(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Crossing point of Si-Malka between Syria and Iraq has prevented almost 1500 Iraqi refugees in Syria from passing back to Iraq under orders of the Iraqi government.  Manager of the International human Rights Organization office in Syria, Farhan Saleh Turkey mentioned...

 Warplanes launched some of the heaviest air strikes yet on rebel-held areas of Aleppo on Friday after the Russian-backed Syrian army declared an offensive to fully capture Syria's biggest city, killing off any hope of reviving a ceasefire. Residents said the streets were deserted as the...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- A human rights organization has documented 242 violation for the Cessation of Hostility agreement brokered by Russia and USA, which was put in effect in the first day of Adha Eid, Monday, September 12, at 7:00 pm Syria’s time. The Syrian Network for Human Rights...

India signed a deal to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets from France on Friday for around $8.7 billion, the country's first major acquisition of combat planes in two decades and a boost for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plan to rebuild an ageing fleet. The air force is down to 33 squadrons,...

U.S. authorities reopened a terminal at LaGuardia Airport in New York on Friday after an abandoned vehicle prompted its evacuation, media reported. Authorities evacuated Terminal B at about 11 p.m. local time after a car was left unattended with its doors open, several media outlets...

South Korea said cash withheld by Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd (117930.KS) and support from its parent group should roughly meet funding needed for unloading cargo from vessels operated by the troubled container line. In a statement prepared for a briefing on the collapse of the nation's biggest...

A metrobus in Istanbul left its dedicated traffic lane early Friday, crushing four cars and stopping only after it ran against a public double-decker bus, according to local media reports. An unconfirmed number of people were injured in the accident, which happened during the morning rush...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused the United States of supplying more weapons to Kurdish fighters in northern Syria this week, delivering two plane loads of arms to what Ankara says is a terrorist group. Erdogan's comments, in a speech in New York on Thursday, are likely to add to...

The U.S. and Russia on Thursday failed to revive a recently ended truce in Syria, according to the UN envoy to Syria. Staffan de Mistura told reporters that a meeting of the International Syria Support Group in New York on the margins of the UN General Assembly was "long, painful and...

(Eqtsad)- Rabia, 12-year-old, carries his thin body which bends under the weight of the heavy Russian made rifle. He hangs it on his shoulder, passing over his neck and the collection of magazines and hand grenades. Rabia was a middle school student in the 7th grade, known to be serious and...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Thursday joined in opposing a call by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to halt all flights over Syria in efforts to get relief shipments through, saying that would only help Islamic radicals gain ground. Rouhani also alleged Washington was sowing fear among...

 The Syrian regime army announced the start of a new military offensive in the rebel-held east of the city of Aleppo on Thursday, signaling a potential further escalation in a bombing campaign by Russian and Syrian jets that rebels say has already intensified in the last 24 hours. State...

Britain expects to start the divorce procedure to leave the European Union early next year and may not need two years to negotiate a deal, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Thursday. London is under pressure from fellow EU members to invoke Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty, which...

Turkey aims to open up a safe zone in northern Syria as part of an ongoing military operation there, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday. "Here is our goal: We want to declare a safe zone that is 95 by 45 kilometers (60 by 30 miles), or 4,000-5,000 square kilometers (2,385-3,100...

The UN on Thursday warned that 40 trucks of food languishing at the Turkish-Syrian border, waiting for permission from the Syrian regime, will be expiring next Monday. “Forty trucks are sitting at the Turkish-Syrian border, the food will be expiring on Monday, and the drivers are sleeping at...

Libyan forces said they foiled three attempted car bombings in renewed heavy fighting against Islamic State holdouts in the group's former stronghold of Sirte on Thursday. Forces led by brigades from the western city of Misrata and supported since Aug. 1 by U.S. air strikes have surrounded...

Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) said on Thursday information associated with at least 500 million user accounts was stolen from its network in 2014 by what it believed was a "state-sponsored actor." The data stolen may have included names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth and hashed...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Professor in constitutional law Abdul Hamid al-Awak said the census processed by Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and its ally forces in Syria Democratic Council is illegal and illegitimate pointing out the census is done to cover up the forced displacement of Arabs and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Many political figures of Ghad al-Suri movement announced, in a joint statement, their withdrawal from the movement following the agreement between the movement head Ahmed Jarba and the Kurdish Self Administration on September 10, which identified the conflict in Syria as a...

Nine more bodies have been recovered from the Mediterranean a day after a boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized off the coast of Egypt, officials said on Thursday, bringing the death toll to 52. Police arrested four members of the boat's crew. Security sources said it had been loaded...