U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif for six hours on Saturday trying to overcome obstacles to a final nuclear agreement, a month ahead of a deadline for a deal between Tehran and six world powers. They were the first substantive...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A well-informed source said the reported news of Ahmed Tomeh's dismissal is 'unfounded'. The source said dismissal news of the Interim Government Prime Minister is incorrect, adding, Head of the Syrian National Coalition has no right to dismiss the prime minister under the...

Islamic State blew up a major prison complex in the central Syrian city of Palmyra on Saturday, according to a group monitoring the war, destroying an important symbol of government control in the jihadist-held city. The prison was empty of people at the time of the detonation, said Rami...

Heavy fighting erupted in southern Yemen near Aden airport on Friday when local militia attacked Shi'ite Houthi rebels in a push to drive them from the district, residents and fighters said. Saudi-led forces also made four air strikes on a military base near the airport, a source in the...

Translation by Yusra  Ahmed A Facebook page openly displays artifacts like old coins, mosaics, statuses, historical gemstones and jewellery like earrings and bracelets, besides old manuscripts seemingly genuine. It is difficult to check the genuinely of the displayed products and...

The Syrian air force on Saturday extended its intense aerial campaign against rebel-held areas in the northern province of Aleppo, conducting a series of airstrikes that killed at least 57 people, activists said. Zaman al-Wasl reporter said at least 45 people, including women and children,...

 Fifteen people including 10 police officers were wounded in an attack on a mosque at police camp on a remote Philippine island long plagued by Islamic militancy, officials said Saturday. Successive blasts targeted the mosque inside Camp Kasim on the island of Jolo early evening Friday...

A suicide bomber disguised as a woman blew himself up in the parking lot of a Shiite mosque during Friday prayers, killing himself and three others in the second such attack in as many weeks claimed by ISIS. The latest attack and a suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque that killed 21 people...

“Who’s there?” asked Dr. Mohammad Farhat, director of Hamid Farhat Hospital in the Bekaa Valley town of Majdal Anjar. “The sick lady died last night,” said a man on the phone. “Yeah, I know she died, what do you want me to do?” Farhat replied. “They have 90 percent [of her hospital...

With most of its natural and mineral resources having fallen under rebel control, Syrian state revenues have shrunk, leaving the government dependent on unstable sources of income for its survival. Four years of conflict have decimated the state coffers. Now the government’s only...

Islamic State on Friday took control of al-Taqli village in the northern countryside of Aleppo province, activists said as clashes still underway between the radical group and Islamist rebels in Soran Azaz near the Turkish border. ISIS fighters have also stormed Marea town and number of...

The U.S.-led coalition conducted 20 air strikes in Iraq and four in Syria targeting ISIS militants since early Thursday, the Combined Joint Task Force leading the air operations said. In Iraq, air strikes carried out using attack, fighter, bomber and drone aircraft struck near Baghdadi,...

ISIS claimed responsibility Friday for bombings outside two heavily fortified five-star hotels in the Iraqi capital that killed 15 people. In a statement, ISIS said a suicide bomber called Abu Qutaiba had parked a car outside the Ishtar hotel in central Baghdad late on Thursday before...

The European Union imposed sanctions on a senior Syrian military intelligence official Friday, adding him to a list of more than 200 Syrians subject to an EU asset freeze. General Mohammad al-Mahalla has been head of the internal affairs branch of Syrian Military Intelligence since April,...

Yemen's Iran-backed Shiite Houthi rebels, under fire from a Saudi-led coalition, have killed the capital's governor in clashes that erupted during an attempt to detain him, his relatives said Friday. Abdulghani Jamil and his nephew Nasr Jamil "died of wounds sustained during late Thursday...

Islamic State will carry out an imminent offensive on rebel-held districts in the eastern Qalamoun on the enclaves of the Syrian desert, in an effort to capture ammunition depots of Islam Army, rebel source told Zaman al-Wasl. Activists said ISIS first target is to capture arms depots of...

Four people were killed when a car exploded near a mosque in Saudi Arabia’s eastern city of Dammam, on Friday, the Saudi Press Agency reported, adding that militants failed in their bid to hit the mosque after security officials foiled the attack. The attack targeted worshippers in al-Anoud...

At least 12 Australian women from one city have attempted to join ISIS, police said Friday, warning of a trend towards a "romanticized view" of violent jihadis. More than 100 Australians have left the country to support ISIS in Syria and Iraq, raising concerns about radicalization and whether...

(Reuters)- U.S. defense aid to Israel is likely to increase after 2017, sources on both sides said on Thursday, seeing a possible link to Washington's efforts to assuage its ally's fears over nuclear diplomacy with Iran. A current package worth $3 billion a year expires in 2017. A U.S....

U.S. defense aid to Israel is likely to increase after 2017, sources on both sides said on Thursday, seeing a possible link to Washington's efforts to assuage its ally's fears over nuclear diplomacy with Iran. A current package worth $3 billion a year expires in 2017. A U.S. official, speaking...