Reporting by Ahmad Primo; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Alwasl-Special)- Journalist Rowaida Kana’an was detained in Syrian regime’s prisons for more than 10 months, before she with other 135 female detainees were assigned for...
Attacks north of Baghdad killed 11 Iraqi soldiers on Tuesday, the latest in a protracted surge in bloodshed just a day after officials announced results from April's parliamentary election. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who is seeking a third term in office, has been held...
Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah will travel to Iran on May 31 amid a recent thaw in Tehran's relations with Gulf states, the Iranian foreign ministry said Tuesday. Relations between Iran and the Gulf states have been frosty for years, with disagreements over the...
BEIRUT (AP) — The widowed Syrian mechanic had a new lease on life after he married his second wife: he enrolled in a high school, graduating at 60. The couple had five children, living in an impoverished quarter of a town in northern Syria. They all died after a missile smashed...
LONDON (AP) — For the first time, a British man has been convicted of terrorism-related offenses after going to Syria with the intention of joining the conflict there. Kingston Crown Court on Tuesday convicted Mashudur Choudhury of engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist...
The embattled neighborhood of al-Waer in Homs still a main target for Basher al-Assad’s sporadic mortar fire, activists reported. Assad’s forces have intensified efforts to overrun the last stronghold of Homs, Syria’s revolution...
(Reuters) - From his base in Damascus, Bashar al-Assad can contemplate a broad sweep of Syria clawed back from rebels who once threatened to drive him out. The capital which they targeted is now plastered with posters inviting Syrians to reelect him president. Powerful...
(Reuters) - Germany has rejected calls for Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to cancel his visit to Cologne on Saturday, when he is due to address almost 20,000 supporters in what could amount to a de facto rally for Turkey's presidential poll in August. Erdogan has...
(Reuters) - The United States has increased the number of Marines and aircraft stationed in Sicily who could be called upon to evacuate Americans from the U.S. embassy in Tripoli as unrest in Libya grows, two U.S. officials said on Monday. About 60 more Marines and another...
(Reuters) - Despite resuming some military aid, the United States appears unlikely to quickly restore the close ties with Egypt that framed U.S. Middle East policy for decades, as concerns persist over the authoritarian crackdown since last year's military takeover. Even as...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Lebanon is under massive pressure as tens of thousands of refugees fleeing the war in neighboring Syria continue to stream in, likely reaching a total of 1.5 million people by the end of the year and heightening tensions in the tiny, overburdened country, U.N....
(Zaman Alwasl) Islam Army announced Monday that its fighters had shot down a helicopter by Osa surface-to-air missile system near Damascus. Islam Army said in statement posted online that its fighters had downed a helicopter near Mleiha town...
Translation by Yusra Ahmed Othman Bdaiwi, minister of Local administration and refugee affairs, denied all accusations of Mohamed Yahya Maktabi, the Coalition member, in his complaint against the Minister. In his respond to the complaints,...
By Ahmed Rasheed and Isra' al-Rube'ii BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Nouri Maliki won the largest share of Iraqi parliamentary seats in last month's national elections, dealing a blow to Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish rivals who opposed his serving a third term....
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has referred nine expatriate Arabs to a state security court on charges of joining al Qaeda, collecting donations and recruiting fighters for al-Nusra Front in Syria, state news agency WAM reported on Monday. The agency said two...
By Jasem Al Hamwe; Translation by Maryam Saleh (HAMA)- Syria is considered to be one of the wealthiest Middle Eastern countries in terms of the various resources it offers. Its agricultural, industrial, tourism, and petroleum industries are...
The historic Christian town of Maalula stands a shadow of its former self, abandoned and war-scarred, a month after Syrian government forces expelled Islamist rebels. In the main square, with its posters of President Bashar al-Assad and slogans daubed on walls singing his...
The Syrian opposition’s defense minister has resigned after reports of disagreements with the group’s head, opposition sources said on Monday. Dissident Asaad Mustafa’s resignation from the government-in-exile highlights divisions among President Bashar al-Assad's opponents....
At least 162,000 people have been killed in Syria‘s three-year-old conflict, a monitoring group said on Monday, and thousands more are missing after being captured by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces and rebels trying to overthrow him. The pro-opposition, British-based...
Reporting by Mohamed Al Faris; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Alwasl) Martin Lidegaar, Denmark's foreign minister, denied any cooperation between Syrian Intelligence and many European countries as part of anti- terrorism activities. The FM confirmed to Zaman...
