Russia’s Ministry of Defense on Wednesday accused the U.S. of escalating the situation in Syria to justify its presence in the country.  "The U.S. and its allies are indifferent to the fate of ordinary Syrians. The Americans need hotbeds of tension in Syria only to justify their...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The death toll of Iran-backed militnats hit by suspected Saudi airstrikes in eastern Syria has reached 17, local activists said Wednesday. Tuesday's overnight strikes targeted "three positions of the (Iranian) Revolutionary Guards and allied (Iraqi) militias" in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) announced the start of the school season, anticipating more than 500,000 students in territory it controls in northeastern Syria, amid criticism of the situation of school buildings in Deir Ezzor and the curricula used in Hasaka, Tal...

 Overnight air strikes killed 10 pro-Iranian Iraqi militiamen in eastern Syria, a war monitor said Tuesday, without specifying who carried them out. The strikes targeted "three positions of the (Iranian) Revolutionary Guards and allied (Iraqi) militias" in Albu Kamal, in the...