Saudi Arabia is revising plans for a glitzy financial district in Riyadh and the creation of six industrial cities, after the projects were plagued by delays and a lack of enthusiasm among potential tenants and investors. The government's frank, public assessments of the projects suggest...

A Syrian opposition group tolerated by President Bashar Assad's regime said Tuesday it had asked the UN to merge all opposition factions into one delegation at the next round of peace talks. The comments came from Syria's former deputy premier Qadri Jamil, who was sacked by Assad in 2013 and...

Reporting by Ahmed al-Khalil: Translation by Yusra Ahmed ( Eqtsad )- “Passport” has become a need and a must for Syrians as it is their hope to be able to leave the country to find safer place. Passport application for adults over 18 requires attending in person to the Immigration and...

Writing by Ethar Abdul Haq (Zaman Al Wasl)- A new leaked document issued by Isis has has revealed more personal data of hundreds of fighters who joined a military training camp during the month of Ramadan in June, 2014. The document outlines their specializations, qualifications, their general...

Islamic State oil man Abu Sayyaf was riding high a year ago. With little industry experience, he had built a network of traders and wholesalers of Syrian oil that at one point helped triple energy revenues for his terrorist bosses. His days carried challenges familiar to all oil...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Five members of the Civil Defense Corps were killed on Monday in regime air strike on northern Aleppo province, media center said. The devastating strike hit the center of the voluntary group in Atareb town, destroying most of the rescue equipment and vehicles according to...

An Egyptian court has sentenced 11 men accused of homosexuality to jail terms of between three and 12 years, legal sources said. The defendants were arrested in a flat in the leafy Cairo suburb of Agouza in September last year. The court convicted them of "debauchery and incitement to...

Five U.S. states vote Tuesday at a critical juncture in the presidential race, with Hillary Clinton seeking a knockout against Bernie Sanders and Republican Donald Trump confident of extending his lead despite rivals joining forces against him. A very strong showing in primaries in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The negotiations committee of the al-Waer neighborhood in Homs city has refused regime's offer to free 300 detainees, demanding release of 1500 people held in Sednaya military prison, source said Monday. A U.N.-mediated deal reached last December stated that all detainees of...

Egyptian police fired tear gas at protesters in Cairo who defied government warnings and held a rally Monday calling for the "downfall" of the regime, quickly scattering them and making arrests. A coalition of leftist and liberal groups had called for the protest, ostensibly against the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Prominent Syrian army defector Abdul Hamid Zakaria is still alive and has not been killed in Aleppo battles, source said as activists circulate news of Zakariya's death in clashes with regime forces. The man who had been mourned was a relative of Zakaria who had the same name...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 11 people have been wounded in regime air strikes on a refugee camp near the Turkish border, local activist said. Abdulrahman al-Lazqani, media activist, said regime drone had targeted al-Zouf camp near the town of Jisr al-Shughour with 6 rockets, leaving women and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The first participation of Free Syrian Team in the Open European Championship for Karate ended on Monday with a bronze medal through Olympic champion Ali al-Baroudi after great tournaments. Al-Baroudi told Zaman al-Wasl, he competed with senior champions and won the...

 At least 60 people have been killed in three days of fighting in Syria's northern city of Aleppo, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, as violence continues to escalate. Seven children and 10 women were among those killed in a series of air strikes by the government side and...

Turkey's military said it destroyed Islamic State's missile launcher in Syria some 20 kms from the border town of Kilis which has been repeatedly his by rockets from the border, Turkish television stations reported. They said eight militants were killed in the attack. The missile launcher was...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A child was killed in Islamic State's missile attack on a U.S.-backed militia in the southern countryside of Hasak province, activists said. Activist Omar al-Shami said a family memebrs were killed the Isis Grad missile in Sarab village east of al-Shadadi town. Isis has also...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- When Syria's uprising erupted 5 years ago with a peaceful demonstrations to topple Bashar Assad, Syrians- suddenly- found themselves trapped as crackdown was surrounding them everywhere. Death toll was rising and no concrete efforts made by the International community to stop...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A car bomb exploded in a regime-held suburb of the capital Monday, killing at least 10 people and wounding dozen, activists said. The explosives-laden car detonated near a checkpoint for Shiite militants in the Iran-dominated town of Sayyidah Zaynab (7 miles) 10 km south of...

President Barack Obama will announce on Monday he plans to send as many as 250 additional U.S. troops to Syria, a sharp increase in the American presence working with local Syrian forces fighting Islamic State militants, U.S. officials said. The deployment, which will increase U.S. forces in...

Leicester City's Algerian winger Riyad Mahrez on Sunday became the first African player to be named English football's Player of the Year, as voted for by his fellow professionals. The 25-year-old French-born Algerian international, outstanding in Leicester's incredible charge towards the...