(Translation by Rana Abdul) (Zaman Al Wasl)- A Syrian refugee who recently converted to Christianity in Sweden has committed suicide on Tuesday in a refugee camp in the southern city of Mörbylanga, activist said. Hazem Dakel, media activist told Zaman al-Wasl that Mohamed Sheikha’s suicide...

Iraqi forces shelled Islamic State targets in Falluja on Tuesday, the second day of an assault to retake the militant stronghold just west of Baghdad, as international concern mounted for the security of civilians. Residents in the city, 50 km (30 miles) from the capital, reported sporadic...

A U.S.-backed alliance of Syrian militias launched a new offensive against Islamic State fighters near their de facto capital of Raqqa city on Tuesday, a monitoring group and an official said. The Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance is the main Syrian partner for the U.S.-led alliance...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Islam Army and rival group, Faylaq Al Rahman, have reached a 'Declaration of Principles' deal to end the infighting in besieged Eastern Ghouta suburbs near the capital after two bloody weeks left dozens killed and wounded from both sides, local reporter said Tuesday....

Writing by Ethar Abdul Haq (Zaman Al Wasl)-  Islamic State has deliberately ignored the criminal record of its affiliates in an effort to show them immaculate and virtuous jihadists, leaked data shows. ISIS jihadists were demanded by the ISIS General Directorate of Borders to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Thuwar al-Raqqa Front representative demanded on Tuesday the front fighters occupy a bigger role in the anticipated Raqqa battle. Abu Firas al-Jasem, representative of Thuwar al-Raqqa Front in Turkey, demanded that Raqqa does not become a second Tal Abyad in conjunction with...

Following his election Sunday as the new leader of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party, Binali Yildirim on Tuesday officially took the reins of the premiership. Following a party group meeting at parliament in the capital Ankara, Yildirim went to the Cankaya Palace to take over...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The time of former President of Interim Government Ahmad Tumaa has finished. The ex-president who only did short visits to free Syria and whose government was frozen until it was transferred to surgeon Jawad Abu Hatab who preceded many politicians to work with Syrians inside of...

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime bans Deir ez-Zor locals from entering the city and detains them in a school camp in Swuayda province despite the locals’ exit from besieged neighborhoods in Deir ez-Zor via Qamishli airport to reach al-Badiya and then Sweida to arrive in...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will chair the first meeting of Turkey’s new cabinet on Wednesday in Ankara, according to presidential sources. Turkey's 65th government cabinet was announced on Tuesday by the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party’s newly elected chairman Binali Yildirim...

 Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- It could be the first time in which both the regime loyalists and opposition agree on one issue, as both sides had fed up of unacceptable and provoking acts of Shbiha in the coastal city of Latakia. “I wish they go to fronts and get killed by...

Facebook Inc said Monday that it had changed some of the procedures for its "Trending Topics" section after a news report alleging it suppressed conservative news prompted a U.S. Congressional demand for more transparency. The company said an internal probe showed no evidence of political bias...

(Writing by Ismail Ayoub; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Disaster of the EgyptAir jet that crashed with 66 people abroad in the Mediterranean last Thursday has become a matter of global public matter in regard to the causes of the crash, as till now, nothing can rule out...

  Teams searching for the black box flight recorders of a missing EgyptAir jet that crashed with 66 people aboard face technical constraints that aviation experts increasingly blame on a slow regulatory response to earlier disasters. As a three-year deep-sea search for...

 The main Western-backed Syrian opposition has gained little by demanding the fall of President Bashar al-Assad other than fuelling killings and the refugee crisis, a senior official from Syrian's northern Kurdish region said on Monday. Syrian Kurds and their allies are finalizing plans...

Child refugees stranded in Greece have been out of school for an average of 18 months, according to a new Save the Children report released on Monday. The study conducted by the aid organization in northern Greece collected information on around 130 children between the ages of 6 to 17 years...

Turkish Airlines says authorities at Istanbul's main airport have searched a plane bound for the central Turkish city of Kayseri over a bomb threat, the latest in a series of hoax scares targeting the company. The airline said flight TK2014 with 133 passengers on board was preparing for...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- A prominent figure of  the Kurdih national Council has confirmed attacking many villages in Hasaka by the Democratic Union Party (PYD) and arresting young men to recruit them for fighting against the Islamic State, and arrested old...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Eqtsad)- Syrian young men, especially those lived in border towns with Lebanon, used to work in Lebanon before the revolution, due to lack of employment opportunity even for university graduated, as most of them worked in smuggling goods from Lebanon and sell in...

Twin bombings claimed by the Islamic State group hit Yemeni forces in Aden on Monday, killing at least 41 people in the latest of a spate of attacks in the southern city. The attacks in Aden -- which is serving as the temporary government headquarters after rebels forced authorities from the...