(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria’s rebels on Tuesday have recaptured most territory it was controlled by regime forces last months in the northeast of Aleppo city after a heavy fighting and huge casualties. Islamist rebels have taken control of Handarat...

(Zaman Al Wasl-Special)- Syrian Opposition National Coalition sacked its envoy to Qatar Nizar al-Heraki over renewing passports' allegations. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islam Army commander, who pounded Syria’s capital by 100 rockets and killed 15 last week, has announced a new offensive to start by Wednesday, saying Damascus is “a military zone,” according to statement posted online. Zahran Alloush...

Islamic State (ISIS) claims to have burned Jordanian pilot alive: video, AFP reports.

(Reuters) - Egypt could free Canadian-Egyptian journalist Mohamed Fahmy within hours, Qatar-based news channel Al Jazeera English reported on Tuesday. Fahmy's colleague, Peter Greste, an Australian citizen, was released on Sunday. A third journalist, Baher Mohamed, an...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria’s rebels Tuesday have made advances northeast of Aleppo, taking control of al-Mayyasat hill amid reports of dozens killed and 14 arrested, activists say. Rebel feeds on social media said the recent advance is very effective gain...

(Reuters) - Qatar's foreign minister on Monday denied reports that one of five high-level Taliban detainees transferred from the Guantanamo Bay prison to Qatar has attempted to re-engage in militant activity. "It's totally false," Foreign Minister Khaled al-Attiya said. "They...

(Reuters) - Iran is sweetening the terms it offers on oil development contracts to draw the interest of foreign investors deterred by sanctions and low crude prices, as its pragmatic president seeks to deliver on his promise of economic recovery. Tehran is engaged in...

Reaching a solution in Syria is a “mission impossible,” but it needs to be done, according to Staffan de Mistura, UN special envoy for Syria. "There is no golden formula…mission impossible…but [finding a solution] needs to be done," Mistura told the European...

(Reuters) - The head of a U.N. inquiry into last summer's conflict between Israel and Gaza said on Monday he would resign after Israeli allegations of bias due to consultancy work he did for the Palestine Liberation Organisation. Canadian academic William Schabas was...

(Reuters) - Peace talks between Libya's warring factions and the two governments they back will start within days, a U.N. special envoy said on Monday, after efforts to bring together senior representatives from both sides in Geneva failed last month. Libya has been in...

(Reuters) - Separatist rockets streaked across hills in eastern Ukraine on Monday as rebels pounded the positions of Ukrainian government troops holding a strategic rail town, while both sides prepared to mobilise more forces for combat. U.S. officials said Washington was...

(Reuters) - Oil prices rose strongly again on Monday, tacking on a total of 11 percent over two straight sessions, as some investors bet that a bottom had formed to the seven-month long rout on the market even as others remained pessimistic. Benchmark Brent and U.S. oil...

(Reuters) - The White House issued a veto threat on Monday for a bill from the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives bill that would repeal President Barack Obama's signature healthcare legislation, the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare.

(Reuters) - Stocks ended sharply higher on Monday after a late rally driven by hopes for a Greek debt deal and as energy shares bounced with oil prices. Greece's new government has proposed ending a standoff with its international creditors by swapping its outstanding debt for...

(AFP)- Syrian government air strikes on opposition-held towns across the country killed at least 32 people on Monday, and wounded dozens more, a monitoring group said. In Jassem in the southern province of Daraa, 15 civilians were killed in four air...

(Reuters) - Kurdish militia backed by U.S.-led air strikes are making rapid advances against Islamic State forces in rural areas around Kobani after driving the group from the Syrian border town last week, the Kurdish militia and a monitoring group said on Monday. A spokesman...

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights recorded 931 government airstrikes and 1083 barrel bombs on towns across Syria in the month of January 2015. At least 271 civilians were killed, including 50 children and 37 women while at least 1000 were wounded.  The regime first...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Representative of Syrian opposition’s National Coalition in Cairo denied news saying NC bureau has been closed. Adel Helwani in an official message to NC said this news is totally unfounded, assuring that Egypt will stay the first patron for Syrian people....

(Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday said his left-wing government would make full use of a mandate for negotiations with European partners and ruled out seeking aid from  Russia . "We are in substantial negotiations with our partners in Europe and those...