NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday the military alliance wanted dialogue with Russia, after U.S. president-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed Monday to work towards "constructive cooperation". "The message from NATO has been that we want dialogue...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Governor of Karkamis state in Turkey has issued an order Monday to close the hospital of Jarablus without giving any justification, according to local sources.  The source talked to Zaman al-Wasl on condition of anonymity confirmed that the hospital is official...

Two Syrian opposition fighters died and seven others were injured during clashes in northern Syria on Monday, the Turkish military said in a statement Tuesday. According to the Turkish Armed Forces, the Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army also took “most of the control” in three more villages...

Turkey-backed rebels are nearing the Syrian city of al-Bab and the area will be cleared of ISIS militants soon, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Tuesday. Yildirim made the comment to members of his ruling AK Party in parliament in a speech shown live on state broadcaster TRT...

(Independent)- Lindsay Lohan is asking Donald Trump to join her at refugee camps in Syria and Istanbul because she has had an “eye opening experience” in Turkey, her spokesperson has said.  Lohan has been spending time in Turkey and sharing pictures with the hashtag “the world is bigger...

(Now)- In its first-ever military parade on foreign soil, Lebanon’s Hezbollah flaunted a sizeable fleet of heavy weaponry in the Syrian city of Qusayr Friday, according to news reports and photos circulated by social media accounts close to the organization.   Among the arms and vehicles...

From sculptors to actors and filmmakers, Berlin has become a magnet for Syrian artists fleeing their country's brutal violence to a place where they can express themselves without fear. While Beirut and Paris have long been the destinations of choice for Arab artists, the German capital has...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- Aleppo general military leader Abu Basheer Maara said to Zaman al-Wasl, “the new council’s mission is to unify military efforts to confront Assad gangs and its supporting militias as well as support our besiged population in besige hard conditions,” pointing out that the first...

An airstrike hit a hospital in the rebel-held Syrian village of Awaijel, west of Aleppo killing at least one person in the early hours of Tuesday, a day after attacks on two other hospitals in the region, war activists said. Jets hit Awaijel's Baghdad hospital with rockets, injuring medical...

US President Barack Obama on Monday sought to reassure Washington's European allies that his imminent successor Donald Trump had reaffirmed his "commitment to NATO." Obama said he would tell allies "there is no weakening of resolve when it comes to America's commitment to maintaining a...

With six-times champion Roger Federer absent, Swiss fans dotted around London's O2 Arena were rooting for Stan Wawrinka at the ATP World Tour Finals on Monday but left feeling short-changed after their man was thrashed by Kei Nishikori. Wawrinka, who claimed a third grand slam title at this...

Donald Trump's victory has been a shock for America's major partners around the world. But perhaps nowhere has the blow been more painful than in Germany, a country that under Angela Merkel has come to see itself as a bastion of openness and tolerance. On virtually every issue of importance...

Islamic State claimed a series of suicide attacks that killed at least 14 people south and west of Baghdad on Monday as a U.S.-backed campaign to capture Mosul, the insurgents' last urban stronghold in Iraq, made slow progress. The attacks showed that even though the jihadists have been...

Eleven Middle East and North African countries are accusing Iran of sponsoring "terrorism" and constantly interfering in the internal affairs of Arab nations, sparking tension and instability in the region. In a letter to the U.N. General Assembly circulated Monday, the 11 countries cited...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Three people, including woman and child, have been killed in regime artillery shelling on the besieged town of Talbiseh in Homs province, local reporter said Monday. The regime warplanes have also conducted three raids on Talbiseh in the northern countryside, leaving huge...

Russia's defence ministry said Monday that a fighter jet crashed while attempting to land on the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean off Syria, but the pilot survived. In a statement to Russian news agencies, the defence ministry said the MiG-29K fighter crashed due to a...

Hundreds of people, including children, returned to the devastated Kurdish-dominated city of Sirnak in southeast Turkey on Monday after an eight-month curfew was relaxed, an AFP photographer said. Since March, Sirnak has been under curfew between 5am (0200 GMT) and 10pm (1900 GMT) as the...

(The Guardian)- Four men used aid convoys bound for Syria to transport items that would be used to commit terrorism offences, a court heard. Syed Hoque, 37, of Stoke-on-Trent, allegedly handed over £3,000 and a further sum of £1,500 on 21 December 2013, to help his nephew, who was fighting...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- a young woman has Sunday been abducted at one of the most important barriers in the coastal city of Latakia, moreover, another girl went missing at the same place, which caused a state of anger in the city.  The facebook page of “Mortar shell in Latakia memories”...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime helicopters on Monday have renewed the barrel-bomb attacks on the besieged town of Khan al-Shih, southern suburb of Damascus, using chlorine gas, Local Coordination Committees said. The town of Khan al-Shih that contains a Palestinian refugee camp by the same...