The Syrian army said on Saturday that Turkey had recently increased supplies of weapons, ammunition and equipment to what it described as terrorists in Syria. A statement issued by the Syrian army command alleged that weapons were being delivered in shipments which Turkey claimed to be...

President Vladimir Putin is fully mobilized to tackle what the Kremlin regards as an unprecedented threat from Turkey following the shooting down of one of its warplanes by a Turkish F-16, the Russian leader's spokesman said on Saturday. In comments which underscore how angry the Kremlin...

At least seven people were killed in a suicide car bomb attack in a northern Iraqi town that has seen deadly clashes between Kurdish and Shi'ite paramilitary forces, the mayor and security sources said on Saturday. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast in Tuz...

The suspect in a deadly shooting at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic was named on Saturday as Robert L. Dear, 57, the Colorado Springs Police public affairs' section said in a Tweet. The gunman who stormed the clinic on Friday killed three people and wounded nine...

A leading Kurdish lawyer was shot dead Saturday in southeast Turkey after unknown attackers opened fire on a gathering in the mainly Kurdish province of Diyarbakir, triggering a shootout with police, hospital sources and witnesses said. According to witnesses, unknown assailants...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russian air strikes on eastern suburbs of Damascus have killed 4 people on Saturday amid reports rebels have recaptured ground in the area. Regime's key-ally Russia has made a turning point by hitting rural Damascus after almost two months of aerial bombing on north and east...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Syrian newborn has been taken hostage by a Lebanese hospital as his displaced family can not pay the last $1200 of treatment expenses, activists said Saturday. Family of Mohamed Issa al Kholi, who fled the central Syrian town of Krak des Chevaliers to Lebanese city...

The aunt of a Syrian boy whose lifeless body was photographed on a Turkish beach, sparking worldwide outrage at the refugee crisis, said she hopes her family members will be in Canada by Christmas. Tima Kurdi said Friday that Canada has approved her application to bring her brother Mohammed...

A group of nine Islamist detainees have on Friday been quietly transferred from the country's notorious Roumieh central prison early to an "undisclosed location". All indications suggest this could be a sign that a prisoner swap is imminent with the Nusra Front, a Syrian insurgent group and...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan warned Russia on Friday not to "play with fire", citing reports Turkish businessmen had been detained in Russia, while Moscow said it would suspend visa-free travel with Turkey. Relations between the former Cold War antagonists are at their...

A series of attacks in Tunisia claimed by ISIS that killed dozens of people including foreign tourists was planned in neighboring Libya, a top official said Friday. The extremist group has said it was behind a suicide bombing in the center of Tunis on Tuesday in which 12 presidential guards...

Turkey’s downing of a Russian jet has played into the hands of Syrian President Bashar Assad by bringing Moscow on board with his bitter opposition to Ankara, experts say. Moscow announced Thursday it was preparing economic measures against Ankara two days after Turkish forces shot down a...

Two Palestinians rammed their cars into Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank on Friday, injuring seven, before being killed, raising this week's death toll from Palestinian-Israeli violence to 11. Meanwhile, dozens of Palestinians were wounded by Israeli army gunfire, one...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels on Friday have taken control of 4 villages in the southern countryside of Aleppo province, the Revolution Local Coordination Committees said. Rebels have captured villages of Makhala, Tel tajer, Kherbat Kousaand Hemaira after heavy clashes with regime troops and...

At least six children drowned on Friday in two separate incidents when their boats sank off Turkey while trying to make the risky crossing to Greece, state media reported. A first boat loaded with 55 Syrian and Afghan migrants sank in strong winds and high waves in the Aegean after...

Moscow slapped sanctions on Ankara on Friday as the war of words over a downed Russian warplane escalated, with Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan warning Russia not to "play with fire". Russia announced it was halting a visa-free regime for Turkish visitors, after...

A Belgian judge on Friday charged a sixth suspect with terrorism offences in connection with the Paris attacks, prosecutors said, as the country pushes on with its investigation into links to the November 13 atrocities. "Yesterday a person has been arrested in Brussels for...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Western-backed Syrian opposition group, the National Coalition, has formed  a new supreme military council that includes representatives of rebel groups fighting Bashar al-Assad in the war-torn country, according to statement issued Friday. The announcement of the...

Working with Syrian government forces to combat ISIS can only happen within the framework of a credible political transition for Syria, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Friday. Earlier Fabius had appeared to suggest President Bashar al-Assad’s forces could be used to battle ISIS...

Two people arrested in Berlin on Thursday had links to Islamic State, which may have been planning an attack in the western city of Dortmund, a German newspaper said on Friday, citing security sources. German police commando units arrested two men aged 28 and 46 on Thursday...