GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Gaza City neighborhood came under heavy tank fire Sunday as Israel widened its ground offensive against Hamas, causing hundreds of panicked residents to flee, including a woman in a wheelchair waving a white flag. At least 30 people were killed in...
Damascus, July 19 (IANS) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Saturday appointed Najah Attar as the new vice president, media reported. Najah Attar has served as the vice president for cultural affairs since 2006 and the new presidential decree has appointed her as the sole vice...
(Translation by Yusra Ahmed A well-informed source provided Zaman Alwasl with documents showing the way of thinking of Ahmad Jarba and Hadi al-Bahra the previous and recent President of the National Coalition respectively, and Fayez Sara, besides...
As the Islamic State group, formerly the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, continues its armed campaign in Iraq and Syria, its notoriety is drawing fans and fighters from as far as Asia and the Pacific. Authorities and experts have warned that the growing popularity of the...
Three Sudanese employees of international aid agencies were released on Saturday in the troubled Darfur region after 32 days in captivity, peacekeepers said. "They appear to be unharmed and in good condition," the African Union-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) said in a statement....
(Al Jazeera)- Syrian government forces have launched a counterattack to recapture a gas field seized by the Islamic State group, activists say, even as the death toll from three days of fighting there rises to 270. The intense fighting in the Shaer field, which lies in the...
The jihadists controlling large swathes of northern and western Iraq seem bent on killing or expelling all religious minorities in the Mosul area, Human Rights Watch warned Saturday. The New York-based rights watchdog's statement was issued as thousands of Christians were...
(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Activists reported about some hospitals’ directors in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli that government’s hospitals will cease admitting Syrian patients of renal failure to have renal dialysis, starting August 2014...
(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Zaman Alwasl has obtained a copy of “Rescue Initiative” by Iyad Qudsi, Deputy of Syrian Interim Prime Minister, forwarded to Syrian Coalition’s new Leaders and members and the Interim Government. Uniting the opposition and leaving the...
(Zaman Alwals-Yusra Ahmed)- A video published on Youtube and Ya-sour website showed shocking images of a double humanitarian crime against childhood. In the video, a toddler, about 2-3 years old, called Abbas, his parents have Lebanese accent. The...
(Reuters) - Israeli soldiers in tanks and bulldozers dug in across a mile-wide strip of eastern Gaza on Saturday as Palestinian officials said military strikes had pushed the mostly civilian death toll past 300. The military said its engineers were concentrating on an effective...
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel warned on Friday it could "significantly widen" a Gaza land offensive but was cautioned by its main ally, the United States, about the risks of further escalation as Palestinian civilian deaths mounted. Palestinian officials said 58...
(Translation by Dani Murad) The situation is changing rapidly in northern Syria as rebel fighters have launched widespread attacks against the “Sleeping Cells” of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in dozens of locations in Idlib, and...
(Reuters) - Syria's army clashed with Islamic State fighters outside a government-controlled military airport on Friday, a monitoring group said, as the al Qaeda splinter group seeks to strengthen its grip on the east of the country. Deir al-Zor airport is one of the last key...
(Zaman Alwasl)- Syrian opposition leader Wednesday met with the Interim government's Prime Minister Ahmad Tu’ma in Gaziantep, the border city with Syria, media center reported. The first visit of Hadi al-Bahra, the newly-elected Head of the National...
(Reuters) - World markets remained under pressure on Friday after the downing of a Malaysian airlines jet at the Ukraine-Russia border, new sanctions on Moscow and unrest in Gaza had sent investors scurrying into defensive assets. European shares .FTEU3 saw more selling...
(Al Jazeera)- At least 24 Palestinians have been killed overnight in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, hours after Israel launched a ground invasion on the 11th day of its offensive in the enclave. Overnight bombing was reported throughout the strip on Friday, while the Israeli...
(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Syrian National Coalition’s embassy in Doha has forwarded a respond to Zaman Alwasl’s article in regard to renewing Syrian passports in Doha. After official greeting, the letter explains that Embassy is keen to...
(Translation by Dani Murad) After revealing the names of 267 “National Defense” and “Shabiha” formations of employees working in the heart of the Syrian capital Damascus, including their full names, jobs, ranks, national number and their exact...
BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's Kurds imposed compulsory military service for their men to ward off a push by Islamic extremists in the predominantly Kurdish areas in northern Syria, Kurdish officials said Thursday. The move reflects fears among Syrian Kurds that the ongoing offensive by...
