(Zaman Alwasl)- At least 30.000 people fled towns captured by the Islamic State (IS) near the Syrian- Iraqi borders, a monitoring group said Sunday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said thousands of people have fled the...
The first appearance of self-proclaimed "caliph" Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a video shot in an Iraqi mosque illustrates the extent of his jihadist group's control and confidence, experts say. Baghdadi, whose Islamic State (IS) group holds territory in both Iraq and Syria, called for...
(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Activists from Homs have broadcasted a new series on Youtube called “Homsi Daily Life” which talks in comedian way, about life in Homs and suffering people and activists undergo in their daily lives. The first...
Tim Krul was an unlikely hero as the Netherlands secured a 4-3 shoot-out win over Costa Rica to book a FIFA World Cup semi-final place. Over 120 goalless minutes in Salvador, Louis van Gaal's team struck the post or crossbar on three...
ALEPPO (Zaman Alwasl)- Opposition activists say Syrian regime army has not taken control of Tal Sha'eer village near the infantry school in Aleppo. A rebel commander, in footage posted online, said fighters of al-Tawhid brigade still controlling the...
(Reuters) - A Bahraini policeman died on Saturday of wounds sustained in a bombing that the Interior Ministry said was a terrorist act. Attacks on security forces have been on the rise in the strategically located Gulf Arab country, which hosts the U.S. Fifth Fleet, more than...
(Reuters) - The Yemeni air force bombed Shi'ite Muslim fighters north of Sanaa on Saturday in fighting that caused "a large number of casualties", local officials said, after a truce reached last month between the insurgents and government forces collapsed. The fighting in...
(Reuters) - Two suspected al Qaeda militants blew themselves up early on Saturday after being surrounded inside a government building in southern Saudi Arabia , following an attack on a border post with Yemen , Saudi-owned al-Arabia television reported. The satellite channel,...
(Reuters) - An Egyptian court sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie to life in prison on Saturday, the court's judge said, for inciting violence that erupted after the army deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi last year. Badie, convicted along with about 36...
(Reuters) - A group of 46 nurses caught up in fighting in Iraq arrived home in India on Saturday after briefly being held captive by suspected militants, an outcome celebrated by the newly elected government in New Delhi as an early diplomatic success. The nurses, mainly...
Gonzalo Higuain scored his first goal of the FIFA World Cup as Argentina beat Belgium 1-0 at Estadio Nacional to reach the semi-finals. Much has been made of Argentina's reliance on mercurial captain Lionel Messi during the...
(Translation by Dani Murad) As the battle for the Qalamoun region still raging, regime forces bombarded two days ago the village of "Bassima" in Damascus countryside with explosive barrels and mortar shells, meanwhile the machine guns of the...
Jihadists who overran Mosul last month have demolished ancient shrines and mosques in and around the historic northern Iraqi city, residents and social media posts said Saturday. At least four shrines to Sunni Arab or Sufi figures have been demolished, while six Shiite mosques,...
Baghdad (AFP) - The leader of the Islamic State jihadist group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, purportedly ordered all Muslims to obey him in a video released Saturday on social media. The hitherto elusive Baghdadi, who on June 29 proclaimed a "caliphate" straddling Syria and Iraq, made...
BETHLEHEM ( Ma'an News Agency ) - A preliminary autopsy report shows that 16-year-old Muhammad Abu Khdeir was burnt alive by his kidnappers, a senior Palestinian official said late Friday. Attorney General Muhammad Abd al-Ghani Uweili told Ma'an Abu...
(AFP)- More than six million children affected by the Syria conflict desperately need humanitarian aid, the UN's children's agency said Friday, with the number in need rising by a third in a year. UNICEF is warning that despite the spiralling numbers the organisation may have to...
Brazil forward Neymar has been ruled out of the World Cup after fracturing his vertebrae in the closing stages of the 2-1 quarter-final win over Colombia, his team has said. "It's not serious in the sense that it doesn't need surgery, but he'll need to...
(Reporting by Zeina Al Chofi; translation by Yusra Ahmed) Celebration in Yamouk after the agreement on exclusion Palestinian camp from the Syrian conflict, has not yet started to go in vane again after declaring that the agreement would not...
(Reuters) - A stunning second-half free kick from Brazil's David Luiz sealed a 2-1 win over Colombia in a frantic World Cup quarter-final on Friday, keeping the hosts on track for a sixth world title. Captain Thiago Silva bundled in Neymar's corner at the back post to put the...
A Kurdish diplomat has played down the significance of Israeli advocacy of independence for her people, saying it was not coordinated with the autonomous Kurdish government in Iraq and may be intended to served Israel's interests. While acknowledging that Israel had sway in...
