Saudi Arabia’s main stock index dropped for a third day, finishing below a mark it has held since December, as the coronavirus reduces demand for oil. The Tadawul index fell 1.3 percent, the most among major gauges in the Middle East and below its 100-day moving average for the first time...

On a crisp winter's day the snow glistens on the mountains above Tehran, but the mood is as heavy as the pall of pollution that often shrouds Iran's capital. In a country weighed down by sanctions, shaken by protests and stressed by military tensions with the United States, many Tehranis...

Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff said on Monday that his team's tie-up with Lewis Hamilton is the "obvious pairing", with the future of the six-time world champion still unclear on the eve of the new season. Hamilton, 35, is out of contract at the end of the year and the British driver...

At least five Turkish troops were killed and as many injured in an attack by Bashar Assad's regime forces in northwestern Idlib province on Monday, the Turkish Defense Ministry said. This came after a similar attack by the regime forces last week in Idlib killed seven Turkish soldiers...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A bomb detonated on a truck containing diesel-filled barrels and killed eight civilians and wounded seven more, including children, in northwestern Aleppo region on Monday, the Turkish Defense Ministry said. The ministry said on its Twitter account that the Syrian...

The European Union will host an extraordinary meeting of health ministers Thursday, along with a WHO envoy, to discuss the novel coronavirus outbreak. So far, only around 30 cases of the new strain have been detected in Europe, but the World Health Organisation warns that cases outside...

A Russian delegation returned to Turkey Monday for further talks over rising tensions in Syria's northwestern Idlib province, after an initial round last week failed to yield results, Turkey's foreign minister said. An airstrike in a nearby rebel-held region, meanwhile, killed nine people...

Russian and regime bombardment on the last major rebel enclave in Syria has killed 29 civilians in a day, a monitor said Monday, as the regime's inexorable northward push raises tensions with Turkey. Six children were among nine civilians killed early Monday in raids on the village of Abin...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian National Army backed by Turkish artillery barrages launched major attack to retake the strategic town of Sarqab in northern Idlib province, such an attack followed heavy Turkish reinforcements, local activists said Monday. The Syrian regiem force captured...

Russian air strikes Monday killed at least five civilians in the last major opposition bastion in northwestern Syria bringing the death toll to 25 in less than 24 hours, a monitor said. The early morning raids hit a populous village in Aleppo province where battles between Russia-backed...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Latest leaked videos showing Bashar al-Assad's soldiers taunting the bones of the dead, digging up graves, and violating the sanctity of mosques, after gaining control over several villages in the southern and eastern Idlib countryside. The videos raised a number of questions...

The United States has signaled to Iraq its willingness to extend sanctions waivers enabling the country to continue importing vital Iranian gas and electricity imports, three Iraqi officials said this week, a move that would be a key test of Baghdad-Washington ties. The decision comes amid...

Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev's ruling party celebrated Monday a win in parliamentary polls but the opposition claimed the election was "totally falsified". Faced with public discontent over a slowing economy, Aliyev, 58, hoped to boost the government's image by holding early elections...

The Turkish lira rebounded Monday in volatile trade to below 6 against the dollar, erasing much of Friday's sharp losses, after a bank regulator announced new limits on foreign-exchange transactions. Investors and traders said the currency's abrupt selloff and recovery, after weeks in a...

An Egyptian delegation arrived in Gaza Monday seeking to ease tensions, a Hamas security source said, after Israel again attacked the enclave with air strikes in response to projectiles fired by militants. Egypt has long served as a mediator between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist...

The number of deaths from China's new coronavirus epidemic jumped to 902 on Monday after the hardest-hit province of Hubei reported 91 new fatalities. In its daily update, Hubei's health commission also confirmed another 2,618 new cases in the central province, where the outbreak emerged in...

Australia's months-long bushfires crisis will likely be over within days, officials said Monday as heavy rainfall extinguished several massive blazes and was forecast to douse dozens more as downpours swept south. Days of torrential rains have caused flash flooding in New South Wales and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- On September 7, 2011, Syria lost one of its revolution’s icons, Bilal Al-Kin, who was the thorn in the regime's side, both dead and alive, mourning his loss but following in his footsteps.  Activist Yaman Al-Homsi said that Al-Kin was a strong-willed young man who...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Turkish-backed Syrian National Army has mobilized 10,000 fighters to join the Turkish army in the planned military operation in Idlib if regime forces refused to pull back from the newly-captured territory in the northern province, military source told Zaman al-Wasl Sunday....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least eleven people were killed Sunday in Russian and regime air strikes on the last rebel stronghold in northern Syria where Bashar al-Assad's forces made rapid advances this week. Five people, including two brothers were killed in air strikes hit the town of Kafr...