Turkey's decision to approve the deployment of troops to Libya risks plunging the North African nation deeper into a Syrian-style proxy war between regional powers including Russia, experts warn. Libya has been mired in conflict since a NATO-backed uprising in 2011 toppled dictator Moamer...

A fresh air strike hit pro-Iran fighters in Iraq early Saturday, as fears grew of a proxy war erupting between Washington and Tehran a day after an American drone strike killed a top Iranian general. The killing of Quds Force commander Major General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad on Friday was...

Thousands of mourners gathered in Baghdad on Saturday ahead of a funeral procession for Iran’s slain military commander Qassem Soleimani, Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and others killed in a U.S. air strike in Iraq. Friday’s attack on Baghdad airport, authorised by US ...

President Donald Trump said Friday he ordered the killing of Qassem Soleimani to stop a war, not start one, saying the Iranian military commander was planning imminent attacks on Americans. "Soleimani was plotting imminent and sinister attacks on American diplomats and military...

The United States has designated Asaib Ahl al-Haq as a terrorist organization along with two of the Iraqi Shi'ite militia group's leaders, the U.S. State Department said in a statement Friday, calling it a proxy for Iran. The group and its leaders "are violent proxies of the Islamic...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- In his book “Raqqa and The Revolution: A Personal Testimony”, Syrian writer Maabad al-Hassoun addresses events and incidents that he experienced during the years the city was under the control of ISIS. He reveals aspects of its ambiguous relationship with the intelligence of...

U.N. Security Council members held an intensive round of meetings Friday on the humanitarian crisis in Syria's embattled Idlib province amid calls to reauthorize urgently needed cross-border aid. Humanitarian aid currently flows into northwestern Syria - a last rebel stronghold -...

Former Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn, who skipped bail in Japan and fled to Beirut, is due to be summoned by Lebanon's public prosecutor next week, an official said Friday. Japanese investigators are probing how the man who was once the country's best paid corporate executive managed...

President Donald Trump campaigns on a no more "stupid" wars mantra, but the US killing of Iran's military mastermind will test his ability to stay out of Middle Eastern quagmires less than a year from election day. Since the day of his surprise election victory in 2016, Trump has...

A drone operated by US forces killed Iran’s top security and intelligence commander, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, early Friday at Baghdad International, Airport in a strike authorized by President Trump. Here’s a look at the deadly capabilities of the United States’ MQ-9 Reaper drone: With a...

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Friday the "world cannot afford" another Gulf war, following the killing of Iran's top military commander by a U.S. strike. "The secretary-general has consistently advocated for de-escalation in the Gulf," a spokesman for Guterres said in a...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Qassem Soleimani’s last mission in Syria was a visit to a military base in the southern countryside of Aleppo where hundreds of Shiite militias had been dispatched, a Republican Guard officer told Zaman al-Wasl Friday. The head of Iran's elite Quds Force, visited...

Russia has halted oil supplies to refineries in Belarus, the Belarusian state energy firm said Friday, amid a new contract dispute that is also threatening large Russian oil deliveries to Western Europe crossing the country. Belarus's state firm Belneftekhim said deliveries had been...

 Iran has vowed “harsh retaliation” for a U.S. airstrike near Baghdad's airport that killed Tehran's top general and the architect of its interventions across the Middle East, as tensions soared in the wake of the targeted killing. The killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of...

For Iranians whose icons since the Islamic Revolution have been stern-faced clergy, Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani widely represented a figure of national resilience in the face of four decades of U.S. pressure. For the U.S. and Israel, he was a shadowy figure in command of Iran's proxy...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Bashar al-Assad on January 1st has promoted 16 Brigadier to the rank of Maj. General and 25 Colonels to the rank of Brigadier General. Most of them gained fame in brutality and killing, each in his field. Zaman al-Wasl has obtained the names of the promoted Major...

Asian stocks were mixed Friday and oil prices surged after an Iranian general was killed by U.S. forces in Iraq. Benchmarks in Shanghai and Hong Kong declined. Australia and some Southeast Asian markets advanced. Japanese markets were closed. News that Gen. Qassem Soleimani,...

Iraqi TV and three Iraqi officials said Friday that Gen. Qassim Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, has been killed in an airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport. The officials said the strike also killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iran-backed...

 Turkey's parliament on Thursday authorized the deployment of troops to Libya to support the U.N.-backed government in Tripoli that is battling forces loyal to a rival government seeking to capture the capital. Turkish lawmakers voted 325-184 at an emergency session in favor of a...

Baghdad (AP) — At least three Katyusha rockets were fired at Baghdad International Airport Friday, killing four people and setting cars on fire, Iraqi security officials said. Iraq’s Security Media Cell, which releases information regarding Iraqi security, said the rockets landed near...