Clashes between Islamic State and regime army have renewed Tuesday near the T-4 military air base east of Homs city, activists said as air forces extend aerial campaign on the northern countryside. ISIS has tightened the noose on regime air bases in the eastern countryside of Homs and...

The United States said on Monday it was willing to cooperate with Russia, as well as Iran, to try to end the Syrian civil war, but the two big powers clashed over whether to work with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Speaking at the annual United Nations General Assembly, U.S....

Zaman Al Wasl has obtained about 1,700,000 leaked documents and warrants issued by Syrian regime's security services with the end of 2014, including 524,416 arrest orders against citizens from 153 states across the world. Zaman Al Wasl team, who celebrates 10th anniversary, will publish the...

The number of attacks and other criminal offences committed against refugee shelters in Germany has more than doubled this year compared to 2014, police said on Monday. Germany expects a record-breaking number of 800,000 new arrivals this year. The unprecedented influx of foreigners has...

U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday said Washington is prepared to work with Russia and Iran to try to end the more than four-year war in Syria that has spawned ISIS. "The United States is prepared to work with any nation, including Russia and Iran, to resolve the conflict," Obama told the...

At least 17 civilians have killed in four army missile attacks on eastern city of al-Mayadeen in a territory controlled by Islamic State, a monitoring group said on Monday. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said 5 children and 3 women were among the victims of the deadly missile attack on...

World leaders are in New York for the first day of the UN General Assembly. It is the 70th session of the annual gathering of global powers. The refugee crisis in Europe, conflict in the Middle East and the Iran nuclear deal will all be discussed.

The U.S.-led coalition launched 23 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq on Sunday, the U.S. military said in a statement. In Iraq, 20 of the strikes targeted areas near nine cities, including Mosul, Ramadi and Kirkuk. Three strikes targeted the militant group near...

 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon for the first time is calling for the situation in Syria to be referred to the International Criminal Court. In his state of the world address to leaders from the U.N.'s 193 member states, Ban says "innocent Syrians pay the price of more barrel bombs...

Yemeni security officials say two airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition targeting the country's Shiite rebels have struck a wedding party, killing 28 people and wounding dozens. The officials, who remain neutral in the conflict that has splintered Yemen, say Monday's strikes hit the...

The U.S. military says a Syrian rebel commander who surrendered coalition-provided equipment to an al-Qaeda affiliate did not attend an American training program but a number of his soldiers did. U.S. officials have for days been trying to sort out what happened last week, when reports...

Turkey remains opposed to any political transition in Syria involving President Bashar Assad, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was quoted as saying on Monday in an apparent clarification of its policy. Turkey has been Assad's most outspoken critic since Syria descended into bloodshed...

 Iran's president said Sunday that Syrian leader Bashar Assad must remain in power to fight extremist groups like ISIS and must not be weakened, putting him at odds with the United States and key nations who insist Assad must go in order to achieve peace. Hassan Rouhani told a meeting...

Russia appeared to seize the initiative in international efforts to end the conflict in Syria on Sunday as Washington scrambled to devise a new strategy for the war-ravaged country and France sent warplanes to bomb Islamic State targets. As leaders gathered in New York at the...

Iran demanded an apology from Saudi Arabia on Sunday over the deaths of 769 people at the haj pilgrimage and accused it of trying to evade blame, while Riyadh in turn accused Tehran of playing politics with the disaster. At least 155 Iranian pilgrims died in the crush of pilgrims...

 Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Facebook, promoted access to the Internet as “an enabler of human rights” and a “force for peace” on Saturday, as he announced that his company would help the United Nations bring Internet connections to refugee camps. “It’s not all altruism,” Mr....

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) In this episode of the series “Under Microscope” about militias of the National Defense Forces (NDF) in the Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees in Damascus, Zaman al-Wasl publishes a list of members of the National Defense in the camp, with information...

Israel struck Syrian army targets on the Golan Heights on Sunday, sources on both sides said, and Israel said it was retaliating for cross-border rocket fire from the Syrian war next door. Rebel sources in southern Syria and a British-based monitoring group said at least three...

Separatist parties are expected to win control of Catalonia's parliament in an election on Sunday, setting the region on course for a unilateral declaration of independence from Spain, which the central government says is impossible. Opinion polls show the main secessionist...

Air strikes from helicopters belonging to a Saudi-led alliance killed 25 civilians in the northwestern Yemeni village of Bani Zela on Sunday, residents and medics told Reuters by telephone, adding that most of the victims were women and children. "People were fleeing their homes...