The Sudanese government has since January repeatedly used chemical weapons against civilians in a remote region of Darfur, Amnesty International said in its latest report Thursday. The attacks reportedly came amid a large-scale military offensive launched in January 2016 by Sudanese forces...

Iraqi troops have recaptured the Al-Buthiab area in Anbar province’s Ramadi Island region from the Daesh terrorist group, General Ismail al-Mahlawi, head of the army’s Anbar Operations Command, said Thursday. "Al-Buthiab has been retaken," he said. "Daesh militants fled the area after...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime troops backed by Lebanese and Palestinian militants on Thursday took control of Handarat Camp district in time rebels made gains against  the Islamic State in the northern countryside of Aleppo province, local reporter said/ The regime forces have...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime warplanes killed Thursday six civilians in the town Khan Shikhoun in Idlib province, Civil Defense said The rescuing group told Zaman al-Wasl that 6 civilians, including 3 children, were killed and dozens wounded due to cluster-bomb raids, targeted the...

Neither Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga nor will any Shia militia will enter the Mosul proper, as Iraqi forces prepare to retake the city, the second in command at the State Department told lawmakers Thursday. Hailing the highly anticipated offensive as the “culmination” of the counter-Daesh...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkish media outlets have brought to attention what they are calling the “security wall” that will separate Turkey and Syria. The wall extends for almost 900 kilometers along the border and it is a little under 3 meters high with an expected completion date of a few months....

More than 100 people were injured Thursday, many critically, when a commuter train crashed into a station during the morning rush hour in Hoboken, New Jersey, officials said. At least one person was killed, according to unconfirmed reports. More than 20 ambulances scrambled to the scene...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime loyalists talk about a fierce attack of the Syrian army and supporting militias in the countryside of Hama, however, the armed opposition has kept advancing and liberating more area of the countryside. The armed opposition has since the beginning of this...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas plans to pay a rare visit to Jerusalem on Friday to attend the funeral of former Israeli leader Shimon Peres, a Palestinian official said on Thursday. It was not immediately clear if the occasion would yield anything more than handshakes with Israeli Prime...

Businesspeople who invest in Turkey were unimpressed by Moody's recent ratings cut in light of the country's favorable demographics and good growth potential, said Carsten Hesse, strategist at Berenberg banking and investment, on Thursday. Hesse spoke to Anadolu Agency about the structure...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Despite all evidence that disclaim it and confirm it to be a failed act, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov chose to quote the German journalist Yorgen Tundhover interview with a person who claimed to be al-Nusra Front leader (so called by the acclaimed leader and the...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels have killed 11 regime troops and 3 Hezbollah militants in the ongoing clashes in the mountainous Jabal al-Akrad area in Latakia province, commander said Thursday. Clashes have renewed between regime forces and rebels near Kensabba town since Monday morning...

Extending a state of emergency for another three months would be beneficial for Turkey as it requires more time to eradicate the threat from terrorist groups after a failed coup attempt in July, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday. Speaking a day after Turkey's National Security...

Russia is outraged by the threatening tone of the latest U.S. statement on Syria, viewing it as tantamount to supporting terrorism, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday, according to Russian news agencies. Ryabkov was referring to a statement made by U.S. State...

Congress on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected President Barack Obama's veto of legislation allowing relatives of the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia, the first veto override of his presidency, just four months before it ends. The House of Representatives voted 348-77...

Germany will not grant any more state aid for ailing banks, a senior lawmaker in Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc said on Thursday, a day after the government denied it was working on a rescue plan for Deutsche Bank, its biggest lender. Deutsche (DBKGn.DE) is disputing a fine of...

Turkey's Besiktas played to a 1-1 draw Wednesday against Ukraine's defending champions Dynamo Kyiv in the Champions League tournament. Ricardo Quaresma scored the only goal for the Black Eagles on a spectacular free kick in the 29th minute at the Vodafone Arena in Istanbul. Dynamo Kyiv's...

Two Pakistani soldiers were killed in an exchange of fire with Indian forces across the de facto border in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir on Thursday, the Pakistani army said, as tension between the nuclear-armed neighbors remains high. The exchange of fire took place in the...

Three village guards were martyred and two others injured Thursday in a PKK terrorist attack in the southeast corner of Turkey. Security sources told Anadolu Agency on condition of anonymity due to the restrictions on speaking to media that PKK terrorists attacked village guards who were in...

President Barack Obama acknowledged Wednesday that he would not deploy a game-changing force in Syria to end the brutal fighting since U.S. national security was not at stake. Obama’s comments came at a town hall conversation hosted by CNN, at a military base in Fort Lee, Virginia....