U.S. presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump said separately on Sunday that the United States should not try to topple dictators such as Syria's Bashar al-Assad, highlighting a skepticism over foreign wars that transcends party lines. Both candidates said the Middle East would...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- A former nurse in Damascus Central Prison, also know as Adra,  has revealed to Zaman al Wasl new details about the lieutenant pilot Ragheed al-Tutari, who is behind bars since 34 years ago. The nurse, who spoke on condition of anonymity,...

The conservative People's Party (PP) of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy won Spain's general election on Sunday, exit polls showed, although it fell short of an absolute majority and will have to rely on other parties if it is to govern for another four-year term. The PP is seen winning between...

Israel's interior minister and vice-premier, Silvan Shalom, said Sunday he was quitting his posts and leaving politics over media reports of sexual harassment and indecent assault. "Under these circumstances I have decided to resign from my position as minister and member of...

Turkish police fired tear gas and water cannons in Istanbul on Sunday to disperse hundreds of protesters calling for an end to curfews in the southeast, where the military has ramped up operations against Kurdish militants. Some of the protesters threw firebombs at security forces, who...

Wanted fugitive Salah Abdeslam, suspected of involvement in last month's Paris attacks, got past three police checks in France as he fled to Belgium just hours after the terror assaults, a source close to the Belgian investigation said Sunday. Confirming a report in the French daily Le...

The Syrian army, backed by Russian air strikes, captured a rebel stronghold in the northern province of Aleppo Sunday, driving out the Islamists, a monitoring group said. State news agency SANA also said that army units and other pro-government forces had seized control of Khan Tuman and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russian air strikes on northern Idlib city have killed 43 people, rescue workers and residents said on Sunday. They said at least six strikes had hit a busy market place in the heart of the city, several government buildings and residential areas. Rescue workers said...

Former Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki has warned of a "catastrophic" situation in his country, plagued by poverty and extremists, as he launches a new party a year after his election defeat. The 70-year-old neurologist applied to form the new grouping Thursday, the fifth anniversary of the...

Pope Francis welcomed a U.N.-backed road map to end the Syrian war Sunday, and said recent efforts to establish a national unity government in Libya sparked hopes for an end to a political deadlock which has allowed extremists and people-smugglers to flourish. "I am moved to turn my thoughts to...

The United States embassy in Tunisia has warned its citizens to avoid a major shopping mall in the capital Tunis on Sunday because of a reported threat of a potential militant attack there. Tunisia is under a state of emergency following a suicide bomb attack on a presidential...

At least 10 people were wounded on Sunday in an explosion that hit a military bus in the Mazzeh residential district of western Damascus, Syrian state television reported. The official SANA news agency said the blast was caused by a bomb, and an AFP journalist saw blood on the floor of the...

Germany and Austria are working on a proposal for a common European asylum law, Germany's refugee crisis coordinator said in an interview with German magazine Focus. Hundreds of thousands of migrants fleeing war and poverty in Syria, Afghanistan and elsewhere have arrived in...

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders apologized to front-runner Hillary Clinton at a debate on Saturday for a breach of Clinton voter files by a Sanders staffer that intensified tensions between the two camps. "Yes, I apologize," Sanders said when asked about the...

  A former Lebanese prisoner of Israel freed in a 2008 swap deal with Hezbollah has been killed in an Israeli airstrike in Syria, the party's Al-Manar television reported early Sunday. Al-Manar said in its morning broadcast that Samir Kuntar was killed in an Israeli airstrike...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan met with Khaled Meshaal, leader of Palestinian militant group Hamas, on Saturday in Istanbul, Turkish presidential sources said, a day after Israel and Turkey said they were close to patching up five-year political rift. A source from Erdogan's...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Russian armed forces have not employed all their capability in Syria and may use "more military means" there if necessary, Russian news agencies quoted President Vladimir Putin as saying Saturday. "We see how efficiently our pilots and intelligence agents coordinate their...

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Saturday that there were still difficulties ahead for Syria despite the United Nations Security Council having approved a resolution endorsing an international road map for a Syria peace process. Speaking at a joint news conference with...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Many militias help the Syrian regime in its battles against rebels in the countryside of Latakia like National defense forces (NDF), Baath Brigades, its commander Hossam Khadra was killed in the Battle of al-Anfal in spring last year. Syrian...

A car bomb exploded on Saturday on a busy street in the Somali capital Mogadishu, killing three people and wounding eight, a police officer said. The toll is likely to rise, Police Major Nur Farah said at the scene of the blast. "The place is busy with hotels and supermarkets. Most of the...