n">An Italian student who was tortured and murdered in Egypt had been detained by police and then transferred to a compound run by Homeland Security the day he vanished, intelligence and police sources say. The claims contradict the official Egyptian account that security services...

Turkish warplanes have struck militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in southeastern Turkey, broadcaster CNN Turk said on Thursday, citing the Turkish military. PKK targets in the Daglica and Uludere districts of southeastern Turkey were hit, it said. The Turkish military has frequently...

Reporting by Abdulsalam Haj Bakri; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Unknown assailants killed late on Wednesday a senior commander in the  First Coastal Division in Latakia province amid doubts that his killing is related to the death of an ISIS jihadist in Turkish prison. Abo...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Fadwa Mahmoud, wife of the veteran opposition figure Abdul Aziz al-Khayir who was abaducted with two fellows four years ago by regime security, said Husband's abduction was due to not having a consensual Alwaite figure in Syria. Fadwa Mahmoud explained the details of her...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Nadeem Baloosh, a controversial Syrian jihadist, has been found dead in a Turkish prison, a week from his arrest near the border, Turkish newspaper said. The Turkish media outlets said Baloosh had committed suicide as social media activists doubt...

One year after receiving them at Camp David, U.S. President Barack Obama meets Gulf leaders again Thursday, hoping they can more strongly commit to the fight against extremists. At the same time, with nine months left in his term, the president must again seek to reassure his Sunni allies...

Syria's fragile peace talks might not resume for at least a year if they are abandoned now, a senior Western diplomat warned on Wednesday, as the opposition urged more military support for rebels after declaring a truce was over. Intense fighting has left Syria's partial ceasefire...

Germany's ruling coalition plans to look into stripping Islamic State fighters of their German citizenship to prevent them from coming back to the country, a draft document seen by Reuters on Wednesday shows. More than 800 people have traveled from Germany to Syria and northern...

(The New York Times)- The leader of a Western-backed rescue organization that searches for survivors of bombings in Syria was denied entry into the United States this week, where he was to receive an award recognizing his contributions to humanitarian relief. Raed Saleh, the head of the Syria...

The humanitarian evacuation of 250 people from two Syrian towns besieged by pro-government forces and another 250 from two towns blocked off by rebels began on Wednesday, coordinated by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent. The towns blockaded by pro-government forces are Zabadani and...

The delegation head of Bashar al-Assad regime has said peace talks in Geneva would continue despite the Syrian opposition’s decision to pull out of the current round. The regime delegation led by Bashar Jaafari met with UN Deputy Special Envoy Ramzy Ezzeddin Ramzy at the UN Office in Geneva on...

(Dogan Agecny)- Syrian children in Turkey marked the 4th Istanbul Children and Youth Arts Biennial with their projects urging "right to education" and "secure living conditions", d during arts and music activities of Association for Solidarity with Asylum Seekers and Migrants (ASAM)....

Reporting by Hussein al-Zoubi; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- A member of the Syrian National Coalition and representative of the Kurdish National Council said in a conference in Geneva that the unfairness of the Democratic Union Party PYD is affecting both Arabs and Kurds....

Israel's opposition leader Isaac Herzog has come under fire for saying his party can't be perceived as "Arab lovers" if it wants to reach more voters. Lawmaker Ayman Odeh from the Joint Arab List posted on Facebook Wednesday that Herzog should step down to make way for a "real and brave...

Russia's envoy to NATO accused the United States of trying to put pressure on Moscow by sailing a U.S. guided-missile destroyer near Kaliningrad last week, warning that Russia will react if necessary. Ambassador Alexander Grushko, speaking after the first NATO-Russia Council in almost two...

Negotiators from Yemen's Houthi group and their allies left the capital Sanaa on Wednesday for delayed peace talks in Kuwait, Yemeni airport sources said, after a dispute over a shaky ceasefire was resolved. U.N.-backed talks to end the year-long war were meant to start on...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels thwarted an ISIS attack on Marea town in northern Aleppo province early Wednesday, killing at least 15 militants, local reporter said. Rebels of 'Hor Kilis Operations Room' have also destroyed three armored vehicles for ISIS near Marea. In it's turn, regime...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- One person killed and two injured on Tuesday in Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) raid on Aneeq al-Hawa Village in Hasaka Province, local activist said. The victim’s relative who preferred anonymity told Zaman al-Wasl, his cousin Mohamed Yaseen al-Kati’ was killed by PYD...

 Witnesses to a boat capsize that left some 20 people dead, including children, say the victims were from the persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority and blamed the tragedy on travel restrictions that forced them to journey by sea. At least 21 people, including nine children, died after a...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed ( EQTSAD )- Number of enthusiastic youth in southern Jasim town founded a center to support children emotionally and psychologically after the trauma they have been living in for more than 5 years. Bilal Dnaifat, the director of Basmat Amal, or Smile of Hope, said...