A fistfight erupted on the sidelines of peace talks in Geneva on Thursday between supporters of different warring factions in Yemen, underlining the divisions that have thwarted United Nations efforts broker a truce in the near three-month conflict. Yemeni opponents of the Houthi forces that...

(Reporting by Ahmad Primo; translation by Yusra Ahmed) Zaman al-Wasl has met with Saqer Abo Kotaiba, the commander of 'Fastakem Kama Omert', one of the key rebel formations in Aleppo, said rebels were able to regain many posts from the Islamic State, but ISIS got closer to the Infantry School...

Refugees seeking to return to the Syrian town of Tal Abyad after fleeing fighting there last week were stuck on the Turkish side of the border Thursday amid conflicting accounts over who closed the frontier. Turkish authorities said refugees were not able to cross because Kurdish People's...

Global aid agency Oxfam wants to double to three million the number of people it can reach inside Syria with water and hygiene projects, the head of Oxfam's British office said after meetings with officials in Damascus. Oxfam has been working with Syria's Ministry of Water...

The United States and its allies are weighing the possibility that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, under growing military pressure, may soon narrow his focus on defense of more limited areas of the country, the top U.S. general said on Wednesday. Losses in the north, east and south have put...

While the exodus from Syria has become the world's biggest refugee crisis, the United States is being criticized by relief organizations and some within President Barack Obama's Democratic Party for allowing only a limited flow into America. Since October fewer than 800 Syrian refugees have...

(By George Hadad; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) New leaked documents are being published, but this time from Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees and the surrounding areas. The documents show levels of chaos in the hottest area in Damascus, as far as battles are concerned. Many groups have...

Islamic State said on Thursday it had shot down an Iraqi fighter plane north of the city of Ramadi in Anbar Province. It was not immediately possible to confirm the claim made on one of Islamic State's Twitter accounts. A member of an anti-Islamic State Sunni force called Sahwa (Awakening) said...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has offered his condolences over the death of former Turkish president Suleyman Demirel. In a letter of condolence issued by the Turkish Presidency on Wednesday, Erdogan said that he learnt with sorrow about the death of Turkey’s ninth president....

 The Justice and Development (AK) Party is ready to do everything to form a coalition government, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Wednesday. "We are ready to do all we can to establish a coalition government. We have never threatened with early elections to force other parties...

Four car bombs targeted three mosques and the political headquarters of Yemen's dominant Houthi group on Wednesday, killing and wounding dozens of people, a security official said. "Four car bombs targeted the political bureau of Ansarullah, the Hashush mosque in the Jiraf...

The French government said on Wednesday it would create 11,000 places to house refugees and asylum seekers as the number of people living in illegal migrant camps swells. Such camps have grown rapidly in France as Europe has struggled to cope with an influx of migrants this year...

The United States on Wednesday said it was proving challenging to recruit Syrian opposition forces for a program to train and equip them to battle Islamic State militants, but that it was too soon to give up on the effort. "We have enough training sites and so forth. For now, we...

Four children were among seven civilians killed in renewed rebel rocket fire on government-held areas of Syria's second city Aleppo, AFP said on Wednesday. Tuesday's fire came despite UN condemnation of a massive barrage the previous day that killed at least 36 civilians, 14 of them children....

The Syrian government has used so-called elephant rockets in an attack on the Damascus suburb of Douma, killing at least 36 people, including children, according to activists. The rockets, named after the distinctive noise they make when they are launched, are improvised weapons made by...

Islamic State has killed five policemen in a town near Iraq's biggest refinery, in an attack that may help ease pressure on some of its fighters trapped in the strategically important facility, a security official said on Wednesday. The official in a regional security command center said the...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday he had discussed Syria's use of chemical weapons with Russia and the international community's patience with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's behavior was wearing thin. Speaking to reporters via video conference from Boston, Kerry said he was...

Arab air strikes hit military targets throughout Yemen on Wednesday and expanded into one western province for the first time, despite peace talks in Geneva aimed at ending almost three months of fighting. The bombings hit army bases in the capital, Sanaa, and Houthi militia targets in Yemen's...

In appreciation of all efforts you provide in protecting Syrian Journalists and defending freedom of expression in our country since the revolution erupted in March 2011, Zaman Al Wasl expresses its sincere thanks.  Wish you success in your programme in Syria. The certificate delivered...

A Tunisian passenger train smashed into a semi-trailer truck racing to cross the tracks early Tuesday morning, killing 18 people as two carriages derailed. At least 86 people were injured when the speeding train hit the truck at 6:30 a.m. outside the town of Fahs, 60 kilometers (37 miles)...