Despite a crippling siege, infighting and a ferocious wave of bombardment, Syrian rebels have clung on to their Eastern Ghouta stronghold near Damascus – but a looming ground offensive might finally oust them. A renewed regime air campaign has left nearly 200 civilians dead in just...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Well-informed sources said Russia had supplied the regime forces with urgent shipments of weapons and air bombs a day before regime forces launched  an all-out offensive to seize the eastern enclave of Damascus. Most of ammunition and weapons were delivered to...

Turkey managed to thwart a possible deployment of Syrian government forces into the northwestern Afrin region, President Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday, a day after he spoke to his Russian and Iranian counterparts. Turkey Monday had warned it would confront Syrian government forces if they...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday that the situation in Afrin could be resolved through direct dialogue between Damascus and Ankara, the Interfax news agency cited him as saying. Turkey-led forces will begin besieging the town in coming days, part of Ankara's operation...