Turkey on Saturday welcomed the prisoner swap in Syria, saying mutual and simultaneous release of the detainees builds confidence between the sides in the war-torn country.  In a written statement, Turkish Foreign Ministry said several persons detained by the opposition groups and...

Syrian rebels have dismissed government accusations they used poison gas to attack government-held Aleppo city. Rebel commander Abdel-Salam Abdel-Razak says the opposition doesn’t possess poisonous gases or the capabilities to lob them. Abdel-Razak served in Syria’s chemical weapons...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Lebanese State Intelligence has referred Zaman al-Wasl reporter, Abdul Hafiz al-Houlani for the Public Prosecution after four days of detention. Al-Houlani, who lives in Arsal's refugee camps, was not charged with a crime or offence.  He was...

Syrian regime shelling killed seven children and two women on Saturday in northern rebel-held Idlib province, where Russia and Turkey agreed on a buffer zone, a monitoring group said. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said shells hit Jarjanaz village which lies on the...