U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in a meeting last week with a small number of Syrian civilians and others, said he had lost an argument within the Obama administration to back up diplomatic efforts to end the bloodshed in Syria with the threat of using military force, the New York Times...

Reporting by Abdul Hafiz al-Holani (Zaman Al Wasl)- Squares are important for cities as they are considered landmarks give cities their cultural and tourist identity. Ragib al-Faliti, 70-years, one of prominent figure in the Lebanese town of Ersal, explained the story of “Barrel square”, the...

The United Nations announced Friday the establishment of a committee to investigate a deadly attack on its convoys in Syria last week that killed at least 18 people. The aid convoy on Sept. 19 was attacked as it was about to enter Aleppo, where 275,000 civilians living under the shadow of...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday that Moscow was ready to consider additional ways to "normalize" the situation in the Syrian city of Aleppo, the ministry said. Lavrov told Kerry over the phone that the ceasefire agreement brokered by...

The Turkish military hit more than 100 Daesh targets in northern Syria on Friday as part of the ongoing Operation Euphrates Shield, according to a military source.  In a statement, the Turkish General Staff said 99 Daesh targets in such areas as Tal Atiyah or Uwayshiyyah had been hit...

OPEC's oil output is likely to reach its highest in recent history in September, a Reuters survey found on Friday, as Iraq boosted northern exports and Libya reopened some of its main oil terminals. The increase comes despite lower output in top exporter Saudi Arabia and this week's...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday announced he is setting up a board of inquiry to investigate the bombing of an aid convoy in Syria last week that killed 18 people. The internal UN panel "will ascertain the facts of the incident" on September 19 and report to Ban, who will "decide...

(Marca)- It has been 13 years since so many Real Madrid players were called up Ifor the Spanish national team, as six of Los Blancos' stars were included in Julen Lopetegui's 23 man list on Friday. Matches against Italy and Albania in the weeks ahead, it wasn't since Inaki Saez was in charge...

Thousands of Jordanians on Friday staged a protest march in capital Amman to condemn a gas purchasing agreement signed earlier this week between Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom. Demonstrators from across Jordan’s political spectrum marched from the Al-Husseini Mosque in central Amman to the...

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has called for an immediate end to the Syrian regime’s heavy bombardment in Aleppo, which has killed at least 500 people in the past two weeks. “MSF demands that the Syrian and allied governments stop the bombing that is causing a bloodbath among civilians,” the...

Israel on Friday paid Turkey $20 million in compensation over the 2010 Mavi Marmara tragedy involving a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, Turkish diplomatic sources said. On Aug. 20, Turkish parliament approved a deal, involving Tel Aviv paying $20 million to the families of the victims as part of a...

A one-month-old baby was rescued from the ruins of a building destroyed by Russian and regime airstrikes in Syria’s northwestern city of Idlib on Friday, according to local civil defense sources.  The five-story building was completely leveled on Friday morning after Russian and regime...

Reporting by Ammar Bakkour (Zaman Al Wasl)-People in rebel-held areas sleep and wake up on the sounds of air strikes by the Syrian and Russian. Even they many times sleep and do not know if the light would come out and they still alive, Yusuf Khoja, a tailor for Aleppo described his daily...

A child was killed and at least 10 other people were injured on Friday by Syrian regime attacks in the country’s northwestern Latakia province, local Turkmen sources told Anadolu Agency. The Turkmen Mountain and Jabal al-Akrad areas plus rural parts of Idlib province were hit said the...

Pakistan on Friday "completely rejected" India's claim to have sent troops across its disputed border in Kashmir to kill suspected militants, as India evacuated villages near the frontier amid concerns about a military escalation. In a rare public announcement of such a raid, India said it...

Russia is sending more warplanes to Syria to further ramp up its campaign of air strikes, a Russian newspaper reported on Friday, as Moscow defied global censure over an escalation that Western countries say has torpedoed diplomacy. In a statement issued by the White House after the two...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump deepened his attacks on a former beauty queen Alicia Machado on Friday, calling her disgusting and alleging the existence of a sex tape as he refused to back away from an issue that threatens to damage his already weak standing among women and...

Fighting in Syria's besieged eastern Aleppo has killed 338 people since Sept. 23, including 106 children, and 846 have been wounded, including 261 children, the World Health Organization said on Friday. "We are asking for four things: stop the killing, stop attacks on health care, let the...

The number of refugees caught trying to reach Greek islands from Turkey via the Aegean Sea doubled in September compared to August, according to Turkish Coast Guard data. Trying to make the perilous journey by sea, 3,300 refugees were held by the Turkish Coast Guard in September, the peak of...

Reporting by Okab Malek (Zaman Al Wasl)- A well-informed source said Russia has fortified Shuairat military airport in central Homs province with more shields and checkpoints as well has installed surveillance cameras. Russia forces who celebrate first Syria’s intervention anniversary, have...