(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 10 inmates escaped from a prison controlled by the US-backed Kurdish-led forces in eastern Deir Ezzor province, local news site reported Saturday. The prisoners who were charged of drug dealing and murder took advantage of the electricity outage in the Kesra...

At least 100,000 could die from the COVID-19 pandemic in northwest Syria as overcrowded camps and the decimated healthcare system make the country particularly vulnerable, medical staff on the ground have warned. "In one year, we lost around 76 health facilities in northwest Syria," Dr...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkish-backed forces on Saturday have thwarted Syrian regime attack in the southern region of Idlib province, rebel source told Zaman al-Wasl.   Fierce clashes reported early Saturday as the army's elite units seek to seize the villages of Sfouhn and al-Fatira in...

Syria's Bashar al-Assad and one of the United Arab Emirates' most powerful leaders spoke on the phone on Friday — signalling a major thaw in Damascus' troubled relations with Arab countries, which had mostly boycotted President Bashar Assad and backed his opposition. The official...