(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Commander of the National Front and Deputy Chief of Staff of the Turkish-backed National Army has resigned on Saturday, sparking speculations among rebel groups and opposition activists over the suspire quit. Colonel Fadhl Al-Haji, who defected the Syrian regime...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Schools in the Turkish-held areas in northern Syria have suspended classes for two weeks, following precautionary measures by Turkey to prevent the spread Coronavirus  pandemic , activists said Saturday. The risk of an outbreak is especially high and most...

President Hassan Rouhani said Iran's fight against the coronavirus was being "severely hampered" by U.S. sanctions, as state television reported that the death toll from the illness rose on Saturday to 611, up nearly 100 from a day earlier. State media said Rouhani wrote to a number of...

In the weeks before President Donald Trump spoke from the Oval Office to announce restrictions on travelers from more than two dozen countries in Europe, thousands of people from the region already had stepped off planes at U.S. airports, and an untold number of them carried the coronavirus....

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Saturday resisted pressure for changes to the Tokyo Olympics schedule even as sporting events worldwide fall victim to the coronavirus pandemic. Abe pledged Japan would host the Games as planned in July and said he had no immediate intention to declare...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Three U.S. Reps called on President Donald Trump to immediately begin implementing the Caesar Act to sanction war criminals in Syria. This came in a letter sent by Reps. Mike Brown, Adam Kinzinger and Brendan Boyle", which included a demand to put the Caesar Syria...

Iraq's military said Saturday that 33 Katyusha rockets had been launched on Taji base north of Baghdad which houses U.S.-led coalition troops and said the attack critically injured several Iraqi air defense servicemen. The military found seven rocket launchers and 24 unused rockets in...

Three human traffickers have been sentenced in a Turkish court to 125 years each in prison over the tragic drowning in 2015 of Syrian toddler Alan Kurdi, who was pictured lying face down on a beach in a harrowing photo that became the symbol of the refugee crisis. The men, who were the...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on constitutional changes that could keep him in power for another 16 years, a step that must still be approved in a nationwide vote. Putin signed the measure on Saturday, the Kremlin said, three days after it sailed through the Russian...

Spain decided Saturday to follow Italy in declaring a nationwide lockdown to slow the accelerating spread of the coronavirus epidemic, Spanish media reported. Spain's decision came as European countries took ever more severe, though widely varying, measures to reduce contact between their...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- After six years in forced disappearance, the family Fadi Al-Nakdali has confirmed his death due to torture in the Syrian regime security chambers. Al-Nakdali’s brother-in-law and the human rights activist Mohamed Hindawi, said Al-Nakdali, like all his peers from...

The Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi closed all tourist attractions, including its branch of famed Paris museum the Louvre, from Saturday until March 31 as a precaution against the coronavirus. "In line with precautionary measures to ensure the health and safety of visitors, #AbuDhabi's main...

Apple is closing all of its stores outside China until March 27 in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, CEO Tim Cook said. Cook said the firm had learned from steps taken in China, where the tech giant has just reopened its retail stores. "One of those lessons...

Iran said Saturday the coronavirus outbreak has killed another 97 people, pushing the death toll in the country to 611, as war-ravaged Syria announced a number of strict measures despite the government saying it has no confirmed cases. Iran is suffering from the worst outbreak in the...

The official Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics Games Twitter account offers no inkling that the novel coronavirus pandemic has threatened the Games - and the account's cheery tone is prompting sarcastic online replies. Japanese officials insist the Olympics will go on as planned, and...

At the once bustling hub of the largest anti-government protest movement in Iraq's modern history, crowds have dwindled, and donation boxes have sprouted up. Loudspeakers resound with calls by activists for funds to keep their hard-fought revolution alive. The six-month-old movement has...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian opposition groups said Turkey has shut the northwestern border crossing of Bab al-Hawa after the fifth coronavirus case was detected on Friday.  The crossing will be closed for three weeks as the entry is restricted to aid and goods, the administration of...

Libyan schools in areas controlled by both the Tripoli government and a rival administration in Benghazi will close for two weeks, both have announced. Libya has not yet confirmed any cases of the coronavirus but the head of its disease control center said on Thursday that the country...

U.S. President Donald Trump will declare a national emergency over the fast-spreading coronavirus on Friday, opening the door to more federal aid to combat a disease that has infected 138,000 people worldwide and left more than 5,000 dead. Trump, who some experts criticized for being slow...

Following a French government directive banning gatherings of more than 100 people in a bid to contain the coronavirus’s spread, the Louvre Museum and Versailles Palace were set to close on Friday. The Louvre in Paris, the world's most visited museum, said Friday that it was closing "until...