(Zaman Alwasl)- At least 3 people were killed Tuesday in Homs province as the heavy bombardment of Syrian regime forces resumed on the embattled neighborhood of al-Waer after calm months, a monitoring group said. The Britain-based ٍSyrian...
EDGARTOWN Mass. (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama congratulated Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday for his victory as the country's next president, the White House said. Erdogan vowed to pursue a period of reconciliation in Turkey after securing the post...
MALIKIYA, Syria (AP) — In a dusty camp here, Iraqi refugees have new heroes: Syrian Kurdish fighters who battled militants to carve out an escape route for tens of thousands trapped on a mountaintop. While the U.S. and Iraqi militaries struggle to aid the starving members of...
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Ridiculed at first, the new power which has seized a third of Iraq and triggered the first American air strikes since the U.S. troop withdrawal in 2011 – has carved itself a powerful and possibly lasting presence in the Middle East. The...
(Reuters) - A Saudi father gave his ex-wife the shock of her life when he informed her he was taking their 10 and 11 year-old-sons to join Islamist militants in Syria , telling her to count them as "birds in heaven", Saudi-owned media reported. The pan-Arab al-Hayat...
(Reuters) - Russia will increase exports of wheat to Egypt and imports of other agriculture products from it, Russian officials said on Tuesday as the two countries discussed the potential for free trade. The move comes as Russia seeks new sources of supply after it...
(Reuters) - Turkish companies are enjoying a rise in orders from Russia as their government eyes a lucrative long-term opportunity from Moscow's ban on imported Western foods. Mehmet Buyukeksi, head of the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM), said he expected a significant...
Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Alwasl Leaks)- Among thousands of leaked documents, Zaman Alwasl has discovered names of two people provide the Syrian regime with arms. In two documents forwarded to Minister of interior in May 2013, two contracts...
Hillary Clinton and congressmen alike have called on Obama to arm Syria’s rebels. But the president fumed at lawmakers in a private meeting for suggesting he should’ve done more. President Obama got angry at lawmakers who suggested in a private meeting that he should have armed...
Obama’s new Iraq war began modestly. By the end of his press conference on Saturday, though, it got a bit bigger. President Barack Obama’s war in Iraq just got more ambitious. Speaking to reporters before departing for a two week vacation with his family on Martha’s Vineyard,...
Reporting by Lama Shammas; Translation by Dani murad DAMASCUS (Zaman Alwasl) - A lot of Syrians are now refugees in their own country, many living under the worst catastrophic humanitarian conditions in buildings, schools, mosques, parks and the...
(Reuters) - Islamic State insurgents who seized a Lebanese border town this month planned to turn Lebanon into another Iraq by unleashing sectarian war between Sunnis and Shi'ites that would have endangered the nation's very existence, the army commander said. General Jean...
(Reuters) - Talks to end a month-long war between Israel and Islamist militants in Gaza have made no progress so far, an Israeli official said on Tuesday, as a 72-hour ceasefire in the shattered Palestinian enclave held for a second day. Israeli and Palestinian negotiators...
(Reuters) - NATO will soon be forced to take a decision on a total pullout from Afghanistan unless a deadlock over the country's election ends and a new president signs an agreement allowing foreign forces to stay, the head of the alliance said on Monday. Secretary-General...
(Reuters) - Iraq's president named a new prime minister to end Nuri al-Maliki's eight-year rule on Monday, but the veteran leader refused to go after deploying militias and special forces on the streets, creating a dangerous political showdown in Baghdad. Washington, which...
Robin Williams , the comedian who evolved into the surprisingly nuanced, Academy Award-winning actor , imbuing his performances with wild inventiveness and a kind of manic energy, died on Monday at his home in Tiburon, Calif., north of San Francisco. He was 63. The Marin County...
(Zaman Alwasl)- Syrian regime forces have recaptured northern districts of al-Mleiha town east Damascus, a week after breaking the siege on the embattled town by rebels, freeing 700 besieged fighters, activists said. For over 6 months, Assad’s...
(Reuters) - Iraq's president named a new prime minister to end Nuri al-Maliki's eight year rule on Monday, but the veteran leader refused to go after deploying militias and special forces on the streets, creating a dangerous political showdown in Baghdad. Washington, which...
(Zaman Alwasl)- Syrian regime forces have made rapid advances in western countryside of Aleppo province, taking control of three villages as an Islamist rebel group retreated over infighting with al-Mujahedeen Army, well-informed source told...
BEIRUT (AP) — Islamic militants have crushed a tribal uprising against their rule in eastern Syria after three days of clashes in three eastern villages near the border with Iraq, activists said Monday. The armed revolt by the Shueitat tribe in the eastern province of Deir...
