Turkish forces neutralized 3,136 regime elements in Syria since the start of Operation Spring Shield in the northwestern Idlib region, said the National Defense Ministry on Wednesday. The new offensive also destroyed 151 tanks, 47 howitzers, two vehicles, three airplanes, eight helicopters,...

Erdogan said Thursday that he expects a ceasefire to be achieved quickly after planned talks Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin said Wednesday it hoped Putin and Erdogan would be able to agree on a set of joint measures for the Syrian province of Idlib. "We plan...

Greek authorities were firing tear gas and stun grenades Wednesday morning to repulse a push by migrants to cross its land border from Turkey, as pressure continued along its frontier after Turkey said its own border with Europe was open to whoever wanted to cross. The clashes were near the...

Iraq reported its first coronavirus death Wednesday, an elderly man in the Kurdish province of Sulaimaniya, the local health department said. Iraq has so far has recorded 31 cases of the new coronavirus, one Iranian student who has since been sent home and 30 Iraqis who had all visited Iran...

Germany has close economic ties with Russia and could use this leverage to pressure President Vladimir Putin over Moscow's involvement in Syria, its defence minister said Wednesday. Escalating military action in Syria's northern Idlib region, where Russia is backing an offensive by...

Taliban militants killed at least 20 Afghan soldiers and policemen in a string of overnight attacks, government officials told AFP Wednesday, hours after US President Donald Trump said he had a "very good" chat with their political chief. The militants have ramped up violence against Afghan...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkish-backed Syrian forces on Wednesday launched a major attack to retake Saraqeb, the strategic city two days after its fall to the Syrian regime's favour, opposition activists said. From six axes, the Sytian National Army began its battle to repel regime...

The Lebanese government must swallow its misgivings and reach a rescue deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) or risk economic implosion and further turmoil, economists, diplomats and politicians said. Privately, some government officials acknowledge that an IMF bailout is the most...

Formula One starts a new season in Australia next week with Lewis Hamilton chasing records that some once thought would last a lifetime. The 91 wins and seven titles of retired Ferrari great Michael Schumacher are firmly in the 35-year-old Mercedes driver’s sights now. How many races...

The death toll from the novel coronavirus outbreak in China rose to 2,983 Wednesday, according to the country's National Health Commission. The commission said 38 more people died in the last 24 hours while 119 new cases were detected by authorities, with the total number of confirmed cases...

Human rights group Amnesty International on Wednesday accused the Iranian security forces of killing 23 children, mostly with live ammunition, during a November crackdown on anti-government protests. Protests broke out across Iran from November 15 after the announcement of a surprise petrol...

Fighting in northwest Syria has rendered large parts of the region uninhabitable for civilians now crammed into an ever-shrinking area where conditions are dire, says a report released Wednesday. The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative's Signal Program analysed satellite imagery of towns and...

The Taliban’s chief negotiator Mullah Baradar Akhund held a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump a few days after the two sides signed a troop withdrawal agreement in Doha, the Taliban’s spokesman said on Tuesday. “The President of the United States Trump @realDonaldTrump held a...

The forces of Libya’s internationally recognized government will shift from a defensive to an offensive stance against the militia of warlord Khalifa Haftar, said the government's interior minister on Tuesday. Speaking on Libyan TV channel 218, Fathi Bashagha said the Government of National...

United Arab Emirates announced Tuesday that schools and higher educational institutions will be closed for four weeks starting Sunday to avoid the spreading of coronavirus. The statement from the education ministry, posted by the state news agency (WAM), added that the spring holidays,...

U.S. lawmakers vowed Tuesday to force the release of an intelligence report on the killing of Saudi dissident writer Jamal Khashoggi, accusing President Donald Trump of blocking it to protect the kingdom. Congress last year ordered the director of national intelligence to name who ordered...

President Bashar al-Assad said Tuesday that parliamentary elections would be held in war-torn Syria on April 13. The polls, to be held across government-controlled parts of Syria, are the third such elections in the country since the start of its nine-year civil war. Assad's forces...

At least 15 people have been killed in torrential rain that hit the Brazilian states of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, triggering flash floods and destroying houses, authorities said Tuesday. Violent storms in recent days have dumped a month's worth of rain on some areas in a matter of...

At least 19 people died as tornadoes ripped through Tennessee early Tuesday, destroying buildings and toppling power lines hours before the southern US state was to vote in Super Tuesday primaries, officials said. Devastation could be seen across the rubble-strewn state capital Nashville,...

Turkish news channels have been dominated this week by a steady stream of black-and-white drone footage showing the destruction of Syrian regime targets in rebel-held Idlib. Domestically produced drones have given Turkey a vital edge in its latest operation against Syrian forces. They have...