(Zaman Al Wasl)- ISIS carried out 107 suicide attacks last December in Iraq and Syria that hit the Iraqi and regime forces as well the Shiite and Kurdish militias, according to an info-graph published online. The total number of operation was 107, 70% of them were in Iraq and the rest in...

A suicide car bomb attack in a densely-populated neighbourhood of Baghdad on Monday killed at least 32 people and left dozens wounded, police and hospital officials said. Many of the victims were daily labourers waiting for jobs at an intersection in Sadr City, a sprawling majority Shiite...

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) should make no compromises on the quality of its products, Chief Executive Kwon Oh-hyun said on Monday, asking employees to improve manufacturing processes and safety inspections. The executive, in a New Year's speech to Samsung employees disclosed by...

Twenty-two Daesh terrorists have been killed in northern Syrian cities of Al-Bab, Bzagah and Tadif in the last 24 hours as part of the ongoing Operation Euphrates Shield, according to a Turkish military source on Monday. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on...

The dollar recovered from a two-week low against a basket of six major currencies Monday, though trade was thin due to many markets being closed for the New Year holiday. The greenback soared to 14-year highs in December, boosted by market expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will hike...

(The Guardian)- Turkish authorities suspect Islamic State is behind the attack on a popular Istanbul nightclub during new year’s celebrations, Turkish media reports say. Meanwhile local reports said an Isis-affiliated group had claimed responsibility for the attack. Authorities also...

France Monday called on Russia to stop military action in Syria and respect a fragile ceasefire brokered by Moscow and Turkey seeking to end nearly six years of war. "We resolutely condemn everything Russia could do in Syria that would contribute to a continuation of fighting," Prime...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-led air strikes on Sunday killed 4 senior commanders of Jabhat Fateh al-Sham in northern Idlib province,sources said. Field source said the commanders of formerly known Nusra Front were killed in two air strikes. The first targeted a car carrying Khatab al-Qahtani, Fateh...

The daughter of Choi Soon-Sil, the woman at the centre of a corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of South Korea's President, has been arrested in Denmark after months in hiding, Seoul prosecutors said Monday. Chung Yoo-Ra, the 20-year-old daughter of the woman dubbed South Korea's...

 Ahmad Alkhalaf has had a busy year. He attended Democratic President Barack Obama's final State of the Union address as a special guest of a congressman. He learned to bike and rollerblade, took martial arts and gymnastics classes and spent his summer playing soccer and swimming...

Turkish warplanes and artillery have struck ISIS targets in Syria, killing 22 of the group's militants, while Russian aircraft hit extremists near the ISIS-controlled town of al-Bab, Turkey's military said Monday. In a round-up of its military operations over the past 24 hours in support of...

The screams of a dozen Syrian and Palestinian children pierce the air of a community center in Lebanon's Shatila refugee camp. Yet the children are not hurt. They are yelling to express the anger and fear they feel as victims of conflict in special "peace education" classes. "We don't...

Reporting by Ethar Abdulhaq (Zzaman Al Wasl)- A series of investigation reports and court decisions issued by the Aleppo Shariah Commission revealed some attitudes and approaches which raise many question marks regarding the Commission’s work, its ruling principles, and the extent of its...

President Hassan Rouhani sought to reassure Iranians on Sunday that the government would work to protect market stability after the country's currency fell to a record low last week. "I am optimistic about the country's economic situation and ... I want to reassure our people that foreign...

(The Guardian)- Pep Guardiola wished the assembled media a happy new year at the start of his post-match press conference and extended the seasonal goodwill message to their families when he left the Anfield stage. It was a nice touch by the Manchester City manager but the niceties were part of...

An artillery strike by the U.S.-led coalition in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul struck a mortar position next to two empty school buildings that Islamic State had been using to target Iraqi security forces, the U.S. military said on Sunday. No civilians were in the area and minimal damage...

Thirty-eight victims of the Istanbul nightclub attack have been identified, Turkish justice ministry sources said late on Sunday. At least 39 people, including a police officer, died after an attacker opened fire on partygoers at Reina nightclub in the city’s Ortakoy district in the early...

Islamic State said it carried out a bomb attack on the Syrian coastal city of Tartous that Syrian state media said killed two security officers. Islamic State said in an online statement claiming the attack that two of its members detonated car bombs. It did not say whether they were suicide...

A top aide to President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview aired on Sunday that the White House may have disproportionately punished Russia by ordering the expulsion of 35 suspected Russian spies. Incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer said on ABC's "This Week" that Trump will...

Syrian regime warplanes resumed their bombardment of a rebel-held valley near Damascus on Sunday after nearly 24 hours with no air raids, a rebel official and monitors said, during the third day of a fragile ceasefire. The truce deal, brokered by Russia and Turkey which back opposing sides in...