Turkey’s defense minister said Saturday he hoped Syrian refugees would be able to return home safely after Daesh is cleared from an area along the border between the two countries. Fikri Isik said once Operation Euphrates Shield had removed terrorists from the frontier area, refugees would...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 49 civilians have been killed and dozens have been wounded Saturday in a new massacre by Syrian regime jets targeted a central market with vacuum missiles, local sources reported. Medical sources told Zaman al-Wasl the number of civilians killed in the massacre might...

(Zaman al-Wasl) Nabil al-Halabi, the director of the Lebanese Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (LIFE), revealed that the al-Assad regime’s ambassador to Beirut Ali Abed al-Karim has started two months ago the immigration process for him and his family to the Hungarian capital of...

Yao Ming, who inspired a generation of NBA fans in his native China, wistfully acknowledged a career that "ended too soon" as he was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday. "I treasure each and every moment. I'm grateful for my time on court and for your recognition...

(Zaman al-Wasl) Samira Abdel Karim Karzon a Syrian refugee from the countryside of al-Qasir living in Lebanon’s camps dreamed of planting a tree or making a friend or sister in every country she visits. Samira who suffers from severe kidney dysfunction started her youth with an artificial kidney...

Fighting raged on in southern Aleppo on Saturday, the army and rebels said, hours after the United States and Russia hailed a breakthrough deal to put Syria's peace process back on track. The army attacked rebel-held areas, pushing to maximize recent gains before a new nationwide ceasefire...

Turkish warplanes have hit nine PKK terrorist targets in southeast Turkey, the military said Saturday. The late Friday strikes in Semdinli, Hakkari province, which borders Iraq and Iran, destroyed all nine objectives, the Turkish General Staff said in a statement. The PKK -- listed as a...

A double car bombing at a shopping mall in Baghdad left 16 people dead late Friday, a security source said. Dozens were injured when the bombs exploded at the Nakheel Mall opposite the oil ministry in eastern Baghdad at around midnight local time (2100GMT), the source said on condition of...

Although Spain has been without a functioning government for more than eight months, that hasn’t stopped the acting government from making controversial decisions. Mere minutes after acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s failed investiture vote last Friday came the contentious announcement:...

Samsung lost more than $10 billion in market value Friday after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) warned owners of the company’s Galaxy Note 7 smartphone they should not use them on airplanes. “In light of recent incidents and concerns raised by Samsung about its Galaxy Note 7...

The U.S. and Russia have agreed to take steps to reduce violence in war-torn Syria, Secretary of State John Kerry announced on early Saturday. In a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, Kerry said a truce would commence with the start of the Muslim holiday...

(Eqtsad)- Prices of sacrificial lambs have madly soared in Eastern countryside of Aleppo, the price of one kilogram of a sheep ranged between 3300 and 400 Syrian pounds, accompanied with decrease number of available livestock.  Despite all that increase in prices, according to the aid...

The United States and Russia early Saturday announced a breakthrough agreement on Syria that foresees a nationwide cease-fire starting on Monday, followed a week later by an unlikely new military partnership targeting the Islamic State and al-Qaida as well as new limits on President Bashar...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces captured new ground in coastal Latakia province from opposition forces in counterattack launched early Friday, rebel commander told Zaman al-Wasl. Senior commander in the First Coastal Division said regi;e forces backed by heavy aerial bombing had...

 The United States and Russia made progress on Friday on proposals for a nationwide ceasefire in Syria, but technical details still needed to be worked out, a senior official of the U.S. State Department said. A Russian official said the process was "stuck in Washington" after a day of...

Gary Johnson, the U.S. presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party and former governor of New Mexico, joined news channel MSNBC's live "Morning Joe" show to answer journalists’ questions. One of the panel’s questions, Mike Barnicle's, "What would you do, if you were elected, about Aleppo?"...

A Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) engineer pleaded guilty on Friday to helping the German automaker evade U.S. emission standards, and his lawyer said he would cooperate with federal authorities in their criminal probe. James Liang, who has worked for VW since 1983 and was part of a team of...

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and ex-secretary general Jerome Valcke, already banned from soccer for ethics violations, are facing a fresh investigation over the salaries and bonuses they received in office. In a separate decision, former FIFA vice-president Jeffrey Webb was given a...

An Iranian Revolutionary court has sentenced Iranian-British aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to five years in prison on charges that remain secret, her family said on Friday. Zaghari-Ratcliffe was detained in early April as she tried to leave Iran after a visit with her two-year-old...

The Syrian regime army secured a road into the government-held side of Aleppo that was captured by rebels last month and was expected to open it soon for civilians, state-owned al-Ikhbariya TV reported on Friday. The advance by the Syrian army and allied militia in the Ramousah area of...