(Zaman Al Wasl)- Dans la première partie de sa série sur  la cimenterie Lafarge en Syrie , Zaman Al-Wasl a présenté des certificats et des documents relatifs aux transactions de la société avec ISIS en lui achetant des cargaisons de pétrole et en lui cédant des cargaisons de ciment....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian and Russian warplanes have carried out at least 30 raids on the northern countryside of Homs province, targeting rebel-held areas by internationally banned bombs, activists said Thursday, 48 hours before the provisional planned ceasefire takes into effect. An Ahrar...

Syria's state-run news agency and an opposition monitoring group say regime troops have recaptured a town in Aleppo province from ISIS militants. The victory is key for Syria's military access to the provincial capital, Aleppo city. SANA says the army took the town of Khanaser on Thursday,...

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said that a recent deal to halt hostilities in Syria does not bind Turkey. "All must know that this ceasefire is only valid for Syria and the warring sides in the country. If any of them poses a threat to Turkey's security, it becomes non-binding for us,"...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Kurdish autonomous administration banned Arab displaced families from entering territory it controls in northern Hasakah province as a top Kurdish official demands the U.N. to endorse a plan making Kurdish-held areas a safe zone. The self-management forces,...

They are trapped between two worlds - one they want to leave and the other to which they are denied entry. For three months, more than 500 men, women and children have been living in no-man's land in northern Iraq, caught in the crossfire between Kurdish forces and Islamic State....

NATO allies have agreed to a plan for their ships in the Aegean Sea to help Turkey and Greece counter criminal networks smuggling refugees into Europe, NATO's chief said on Thursday, overcoming territorial sensitivities between Greece and Turkey. After late night talks in...

The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, like Islamic State, seeks to divide Syria, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday, adding that the country's territorial integrity must be preserved. "The aim of the PYD and YPG is clear, just like Daesh they want to divide...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Bashar al-Assad dismissed on Wednesday the head of military intelligence in central Homs province, appointing a war-crime perpetrator instead after an ISIS double car bombings killed about 60 people on Sunday. Al-Assad has appointed General. Hassan Da'bool instead of General....

The Zika virus, believed to be linked to the serious birth defect microcephaly, presents a "formidable" challenge that will be hard to stamp out, World Health Organization chief Margaret Chan said Wednesday. "Things could get worse before it gets better," she said in Rio de Janeiro after a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria's main opposition grouping said Wednesday it would respect a provisional ceasefire in Syria "for two weeks", ahead of the proposed start of the truce this weekend. "The High Negotiations Committee believes a provisional truce for two weeks would provide a chance to...

 A powerful Islamist rebel faction has claimed it bombed a gathering of Russian officers near Syria’s Latakia on February 21, the same day reports emerged of a mystery blast in the area. Ahrar al-Sham announced Wednesday afternoon that it conducted a special operation alongside the...

The United Nations on Wednesday carried out its first humanitarian airdrop in Syria to reach thousands of people facing severe food shortages in a city besieged by Islamic State jihadists. "Earlier this morning, a WFP plane dropped the first cargo of 21 tonnes of items into...

 (Zaman Al Wasl- Reuters)- The Syrian army and Islamic State militants waged fierce battles on Wednesday around Khanaser, a strategic town southeast of Aleppo, where an attack by the jihadist group has cut the main land route to the city during three days of fighting. A regime military...

(The Telegraph)- Every year, a few hundred thousand hardy tourists make it to the snowy town of Akureyri in the far north of Iceland, braving 70mph winds and freezing temperatures in search of ski slopes, whale watching trips and the Northern Lights. Yet the town’s newest...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Tribes Army, or Jaysh al-Ashaer, rebel group operation in northeastern Syria, has joined a Kurdish-led alliance that backed by the United States and Russia, source told Zaman al-Wasl on Wednesday. As the Syrian Democratic Forces press more gains west and east Syria, taking...

Iran's top leader said on Wednesday he was confident Friday's elections would return a parliament prepared to resist interference by foreign powers including the United States, according to his website. "The nation will vote for a parliament that puts Iran's dignity and...

Thousands of apps running code built by Chinese Internet giant Baidu have collected and transmitted users' personal information to the company, much of it easily intercepted, researchers say. The apps have been downloaded hundreds of millions of times. The researchers at...

Israel's Shin Bet domestic security agency abuses Palestinians under interrogation in a manner so systematic it points to official endorsement, two Israeli NGOs said in a report published Wednesday. The 70-page joint study by rights groups B'Tselem and Hamoked is based on accounts by 116...

The outlawed PKK’s Syrian affiliate PYD has been committing war crimes in the areas it captured in Syria by forcing people to migrate, said a report issued by the Turkey-based Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA) on Tuesday. According to the report, the PYD terrorist...