Egypt's Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb submitted the resignation of the cabinet on Saturday and President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi accepted it, a statement from the presidency said. Sisi told the cabinet to remain in a caretaker role until a new cabinet was formed, the statement said.
Saudi Arabia says it has taken in about 2.5 million Syrians since the conflict began, its first official response to suggestions that oil-rich Gulf states should do more to address the plight of Syrian refugees. The official Saudi Press Agency quoted an unnamed official at the Foreign...
A coalition led by the United States bombarded Islamic State militants on Thursday with 27 air strikes in Iraq and three in Syria, according to a statement released on Friday. In Iraq, the air strikes near Tuz, Ramadi, Mosul, Fallujah and other locations hit tactical units and...
United Nations inspectors will be present with Iranian technicians as they take samples from a key military site, two Western diplomats said, undercutting an objection by U.S. Republicans to the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers. The diplomats were familiar with details...
Pentagon officials say they believe a top bomb-maker for a cell of al-Qaida jihadists was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Syria earlier this summer. The death of David Drugeon, a French-born member of the Khorasan group of al-Qaida veterans, would be a significant setback for the organization. A...
President Barack Obama said on Friday that Russia's escalated military involvement in Syria is an indication that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is worried and is turning to Russian adivsers for help. Obama said the United States is going to be engaging Russia to say that its support...
The father of drowned Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi was working with smugglers and driving the flimsy boat that capsized trying to reach Greece, other passengers on board said, in an account that disputes the version he gave last week. Ahmed Hadi Jawwad and his wife, Iraqis who...
At least 107 people were killed when a crane toppled over at Mecca's Grand Mosque on Friday, Saudi Arabia's Civil Defence authority said, less than two weeks before Islam's annual haj pilgrimage. At least 238 people were wounded, Saudi Arabia's Civil Defence body said. "All...
Russia called on Friday for Washington to restart direct military-to-military cooperation to avert "unintended incidents" near Syria, at a time when U.S. officials say Moscow is building up forces to protect President Bashar al-Assad's government. The United States is leading a...
Crude oil prices fell on Friday as a stronger dollar, Saudi Arabia's dismissal of a producer summit and a lower price forecast by Goldman Sachs weighed, with prices headed for a weekly loss despite rallying in the previous session. October Brent, the global oil benchmark,...
(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) A newly-freed prisoner from the central prison in Sweida talked about the unbelievable violations inside the prison. Issa, the nickname of the speaker to Zaman al-Wasl, he is a university student from the province of Damascus countryside was arrested by the Syrian...
The governor of Greece's northern Aegean region says authorities have managed to register 20,000 refugees and migrants who had been on the island of Lesbos in the space of three days, significantly easing the overcrowding on the island. Regional governor Christiana Kalogirou told...
Islam Amy fighters have seized control of Tel Kurdi district in the northeastern suburbs of the capital amid intense efforts to liberate detained females from the central prison of Damascus, activists said on Friday. Jaysh al-Islam, the dominant rebel group in Eastern Ghouta suburbs, said...
Most vulnerable Syrian refugees do not even have an opportunity to flee to Europe although over 360,000 Syrian refugees in countries neighboring Syria have stopped receiving food assistance amid funding shortage, the U.N. warned. World Food Programme...
A civilian was killed and three Turkish policemen were injured in an attack by PKK terrorists in southeastern Diyarbakir province early Friday morning, security sources said. The incident took place after a group of PKK terrorists carried out an armed attack on policemen, who were...
Islam Amy fighters have pressed slow advances near the central prison of Damascus amid intense efforts to liberate detained females, including activists, who were put in the custody northeast the capital, rebel commanders said Thursday. Jaysh al-Islam, the dominant rebel group in Eastern Ghouta...
Chancellor Angela Merkel won a hero’s welcome as she visited a Berlin migrant center Thursday, with Syrians cheering and taking selfies as Germany threw open its doors to thousands of refugees. “We are so happy Mrs. Merkel came to see us today,” said a joyful Ramadan Salah, a 35-year-old Syrian...
Dozens of Syrian regime troops and Islamic State fighters have been in fighting around Deir Ezzor air base in eastern Syria in a region that is a stronghold for the jihadists, activists and monitoring groups said on Thursday. Islamic State used at least two car bombs in its latest attack on the...
At least 6 civilians, including 2 women and 3 children, were killed in the northern countryside of Aleppo city when two ISIS suicide bombers set of two truck bombs in rebel-held towns, local reporter said on Thursday. The first suicide bombing took place in a crowded neighborhood in the town of...
President Barack Obama has directed his administration to prepare to take in at least 10,000 Syrian refugees over the next year, the White House said on Thursday. It is the first specific commitment the United States has made toward increasing its acceptance of refugees from the war-torn...
