Syrian opposition figures and Gulf commentators dismissed Wednesday a Russian draft proposal for a process to solve the Syrian crisis, saying Moscow's aim was to keep President Bashar Assad in power and marginalize dissenting voices. A draft document obtained by Reuters on Tuesday showed Moscow...

Hungary, a major target point for migrants seeking to get into the European Union, called the bloc's relocation rules obsolete Wednesday and disputed any idea of letting people return to the first EU country they entered. Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto challenged the EU's immigration rules...

Washington (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on a visit to Washington, voiced pessimism about the prospect of peace with the Palestinians, suggesting the current stalemate was likely to remain in place. A peace process to end nearly 70 years of conflict between Israel...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 8 Hezbollah fighters were killed in Kweires air base battle  in the northern province of Aleppo that broke a more than two-year-old siege by the Islamic State group, Lebanese news feeds said Wednesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said forces...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Hasaka (Zaman Al Wasl)-  Thousands of people on Monday took into streets of Malikia town in the norrthern province of Hasaka protesting against practices and abuses of the Democratic Union Party (PYD). The demonstaruion that was  faced by...

Fourteen people died and a further 27 were rescued by Turkish authorities after their boat sank on its way to the Greek island of Lesbos, Dogan news agency reported on Wednesday. Tens of thousands of migrants have made the perilous journey from  Turkey  to Europe in recent...

At least 16 people have been killed in heavy fighting in the Libyan city of Benghazi between forces allied with the official government and Islamic State fighters, a military commander said on Wednesday. Benghazi, caught up in fighting for more than a year, is just one front in Libya's...

(BBC)- The first charter flight of Syrian refugees will arrive in the UK next week, the Home Office's most senior civil servant has said. Permanent Secretary Mark Sedwill said the UK was "on track" to meet David Cameron's target of receiving 1,000 Syrian refugees by Christmas. The move is part...

Saudi Arabia is pushing the U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee to condemn Iranian and Russian intervention in Syria, a move that prompted complaints on Tuesday from the delegations of Iran and Syria. The non-binding draft resolution, prepared by Saudi Arabia and...

 (The Atlantic)- In 1993, during the brutal civil war in Bosnia, the United Nations declared the Bosnian Muslim town of Srebrenica to be a “safe area” for civilians, protected by several hundred Dutch peacekeepers. Two years later, on July 11, 1995, Bosnian Serb units overran the town....

(Al Arabiya)- Palestinian artist Noel Kharman added her own twist to Adele’s new hit single “Hello” by working a classic Arabic song by Lebanese diva Fairouz, garnering lots of praise on social media. British singer Adele returned to the spotlight with her single “Hello,” becoming the...

Washington (AFP) - An early interest rate hike by the US Federal Reserve would involve higher risks than would waiting a bit longer, the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund told AFP. "I'm not sure that the risks of acting are gigantic, but they're certainly higher,"...

(Reuters)- Secretary of State John Kerry will deliver a speech on U.S. policy toward Syria this week at the congressionally funded U.S. Institute of Peace think tank, the State Department said Tuesday. The speech, which will take place at 2 p.m. on Thursday, comes as the United States, Russia...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime troops on Tuesday broke a more than two-year-old siege by the Islamic State group at a major military air base in the northern province of Aleppo.  The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said forces fighting on the side of the Syrian regime, including...

n">Russia wants the Syrian government and opposition to agree on launching a constitutional reform process of up to 18 months, followed by early presidential elections, a draft document obtained by Reuters showed on Tuesday. The eight-point proposal, drawn up by Moscow before...

Syrian refugees who have made it to Germany may be sent on to other European countries, the German Interior Ministry said on Tuesday, an apparent reversal of an earlier policy that suggested all asylum seekers from Syria would be allowed to stay. In August, Germany decided to...

Iran has arrested more than 40 suspected militants around the country, half of whom were planning to reach Iraq and Syria, Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi was quoted as saying by state media on Tuesday. The militant groups fighting in Iraq and Syria, such as Islamic State, are...

Baseball is known as the national pastime of the United States. The same cannot be said in Israel, but a new program enlisting American Jewish ballplayers is aimed at honing the skills of Israeli hopefuls and elevating the game there. The Israel Association of Baseball (IAB) is...

At least 23 people were killed and 40 wounded in two explosions in the Syrian city of Latakia on Tuesday, a monitoring group said, in one of the bloodiest attacks on President Bashar al-Assad's coastal stronghold. The blasts hit two separate areas of the city, one from rocket fire and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 15 Syrian civilians were killed Tuesday in Russian air strikes on the rebel-held town of Douma northeast Damascus, a monitor group an activists said. Field activists said 15 people have been killed and 100 more wounded in cluster bomb attack conducted by...