(Zaman Al Wasl)- The United States sent on Saturday a convoy of trucks shipping weapons and ammunition from Kurdistan region in Iraq to Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) controlled areas in Hasaka days after American jets dropped weapons and ammunition to the forces led by the party north...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian opposition figure and former political detainee Michel Kilo said he told the Saudis that for every fighter killed in Syria will save 5 Saudis later due to the projects and aggressive intentions of Iran towards Saudi Arabia which Iran will not hesitate to implement if it...

(The Guardian)- Eight people died and 36 were arrested in clashes between the Myanmar army and what the government believes are Rohingya Muslim militants in northern Rakhine State, state media said on Sunday, in the largest escalation of the month-old conflict yet. Skirmishes took place...

South Korean leader Park Geun-hye is set to become her country’s first sitting president to be questioned by prosecutors, according to sources cited by local media Sunday. Park conceded back on Nov. 4 that she would be prepared to cooperate with investigators looking into a power abuse...

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has said Saturday that the country was planning to extend the state of emergency until the country's presidential election, which will be held between April 23 - May 7 2017. France has been under a state of emergency and high terror alert since a Daesh...

Venezuela's government and opposition on Saturday reached tentative deals in the areas of elections and foreign aid as part of a Vatican-backed dialogue process, though the agreements fell far short of initial opposition demands. Allies of President Nicolas Maduro will consider letting...

Turkey has issued a travel warning for its citizens about going to the United States, citing violent protests following Tuesday's contested presidential election as well as increasing verbal and physical attacks and harassment of an "anti-immigrant" and "racist" nature. In a statement posted...

Pressure on South Korea's scandal-hit president to resign escalated sharply Saturday, with organisers claiming a million-strong turnout at one of the largest -- and loudest -- anti-government protests the country has ever witnessed. Chanting "Step down Park Geun-Hye!" enormous crowds,...

A reporter working for Iran's state television IRIB was killed Saturday in a mortar attack in the Syrian battlefront city of Aleppo, the broadcaster said. Mohsen Khazaei died in the village of Minyan outside the northern city, one of two areas which Syrian government forces had recaptured...

Four Americans were killed Saturday in a huge explosion inside the largest US military base in Afghanistan, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said. The Americans -- two servicemembers and two contractors -- were killed at Bagram Airfield by "an apparent suicide bomber," Carter said in a...

Hundreds of Boko Haram fighters and their families have surrendered in Chad in the past month, security and U.N. sources said, in a sign the military campaign against them is making headway. Boko Haram, which has killed and kidnapped thousands of people, had seized an area approximately the...

Elite Iraqi forces were engaged in "intense" fighting with jihadists in eastern Mosul on Saturday, an officer said, as civilians gathered on the city's outskirts to flee. Iraqi forces launched a massive operation to retake the country's second city from the Islamic State group on October 17,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime helicopters on Saturday have dropped at least 46 barrel bombs on the besieged town of Khan al-Shih south of Damascus, the town's local council said. The heavy aerial bombing has been accompanied with artillery and surface-to-surface missile attack, according to...

(Hurriyet Daily News)- Turkish warplanes hit Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets in west of Salva town in Syria late on Nov. 11, resuming its flights in Syrian airspace after more than two weeks of suspension. 18 members of the ISIL were killed in strikes targeting two...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Nine civilians were killed by Russian airstrikes on Friday in northwestern province of Aleppo, a Civil Defense official said. Some 30 people were injured when Russian warplanes struck residential areas in the opposition-held Kfar Dael village, Beibars Meshal, a civil defense...

A flotilla of Russian warships is now in the eastern Mediterranean off the Syrian coast after being sent to reinforce Russia's military in the area, a naval commander said on state television. The commander of Russia's flagship Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier Sergei Artamonov said via...

About 6,000 pro-Kurdish demonstrators are holding a rally in the western German city of Cologne in protest against the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Police said Saturday that the rally in an industrial area along the Rhine River has been peaceful so far. Erdogan's...

(Marca)- With his 50th international goal and an overall stellar performance, Neymar helped Brazil to see off the challenge of Argentina on Thursday night and Barcelona fans will be hoping the 24-year-old can play similarly well for the Blaugrana as the season goes on. Although his start to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Jaish al-Islam group and Faylaq al-Rahman exchanged accusatory statements regarding an incident of gun fire exchange and arrest in Saqba suburb in Eastern Ghouta.  The verbal clash comes as activists launch the “Stand with Douma” campaign to shed...

China is greatly concerned about the European Union's protectionist measures against Chinese steel products, the commerce ministry said on Saturday. "The Chinese side has expressed great concerns and worries about the EU's trade protectionist tendency over steel," the ministry said in a...