At least 56 inmates in Brazil have been killed and dozens remain at large following a prison riot over the weekend in the northern state of Amazonas, according to the authorities. A clash that broke out between two rival bands Sunday overnight at over-capacity Anisio Jobim complex in the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Zaman al-Wasl reviewed surveys and data revealed noticeable experts in using anti-tank missiles from all types by Syrian resistance factions active on the ground starting from the fall of 2016. The data collected by interested researchers in war affairs in Syria used...

A nationwide collapse of the U.S. customs service computer system left thousands of passengers lined up at airports awaiting clearance to officially enter the country, the authorities and U.S. media said Monday. "Customs and Border Protection has nationwide outage. Expect delays in passenger...

Russia wants to hold maritime drills with the Philippines to help combat terrorism and piracy, sending two warships to Manila for the first official navy-to-navy contact, as President Rodrigo Duterte pivots to United States' traditional rivals. Admiral Tributs, an anti-submarine vessel, and...

Syrian rebel groups said on Monday they had decided to freeze any talks about their possible participation in Syrian peace negotiations being prepared by Moscow in Kazakhstan unless the Syrian government and its Iran-backed allies end what it said were violations of a ceasefire. In a...

Iraq's Vice President Nouri Al-Maliki said Monday the Shia Hashd al-Shaabi militia could enter Syria to fight for “Syrian brothers” if needed. His statement came amid increased concerns over the armed Shia group to fuel sectarian clashes in northern Iraq, especially the Turkmen-populated...

(Sky News)- Police in Israel have reportedly been questioning the country's prime minister on suspicion of receiving gifts from business people. Benjamin Netanyahu denies the accusations which, if proved, would amount to a breach of his role as a public servant. Investigators began...

Gunmen wearing suicide vests stormed a police station in the Iraqi city of Samarra Monday, sparking clashes with the security forces, officials said. "There was a terror attack on Mutawakil police station, now the Iraqi forces are besieging them," interior ministry spokesman Saad Maan told...

Reporting by Abdulsalam Haj Bakri (Zaman Al Wasl)- The year of 2016 was the hardest on the coastal cities of Syria compared to previous years since the beginning of the Syrian revolution.  Difficulties varied from lack of security and wide spread of Shabiha mercenary groups who had done...

Jermain Defoe scored two penalties as third-bottom Sunderland prevented Liverpool from significantly trimming Chelsea's lead at the Premier League summit in a 2-2 draw on Monday. Liverpool twice went ahead, through Daniel Sturridge and Sadio Mane, but Defoe's two spot-kicks mean Chelsea will...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- By reading the deal signed between the Syrian opposition factions, Turkey, and Russia we can conclude that this agreement is at its core a political deal and not an agreement to a ceasefire. The aim of the agreement is for both sides to form a delegation to participate in the...

Turkey will press on with its military operation in Syria despite the deadly attack on an Istanbul nightclub that was a "message" against the campaign, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Monday. "This was a message for our cross-border operations, above all the Euphrates Shield,"...

An air raid has struck several cars in northwestern Syria, killing at least eight people, including Al-Qaeda-linked fighters and a senior commander with a Chinese Islamist militant faction, an activist group and a local jihadi commander said Monday. The attack occurred late Sunday on a road...

At least 188 civilians have been killed in U.S.-led strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria since the operation began in 2014, the U.S. military said in a statement on Monday. The Combined Joint Task Force, in its monthly assessment of civilian casualties from the U.S....

Syrian regime army advanced Monday as it battles to capture a rebel region that is key to the capital's water supply, launching strikes and artillery fire threatening a fragile nationwide truce. The cease-fire brokered by regime ally Russia and Turkey, which backs the opposition, is now...

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim will be visiting Iraq this week to discuss the fight against terrorism and the future of Iraq, the government's spokesman said Monday. "The Prime Minister will be traveling to Iraq on Thursday to start a new era with the Iraqi central government,"...

At least 50 people have been killed in a bloody prison riot in the Amazon jungle city of Manaus, a Brazilian security official told the Globo TV network Monday. Sergio Fontes, the head of security for Amazonas state, told Globo he fears that more dead will be found as authorities get a...

Nine civilians, including five members of one family, have been killed in rebel bombing and an airstrike by the pro-government coalition in war-torn Yemen, military and rebel sources said Monday. An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition hit Sunday a house in the province of Marib, east of the...

The declining effectiveness of ISIS attacks against Iraqi forces in eastern Mosul suggests the militants are starting to run out of resources with the campaign in its third month, a U.S. general told Reuters. Since the U.S.-backed offensive began on Oct. 17, elite troops have retaken a...

Syria's state news agency says al-Qaeda militants have knocked out electricity towers near the capital, causing power cuts in a southern province. SANA said Monday that fighters from the Fatah al-Sham Front bombed three towers southwest of Damascus, causing electricity cuts in the Quneitra...