Libya's warring sides have resumed talks in Geneva aimed at brokering a lasting ceasefire in the war-torn country, the U.N. said Thursday. "The talks are underway again," Jean El-Alam, spokesman for the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, told AFP, days after the country's unity...

The United States on Thursday slapped sanctions on five Iranian officials in charge of vetting candidates for the Islamic republic's parliamentary elections, in which thousands have been barred from running. The officials targeted ahead of Friday's vote include Ahmad Jannati, a powerful...

Tunisia is set to hold a confidence vote on a new government on February 26, after more than four months of political wrangling since elections, a parliament statement said Thursday. The parliament announced a date for the vote on Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh's government after the premier...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- War and displacement did not stop Syrian student, Anwar Al-Arfy, from realizing her dream and achieving success. After years of hard work and determination, Anwar ranked first in the Department of Journalism at the University of Yarmouk, graduating with honors. At the...

Two Turkish soldiers were killed Thursday by an airstrike in northwestern Syria, according to Turkey's Defense Ministry, following a large-scale attack by Ankara-backed opposition forces that targeted Syrian regime troops. The deaths brought to 15 the number of Turkish soldiers killed...

An estimated 170,000 of the 900,000 civilians forced from their homes in a massive wave of displacement in northwestern Syria are living out in the open, the UN said Thursday. The largest displacement since the civil war in Syria broke out nearly nine years ago comes in the thick of winter,...

At least 19 children were killed in airstrikes in northern Yemen last weekend, and wounded nearly as many, UNICEF said in a Thursday statement. "UNICEF is sad to confirm that the recent attack in Al-Jawf, north of Yemen, on 15 February, took the lives of 19 children (eight boys and 11...

Omar Hajajla may have a private gateway to his home in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, but it is hardly a sign of luxury: it runs beneath an Israeli barrier that cuts him and his family off from the rest of their nearby Palestinian village. Israel began building its West Bank barrier in...

Mustafa and Ines were helping their parents load the van once again to flee advancing Syrian troops, when bombardment hit the area and sewed panic on the street. The 12-year-old boy flinched and leapt onto the truck stacked with rugs and mattresses, followed by his 10-year-old sister, her...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Turkish army backed by opposition forces launched a major military operation in Idlib province, following three weeks of heavy reinforcements to stall the Russian-led offensive in northern Syria that has killed 400 people and displaced 900,000 people since December, local...

Turkish officials have announced that Turkey and Russia are discussing possible joint patrols around Idlib as one option to ensure security of the region. It has also been announced that Turkey, Russia and Iran will meet in Tehran next month to discuss Idlib while a Russian delegation...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Unidentified aircrafts hit pro-Iranian militias in eastern Deir Ezzor province overnight, sources told Zaman al-Wasl. The airstrikes targeted a military convoy was heading to northern Syria from the Syrian-Iraqi border town of Al-Bukamal. ...

Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Thursday measures would be taken to hold to account all those who contributed to Lebanon’s financial crisis through illegal actions be they transfers abroad, manipulation of Eurobonds or other acts. “There is information that we are still in need of...

Campaigning officially ended on Thursday for Iran’s parliamentary election, state media said, a day before a vote seen as a litmus test of the popularity of the Islamic republic The vote to pick 290 lawmakers is Iran’s first since U.S. President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of...

A team of IMF experts met Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Thursday at the start of a visit to provide Lebanon with advice on tackling a deepening financial and economic crisis, an official Lebanese source said. The IMF has said the team will visit until Feb. 23 and provide broad technical...

Israel's defense minister said Thursday that the country would allow Palestinian agricultural exports, a move aimed at defusing what has been an escalating trade crisis that had heightened Israeli-Palestinian tensions. Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett said in a statement that...

The death toll in China from the coronavirus outbreak has risen to 2,120, the country’s National Health Commission said Thursday. The commission said there are 11,864 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, now known as COVID-19, while more than 126,000 people are currently under medical...

A German far-right extremist killed at least nine people on Wednesday night in the western town of Hanau, near Frankfurt. The perpetrator, who targeted migrants at two cafes, was identified by security forces as 43-year-old Tobias R., German daily Bild reported.  He and one other...

The international system has failed to take joint action to end the Libya crisis, Turkey’s foreign minister said on Thursday. “The international system failed to take joint action to halt the conflict in Libya. There is also a lack of resolution,” Mevlut Cavusoglu told national broadcaster...

Australia set up a national inquiry Thursday into its month-long bushfire crisis that affected three in four Australians and prompted widespread criticism of the government for its sluggish response to the blazes. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the vast scale of the fires -- which...