(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 9 civilians, including 4 children, have been killed in northern Aleppo province in regime air strikes on the Salaheddin neighborhood, local coordinations said. The death toll is likely to rise as many casualties still under rubble, activists said. In the rebel-held...

Reporting by Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl)- Few days ago the Russian air strikes targeted a neglected village in Western countryside of Dier Ezzor killing two sisters (Baylasan and Eman Mohammed Matar al-Zobaa) who were less than 7 years of age, with their 5-year-old cousin Liyan, while they...

Turkish Airlines carried 42.7 million passengers between January-August this year -- up 3.8 percent compared to the same period of 2015, the company said in a stock filing on Friday. Increases in domestic and international routes were 4.8 percent and 3.0 percent respectively while...

Germany has begun destroying toxic materials from Libya’s chemical weapons program, the country’s defense ministry revealed on Friday. Nearly 500 tons of toxic materials dating back to the Gaddafi era were transferred to a special center in northern Germany this week, the ministry said in a...

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday welcomed Turkey's increased efforts to fight Islamic State militants in Syria and said training local forces was the key to battling the hardline Sunni Muslim group. At a joint news conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu,...

The Syrian government has effectively stopped aid convoys this month and the besieged city of Aleppo is close to running out of fuel, making U.S.-Russian peace talks in Geneva on Friday even more urgent, the United Nations said. "Convoys are not rolling at the moment in Syria," the U.N....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Senior commanders in the Second Coastal Division were targeted by an explosion hit their car while driving in the Western countryside of Idlib on Thursday. Activists said three commanders were wounded and ministered to a field hospital, a medical source confirmed that their...

Turkey’s current account deficit stood at $2.6 billion in July, down more than $500 million year-on-year largely due to the closing gap between goods imported and exported, the Central Bank said Friday. The reduction was also helped by low oil prices. However, the bank...

At least 10 foreign nationals were taken into custody Friday in the Reyhanli district of Turkey's southern Hatay province during an operation against ISIS, according to security sources. The 10 suspects were identified as five Afghans, two Azerbaijanis, plus one Tajik, Egyptian and Syrian...

Iran's steep oil output growth has stalled in the past three months, new data showed, suggesting Tehran might be struggling to fulfill its plans to raise production to new highs while demanding to be excluded from any OPEC deals on supply curbs. Iran's oil output soared to 3.64 million...

A train derailment in northwestern Spain on Friday killed three people and injured many more, Spanish media reported. The accident took place Friday morning in O Porrino, a town in the Galicia region. The train had departed from Vigo, Galicia and was bound for Oporto, Portugal. One of...

Serena Williams suffered a shocking defeat Thursday against Karolina Pliskova at the US Open semifinals, forgoing a chance to reclaim the title she lost last year. The living legend and six-time U.S. Open champion was outplayed by 10th seed Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic, who will...

Turkey's Gross Domestic Product grew by 3.1 percent in the second quarter of 2016 compared to the same period in 2015, the Turkish Statistical Institute reported Friday. The figure was slightly short of the median forecast by the Anadolu Agency Finance Desk, which predicted a 3.3 percent...

(Zaman Al Wasl TV)- Syrian refugees in border Lebanese town of Arsal have been under threat of new displacement before Eid al-Adha as land owners demand 'tent rent' in new humanity low. Syrian refugees in several camps in Lebanese Arsal will be expelled from their camps in Eid al-Adha...

Liberty Media's takeover of Formula One promises a long-term strategy for the cash-rich sport with a sharper focus on new media markets and another attempt to expand in North America. The deal, valued at $8 billion including debt, gives an American media and telecoms business effective...

North Korea conducted a fifth ever nuclear test Friday morning, described by South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff as the reclusive state’s “biggest-ever” with a yield reaching 10 kilotons. The amount is almost double what Pyongyang claimed was a hydrogen bomb earlier this year. South...

Evenings across the U.S. this summer were balmier than any other summer since records began in 1895, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said in a report Thursday. NOAA defines summer as the three-month period between June and August in which the average low...

The U.S.-led war on Islamic State has depleted the group's funds, leadership and foreign fighters, but the biggest battle yet is expected later this year in Iraq's northern city of Mosul, where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared his "caliphate" two years ago. The jihadist insurgents have lost...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry flew into Geneva on Friday for a new round of talks with Russia on a Syrian ceasefire, with U.S. officials saying they believed a deal was still possible, but warning that the talks could not go on forever. Senior State Department officials briefing...

Syrians from territory held by opposing sides in the civil war prayed together for peace as they flew to Mecca for the haj, even as President Bashar al-Assad's government accused Saudi Arabia of politicizing the annual Muslim pilgrimage. Riyadh has no diplomatic ties with Damascus and requires...