wounded an official from the US consulate in the western city of Guadalajara, prosecutors said Sunday. The Jalisco state prosecutor's office said on Twitter that a special unit "detained the attacker of the consular...

President-elect Donald Trump accepts the U.S. intelligence community's conclusion that Russia engaged in cyberattacks aimed at disrupting the U.S. elections, his incoming chief of staff Reince Priebus said on Sunday, adding that "actions may be taken" in response. Speaking on Fox News...

Following his success in Ballon d'Or, Portugal and Real Madrid Cristiano Ronaldo is set to add another garland -- the Best FIFA Men's Player -- Monday in Zurich. After Champions League and Euro 2016 success for club and country last year, Ronaldo is the overwhelming favorite for yet another...

At least 68 fighters have been killed in two days of fierce battles between Yemeni forces and Shiite Houthi rebels near the strategic Bab al-Mandab strait, military officials said Sunday. Government forces launched Saturday an assault to recapture the coastal Dhubab district, just 30...

A car bomb exploded Sunday in a government-held area outside the Syrian capital, killing at least five people and wounding 15, state media said. The car bomb was detonated outside Sasa, southwest of Damascus. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition-run monitoring...

Iraqi special forces, backed by U.S.-led air raids, clashed with ISIS militants near a historic site in Mosul Sunday, an officer in Iraq's counter-terrorism service said, as they tried to drive the extremists out of more districts in the city. The elite counter-terrorism service (CTS) has...

A truck driven by a Palestinian rammed into pedestrians on a popular promenade in occupied Jerusalem Sunday killing four people, according to Israeli police who called it a deliberate attack. "It is a terrorist attack, a ramming attack," a police spokeswoman said on Israel Radio. Police...

Airstrikes resumed Sunday in a rebel-held valley near Damascus containing the Syrian capital's main water supply, a day after insurgents and the government failed to agree a plan to repair the springs knocked out of service two weeks ago. The government and allied fighters from the...

Germany's domestic security chief warned Sunday that the country's radical Islamist scene is not only growing, but becoming more decentralized, posing greater challenges to surveillance operations. In an interview with national news agency DPA, Hans-Georg Maassen also defended security...

(Eqtsad)- Medication is one of the most important difficulties people in al-Waer, last opposition-controlled neighborhood in Homs city, as the Syrian regime prevents the entry of all medications and other basic materials. Dr. Mohammed Moharem said the regime has completely prevented...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- PYD’s militants launched new conscription campaign in northeastern Hasaka province, conducting patrols on civil houses and arresting dozens of young men, activists said Sunday. Activit Malaz al-Yusuf reported that militias of “Military Discipline Units” of Democratic Union...

(Al-Jazeera)- At least 12 people have been killed and 50 wounded in a car bomb blast in eastern Baghdad, police and medics say, in an attack claimed by the armed group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).  The explosion hit the mainly Shia district of Jamila on Sunday,...

Saudi Arabia says the man who planned a suicide bombing in July outside of the mosque where the Prophet Muhammad is buried is one of the two extremists killed in a shootout with police in Riyadh. Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Mansour al-Turki said Taie bin Salem bin Yaslam...