(Zaman AL Wasl)- the Syrian regime and supporting militias have launched heavy attack of the the neighbourhood of Jobar in Damascus, trying to invade especially at Tiba axis, but the Free Syrian Army (FSA) stopped them killing dozens of them according to activists.  Befor the attack,...

(Marca) - A shadow has been cast over preparations ahead of Sunday's visit to Espanyol, due to the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale. The Wales international was missing from the session at the club's Valdebebas training ground on Friday following a hip injury sustained during the...

Twenty-two members of Syria’s Kurdish National Council (KNC) have waged a hunger strike for the last five days to show solidarity with political prisoners being held by the PYD, the Syrian offshoot of PKK terrorist group. "Our strike will continue until the PYD frees all detained KNC members...

My last visit to Ben Gardane, a coastal town in southeastern Tunisia, was in March, shortly after Daesh militants tried to seize the city. From capital Tunis to our hotel in Ben Gardane, few security checkpoints could be seen. But as we approached the town’s northern entrance, we could...

"In the attack, three civilians were injured. In response to the immediate threat, forces at the scene fired at the vehicle, resulting in the death of one of the assailants while the other was wounded," the statement said. Several hours later, a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli soldier at a...

Amnesty International has taken Australia’s immigration minister to task over his statement that the processing of asylum seekers on the Pacific island of Nauru -- currently under a cloud due to allegations of abuse, self-harm and suicide -- will “continue for decades”. “Dragging out for...

 Five PKK terrorists were killed in a military operation Friday in Turkey's southeastern Hakkari province, security sources told Anadolu Agency. The Turkish army shelled several areas in the province’s Semdinli district, said the sources, speaking on condition of anonymity due to...

The anti-terror police detained Friday 24 foreign nationals, including a Syrian suspected of providing explosives and ammunition to Daesh terrorists, a security source said. The Syrian national identified as Azzov K. was detained along with the others during a police raid in Kucukcekmece...

 Russia said the Syrian army had begun to withdraw from a road into Aleppo on Thursday, a prerequisite for pressing ahead with international peacemaking efforts as the government and rebels accused each other of violating a truce. An organization that monitors the war also said the Syrian...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime warplanes bombed on Friday the village of Marshamsha and town of Tamana and other areas in southern countryside of Aleppo with vacuum bombs, resulted and severe damage to the civil defense centre in Idlib city, beside many breaches for the truce of hostility...

British Defense Ministry on Friday said it is “extremely sorry” that an Iraqi boy was allowed to drown after being forced into a river by four soldiers during the British occupation in 2003. Ahmed Jabbar Kareem Ali, 15, was detained on suspicion of looting an industrial compound in May 2003,...

The world's strongest storm this year killed at last 10 people in China when it hit the southeast coast, the government said on Friday, as rescuers scoured flooded streets and work crews struggled to restore power to more than a million homes. Typhoon Meranti had largely dissipated by Friday...

A team investigating missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will begin probing whether the commercial aircraft was deliberately ditched or experienced an uncontrolled fall while carrying 239 people, according to Malaysia's transport minister. Liow Tiong Lai told Anadolu Agency on Friday that...

(The Sports Xchange) - Matt Forte rushed for 100 yards and three touchdowns to help the New York Jets secure their first victory of the season, 37-31, over the Buffalo Bills on Thursday night at New Era Field. Jets quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick completed 24 of 34 passes for 374 yards and a...

Resin trees in supposedly protected forest areas are being felled at an “alarming” rate, a leading Cambodian activist has said, alleging that a U.S.-run protection program has failed to prevent such logging. Ouch Leng, the chairman of Cambodia Human Rights Task Forces, won this year’s...

A phantom account scandal at Wells Fargo & Co has put the U.S. bank's disclosure policies under a harsh spotlight. Despite press reports that a federal regulator and the Los Angeles prosecutor were investigating sales practices at retail branches of the San Francisco-based lender, the...

 Food aid for desperate civilians in eastern Aleppo remained stuck on the Syrian border Friday, the fourth morning of a fragile internationally-brokered truce in the war-ravaged country. An AFP correspondent said no movement could be seen on the rubble-strewn Castello Road, the main route...

Reporting by Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl)- Weeks before the eruption of the Syrian revolution the regime’s agents in Lebanon kidnapped four brothers and handed them to Syrian intelligence. Al-Jasim four brothers, Jasim, Shbib, Ali and Haidar, who came from Jarablus northern of Syrian to...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - More than three quarters of Europeans sympathize with Syrian refugees coming to their countries, a poll found on Friday, challenging reports of growing anti-immigration sentiment across the continent. Ireland topped the poll of European countries that...

Seven village guards, one specialist sergeant and one soldier were martyred Thursday in a PKK attack in the eastern province of Agri, according to officials. Three soldiers and two civilians were also injured in the same attack by the terrorist group. A clash broke out between security...