Turkey's army said it clashed with Islamic State over the border in Syria, leaving one soldier and 23 militants dead, as Ankara stepped up an operation to clear insurgents from the frontier region. Three other Turkish soldiers were wounded in the battle near the Syrian village of Ziyara over...
Israeli aircraft attacked Palestinian militant targets in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, wounding at least one person, witnesses said, after a rocket fired from the enclave hit an Israeli border town. Israeli police said there were no casualties in the rocket strike on Sderot, but Israel has a...
(Zaman al Wasl)- Syrian resistance targeted Deir Mahrde checkpoint on Wednesday in which regime focuses its heavy artillery killing senior regime commander Mahdi Mubarek. The regime checkpoint had bombed countless villages and rebelling towns from this checkpoint killing and injuring huge...
South Korea was counting the cost of its most damaging typhoon of the year Wednesday, with four people confirmed dead and three more missing. Typhoon Chaba had already attracted global headlines this week as it set a new regional record on approaching the Korean Peninsula with gusts of 375...
Analysis of satellite imagery of a deadly attack on an aid convoy in Syria last month showed that it was an air strike, a U.N. expert said on Wednesday. Some 20 people were killed in the attack on the U.N. and Syrian Arab Red Crescent convoy at Urem Al-Kubra near the northern city of Aleppo...
A delegation of German lawmakers visited Incirlik air base in southern Turkey on Wednesday, state-run Anadolu Agency said, defusing a months-long row that had prevented them meeting troops serving in the coalition against Islamic State. Turkey in June barred the politicians from the base,...
A so-called hard Brexit that takes the U.K. out of Europe’s single market as well as the EU could cost the country 38 billion pounds ($48.4 billion), a study published Wednesday has found. The report commissioned by TheCityUK, a financial think tank, raised fears that Britain’s exit...
(Marca)- Frank Rijkaard was in charge of the Camp Nou, Lionel Messi was a hopeful starlet, and 50 Cent was at the top of the charts back when the last time Barcelona had floundered to a start this poor in LaLiga. Losing to Celta Vigo meant eight points have been dropped in their first seven...
Israeli forces shelled northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, shortly after a rocket was fired into southern Israeli. The Israeli army said in a statement that a rocket fired from the Palestinian territory exploded in the southern city of Sderot. Eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency that Israeli...
It may take weeks or months, but Aleppo is likely to fall to Syrian government forces backed by Russian air power and the most lethal bombardment in nearly six years of war. Capturing the strategically important city, an economic and trading center which is key to controlling Syria's...
Somali armed forces have killed 14 al-Shabaab fighters in a security operation in the Lower Shabelle region in southern Somalia, authorities said Wednesday morning. Armed forces conducted the operation on Tuesday night, said Deputy Defense Minister Abdullah Houcine Ali. Ali said...
Police have detained 55 Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) suspects in raids carried out in 31 provinces in Turkey, including Ankara, Istanbul and Izmir, a police source said Wednesday. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said among those detained were alleged FETO head...
The Iraqi army on Tuesday recaptured the Ramadi Island in western Iraq from Daesh militants, a top army commander said. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Major General Ismail al-Mahallawi, head of the army’s Anbar Operations Command, said Iraqi forces, backed by U.S.-led airstrikes, wrested...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- A senior commander in an elite force led by notorious Colonel Suhail al-Hassan was killed by rebels in the ongoing battles in the northern countryside of Hama province, activists said Wednesday. Fuad al-Salah, leader of 'Leopard Group' was killed after years of fighting...
Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence called Russian President Vladimir Putin a "small and bullying leader" on Tuesday and condemned his actions in Syria, taking a harder line than Donald Trump at a contentious debate with Democratic rival Tim Kaine. Pence's denunciation of Putin...
One soldier has been martyred and three others injured in the northern Syrian town of al Rai by Daesh terrorists during Turkey’s ongoing Operation Euphrates Shield, according to military sources. According to the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 4 civilians, including 2 children and woman, have been killed and 15 more people wounded in regime air strikes on the al-Houla region in the central Homs province, local reporter said Wednesday. The regime jets conducted more than 10 raids on the besieged...
More than 4,650 migrants were saved on Tuesday and 28 bodies recovered in more than 30 rescue missions off the Libyan coast, Italy's coast guard said on Wednesday. This brings the total rescued in the last 48 hours to more than 10,000 refugees, and the death toll to 50 as people smugglers...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- Hama Local Council confirmed that regime forces and its supporting militias bombed al-Ayoon area which hosts around 4000 families. The council demanded stop of bombing and ceasefire to stop spill of blood and destruction. Revolution Coordinate in Hama in Damascus suburb...
Clashes between police and student protesters forced South Africa's Wits University to suspend classes for the second time in less than a month, as unrest mounted again over education costs. Police fired stun grenades, rubber bullets and tear gas at hundreds of protesters marching and...
