Six Syrian refugees, including two infants and a child, have been found dead on a migrant boat that arrived in the Sicilian port of Pozzallo, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has said. “They died of thirst, hunger and severe burns. This is unacceptable,” the UNHCR’s representative...

KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — Among the boarded-up windows and blast-scarred buildings of Ukraine’s second-largest city, where Russian missiles and rockets strike during the day and the night, fear forms the backdrop of life. As Ukrainian forces advance in their counteroffensive in the Kharkiv...

KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine kept the counteroffensive momentum in its war against Russia going Monday, saying it liberated one village after another and claiming that in one region it pushed the invaders back right up to the border in a lightning military move that stunned many. “In some...

Zaman Al-Wasl (Exclusive)- A gruesome collection of images of about 800 dead torture detainees taken by a new defected military photographer in 2014 in the Aleppo Central Prison. The images that recalls Caesar torture photos were leaked by the photographer to Zaman al-Wasl    Zaman...

 Islamic State fighters on Sunday have attacked the military sites of the regime forces and the Russian-backed militias in eastern Syria, in conjunction with a heavy Russian airstrike on the desert region.   Informed sources told Zaman al-Wasl that ISIS cells carried out two attacks...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces on Sunday pushed its counteroffensive in the country's east, exploiting quick gains they made in a week of fighting that has sharply changed the course of the conflict. Ukraine's quick action to reclaim Russia-occupied areas in the northeastern Kharkiv...

  The Syrian Interim Government said that the number of civilian victims of violations by the Syrian regime and the Kurdish PYD militias during the month of August amounted to 21 civilians, including 12 children, and 43 wounded, including 17 children.   The "Violations Documentation...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s Defense Ministry announced Saturday that it was pulling back troops from two areas in Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region where a Ukrainian counteroffensive has made significant advances in the past week. The news came after days of apparent advances by Ukraine...

 The Syrian Health Ministry on Saturday reported 16 cholera cases in the northern city of Aleppo. The first case, who was a nine-year-old child, has recovered after six days of treatment, the ministry said in a statement, confirming the outbreak of the infectious disease in the city...

As the Arab League summit in Algeria, which is scheduled for the beginning of November, draws close, the country’s Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra announced last Sunday that, "Syria prefers not to propose its return to the League of Arab States during the next summit amid Algeria's efforts in...

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III was officially announced as Britain’s monarch Saturday, in a pomp-filled ceremony steeped in ancient tradition and political symbolism — and, for the first time, broadcast live. Charles automatically became king when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, died on...

LONDON (AP) — As the United Kingdom mourns a beloved queen, the nation is already wondering how King Charles III will reign and whether his monarchy will depart from the traditions of his mother. If his first full day on the throne is any indication, Charles seemed ready to chart at least a...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces on Friday claimed new success in their counteroffensive against Russian forces in the country's east, taking control of a sizeable village and pushing toward an important transport junction. The United States' top diplomat and the head of NATO noted the...

The International Campaign to Ban Landmines – Cluster Munition Coalition (ICBL-CMC) released its annual report on monitoring the use of cluster munitions globally, affirming that Syria continues to be the worst country in the world in terms of the death toll from cluster munitions. "The...

NEW YORK (AP) — Getting to a Grand Slam final is no longer new to Ons Jabeur. She figures it’s time to add a major trophy to her list of groundbreaking accomplishments. And she’s sure she is more ready to do it at the U.S. Open than she was at Wimbledon two months ago. Jabeur reached a...

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, died Thursday after 70 years on the throne. She was 96. The palace announced she died at Balmoral Castle, her summer residence in Scotland, where members of the...

LONDON — Royal officials have confirmed that Britain’s new monarch will be known as King Charles III, ending speculation about whether would use another name during his reign. The former Prince of Wales has been known as Prince Charles since his birth in 1948, but British monarchs have in...

The Syrian regime's Ministry of Finance announced its approval to trade treasury bonds issued in the second auction for 2022, starting from next Monday's session in the Damascus Securities Exchange. The Executive Director of the market said that this subscription is the first of its kind in...

Syrian regime airstrikes over the country’s northwestern Idlib province on Thursday killed seven civilians and wounded at least 12, activists and first responders said. The Syrian opposition, which now holds only a tiny sliver of the country, blamed Russian -backed warplanes for the attack....

RZESZOW, Poland (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday announced major new military aid worth more than 2 billion dollars for Ukraine and other European countries threatened by Russia. Blinken said the Biden administration would provide $2 billion in long-term military...