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Western Homs: rebel council calls to help displaced people

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Revolutionary Local Council in al-Dar al-Kabira in northern Homs countryside sent SOS calls to meet urgent needs of the displaced from Qazhal and Om Qasab villages after they were forcibly displaced by Syrian regime forces and thugs from neighboring villages. Local sources...

Ankara expresses doubts over CIA shadow in coup bid

Writing by Ethar Abdulhaq (Zaman Al Wasl)- A Turkish newspaper confirmed that aircraft of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was harassed by two F16s when Erdogan was returning to Istanbul from a holiday in Marmaris south of Turkey during the coup attempt. The Daily Sabah Newspaper...

Iran to rehabilitate 5 Syrian aircrafts: contract

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime air force leadership has signed a contract with the Iranian Pars Company for aircraft manufacturer to repair 5 Antonov 26 in the framework of military cooperation, source said. The source, an officer in regime ranks, confirmed that at least one Antonov...

Turkey officially demands US to extradite Gulen

Turkish prime minister confirmed on Tuesday an official request was sent to the U.S. for the extradition of Fetullah Gulen, a number one suspect blamed to be behind Friday's failed coup attempt. Chairing the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party group meeting at the parliament in Ankara,...

160 civilians killed in US-led airstrikes on Manbij

(Zaman Al Wasl- Anadolu)- At least 160 civilians were killed on Tuesday in air strikes by U.S.-led coalition planes in the ISIS-held town of Manbij in northern Syria, activists and the group's Amaq new agency said. The deadly air strikes targeted a group of civilians trying to flee clashes in...

UK's Johnson says Russia must join push to oust Assad

 New British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson called on Tuesday for Russia and other states to demand Syrian President Bashar al-Assad step down as he prepared for his first meeting with Western counterparts on Syria's intractable civil war. Johnson will meet peers from Germany, France,...

Lebanese artillery kills Syrian child in Arsal town

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian child Ahmed Tawfiq Odeh died today Tuesday morning affected by injuries resulted from the artillery attack on Arsal by the Lebanese army. Ahmed is 5 years old, lives in Wadi Hamid camp at the boarder of Arsal, his father is dead and he...

Homs: people recycle 'destroyed houses'

Reporting by Abdulkarim Ayoub; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Eqtsad)- The siege imposed over the northern countryside of Homs province for 4 years has affected delivering building materials making the operation almost impossible resulted from the detailed and hard inspection at regime’s...

ISIS attacks Thuwar al-Raqqa group northeast Syria

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Clashes took place between Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa and the Islamic State Monday morning after attacking the village of Sweidan by the Islamic State to the West of Ain Issa, in the Northern countryside of Raqqa and militias of Syrian Democratic Forces,...

112 generals, admirals held over Turkey coup plot

More than 100 army generals and admirals have been detained so far in connection with Friday's failed coup attempt in Turkey, according to data compiled by Anadolu Agency. Of the 112 generals and admirals, 50 have been remanded in custody while others are still under investigation. The list...

Two suicide bombings kill 6 soldiers in Yemen’s Mukalla

At least six soldiers were killed in two suicide bombings in Yemen’s southeastern city of al-Mukalla on Monday, according to a local official. Two car-bombs exploded at two military checkpoints west and east of al-Mukalla, the official told Anadolu Agency. “Six soldiers were killed and 30...

Turkish economy unaffected by coup bid

Turkey’s failed coup will have only a minor impact on the country’s economy, Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek said Monday. Speaking ahead of the markets opening to Bloomberg television, Simsek, who has special responsibility for economic matters in Turkey, said: “The Turkish economy will be...

US Turks begin White House petition to extradite Gulen

Turks living in the U.S. on Sunday began an online petition on the official White House website that demands President Barack Obama extradite Fetullah Gulen to Turkey. "I would like our government to stop providing a safe haven to Fethullah Gulen and I want him delivered to Turkey," the...

Syrian opposition says U.S. must stand up to Russia

The United States is failing to stand up to Russia, which is committing "war crimes" in Syria, a leading Syrian opposition negotiator said on Sunday, as Russian-backed forces appeared to tighten the siege on the city of Aleppo. "What we lack here is a serious reaction to Russian behavior on...