President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Friday announced that some of the millions of Syrian and Iraqis who have fled to Turkey would be given Turkish nationality. "Our interior ministry is carrying out work, and under this work, some of them will be granted our nationality after all the necessary...

A senior Syrian rebel official denied a report on Friday that a ceasefire had been reached between rebels and government forces in the Wadi Barada area near Damascus, where bombardments have knocked out the capital's main water source. The government and allied fighters from the Lebanese group...

Police said “multiple people” were killed in a shooting Friday afternoon at the Fort Lauderdale international airport that also sent eight people to the hospital. The suspected shooter is in custody, according to a spokeswoman for the Broward County Sheriff’s Department, which was on scene...

A senior Syrian rebel official denied a report on Friday that a ceasefire had been reached in the Wadi Barada area near Damascus where government forces and their allies are fighting rebels. Munir Sayal, head of the political wing of the Ahrar al-Sham rebel group, told Reuters the report...

The U.S.-based coalition has killed a senior ISIS facilitator in an airstrike in the extremists' self-proclaimed capital of Raqqa, the U.S. military command in the region said Friday. CENTCOM identified the target as Mahmud al-Isawi, an ISIS operative who managed instructions and...

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen says a French investigation into accusations that members of her National Front party tricked the European Union out of hundreds of thousands of euros is a "political act" by a system she wants to break. Le Pen, a leading presidential candidate, also said...

The Iraqi army and pro-government tribal fighters captured several villages on Friday -- without facing resistance -- from the Daesh terrorist group in the western Anbar province, according to a military official. Army Major-General Numan Abdel-Zawbaei told Anadolu Agency that Iraqi forces...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Friday welcomed the U.S. House of Representatives' condemnation of a U.N. reprimand of Israel's settlements in occupied Palestinian territories. "After the outrageous anti-Israel resolution at the U.N., the U.S. House of Representatives voted...

Ships began unloading U.S. tanks, self-propelled howitzers and hundreds of other fighting vehicles Friday in the northern German port of Bremerhaven, to be moved into Eastern Europe to bolster NATO's deterrence against possible Russian aggression. Some 3,500 troops from the 4th Infantry...

Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane insists he will continue to periodically leave out four-time world player of the year Cristiano Ronaldo to keep the Portuguese fresh for the business end of the season. Ronaldo has sat out Real's last two home games -- missing the visit of Deportivo la Coruna...

The European Parliament's chief Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt announced Friday his candidacy to lead the assembly, vowing to be a "bridge builder" during turbulent times. The former Belgian prime minister and leader of parliament's liberal group is seeking to replace Martin Schulz, who...

U.S.-backed militias in Syria have captured an ancient citadel from Islamic State in a strategically significant advance against the jihadist group in its stronghold of Raqqa province, a spokesman said on Friday. The Jabar citadel on the banks of Lake Assad was captured by the Syrian...

General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim has said two mediators were involved in the case of the ISIS-abducted Lebanese soldiers, one of whom is in Daesh’s (ISIS) Syrian stronghold of Raqqa. Ibrahim revealed in remarks to Al-Joumhouria newspaper Friday that the first negotiator was in...

Two people held in connection with Thursday's gun-and-bomb terrorist attack in western Izmir province were released on Friday, according to a police source. The two suspects were released early morning in Izmir, the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking...

President Rodrigo Duterte said Friday that he hoped Moscow, a rival of the Philippine's traditional ally the United States, would become his country's ally and protector as he toured one of the two Russian warships on a four-day visit to Manila. Duterte's remarks came a day after Russia's...

Turkish-backed Syrian rebels are fighting street battles with ISIS militants in the city of al-Bab, and progress in taking it from the extremists has been slowed by efforts to avoid civilian casualties, Turkey's defense minister said Friday. The rebels, backed by Turkish special forces,...

Russia has begun a drawdown of its military forces in Syria, news agencies quoted the head of the Russian General Staff as saying Friday. "In accordance with the decision of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, (President) Vladimir Putin, the Russian...

Jordanian state media say authorities plan to prosecute 12 Jordanians on suspicion of hate speech aimed at victims of the New Year's nightclub shooting attack in Turkey. Two Jordanians were among the 39 people killed in the Istanbul shooting for which the extremist group Islamic State...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian activists said displaced people living in coastal city of Jableh have been suffering sectarian abuses since at least 27 people were killed in a car blast on Thursday. Residents of the Alawite-sect-dominated city have accused the displaced, who fled conflict areas to the...

Japan recalled its ambassador to South Korea Friday to protest the placing of a statue symbolizing victims of Japanese wartime sex slavery outside its consulate in the city of Busan last month. In a move likely to reignite a feud over the so-called "comfort women", Japan's chief government...