Russia is ready to consider a 30-day ceasefire in Syria but only if it does not cover Daesh (ISIS), Nusra Front and other groups "who are shelling residential quarters of Damascus", Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted Thursday as saying. Lavrov's comments, made during a visit to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Schools in the opposition-held areas of Daraa have been closed on Thursday as regime forces renewed ground shelling on the southern province. Mohamed al-Wadi, Head of Education Directorate, said the suspension of teaching process was due to concerns over students...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- A Syrian pioneer and University student was killed in Damascus as family denied that their son has passed away due to random cross-fire, local activists said Thursday. Ahmed Talal Fares, from central Homs city, was preparing his graduation project in Mechanical...

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday condemned the killing of civilians in Syria as a massacre, adding that Berlin would reach out to Russia in its efforts to stop the violence. "What we currently see, the dreadful events in Syria, a regime fighting not against...