(Zaman Photos)- Abdul-Mu’ti Saeed, a 53-year-old displaced interior designer, has turned a wild cave in northern Idlib province into a cultural space, decorated with traditional antiques he brought from his home in Aleppo region.
Iran will support any nation or group that fights Israel, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday, ahead of this week's annual observance of Quds (Jerusalem) Day to express support for Palestinians. "We will support and assist any nation or any group anywhere who opposes and...
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are to suspend oil production from the neutral zone they share in June as part of cuts they agreed to shore up prices, a Kuwaiti official said. The OPEC oil cartel to which they both belong struck a deal with non-OPEC producers led by Russia in April to cut output by...
The World Health Organization has reported the largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases, as U.S. President Donald Trump proposed hosting world leaders for the annual G7 summit as a sign of "normalization." The WHO said Wednesday that more than 106,000 virus cases had been reported...
In a Damascus flea market, Sham Alloush rummaged through a pile of clothes for something nice to wear for Eid al-Fitr that wasn't too expensive. "The flea market is the only place I can buy something new to wear for the Eid holidays," the 28-year-old, dressed casually in large sunglasses...
Russia’s relationships with its client states have never been easy. Of course, managing client states is always a complicated exercise. The Kremlin’s closet is full of skeletons – Hungary (1956), Czechoslovakia (1968), Cuba (1962), Afghanistan (1980), Ukraine (2014) and so on. What...
Algeria has sentenced three opposition activists to jail over Facebook posts, in what rights groups said Wednesday was the latest sign of increased repression after the coronavirus lockdown stifled a popular protest movement. Soheib Debaghi was sentenced in Algiers to one year in prison on...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday voiced regret at Palestinian threats to end security coordination if Israel annexes occupied territory in line with President Donald Trump's Middle East plan. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, playing one of his only cards, said Tuesday...
The only man ever convicted in a U.S. court for a role in the Sept. 11 attacks now says he is renouncing terrorism, al-Qaida and Daesh. Zacarias Moussaoui is serving a life sentence at a federal prison in Colorado after narrowly escaping the death penalty at his 2006 trial. He was...
Turkey does not risk a second wave of infections from the new coronavirus at the moment and it is preparing to start controlled "medical tourism" with 31 countries as of Wednesday, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said. "If we continue to abide by the rules of social distancing, wearing a...
The U.S. government imposed sanctions Wednesday on an Iranian government minister and senior law enforcement and military officials over human rights abuses. "The Iranian regime violently suppresses dissent of the Iranian people, including peaceful protests, through physical and...
U.S. President Donald Trump and French counterpart Emmanuel Macron discussed their concern about "worsening foreign interference" in Libya and "agreed on the need for urgent de-escalation," the White House said. The two leaders also discussed progress on reopening the United States and...
At a soccer stadium in Syria's Idlib re-purposed to shelter people displaced by war, children are being offered a service highly sought after since the coronavirus pandemic set in: a haircut. The camp is one of several in Syria's war-torn northwest region where makeshift barbers are being...
An Israeli court on Wednesday denied a request by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be excused from attending the start of his impending corruption trial. The ruling by the Jerusalem District Court, where the first hearing is to be held on Sunday, cited a clause in Israeli criminal law...
Zinedine Zidane expressed admiration at both the physical and mental form in which his Real Madrid players have returned from the coronavirus lockdown and vowed they would give everything to win a trophy. "The players have worked well from home and that's why they have come back on great...
Turkish and Russian military elements performed the 12th joint patrol along a key highway in Idlib, northwestern Syria, the Turkish National Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. “Within the framework of TUR-RF Agreement/Protocol, the 12th TUR-RF Combined Land Patrol on M-4 Highway in Idlib...
Libya's Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha on Wednesday blamed the current crisis in his country on the interference of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the Libyan affairs and its support to putschist forces. "The crisis in Libya would not have happened had you stopped your malicious...
Twenty years after Hezbollah guerrillas pushed Israel’s last troops from southern Lebanon, both sides are gearing up for a possible war that neither seems to want. Israeli troops are striking Hezbollah targets in neighboring Syria and drilling for what could be an invasion of Lebanon. The...
Russia's coronavirus case tally, the second highest in the world, passed 300,000 Wednesday, but a representative from the World Health Organization (WHO) said the situation was starting to stabilize. Russia's 8,764 new novel coronavirus infections took the nationwide total to 308,705. But...
The Iranian navy will maintain regular missions in the Gulf, the ISNA news agency reported on Wednesday, a day after the United States warned mariners there to stay away from U.S. warships. "The naval units of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman will...
