(Zaman Al Wasl)- Qalamoun Shield, a pro-regime militia, has become a key unit in the major offensive on besieged Eastern Ghouta suburbs near the capital, local activists said. The group that formed from local fighters has been suffering heavy looses, activist Ahmed Yabroudi told Zaman...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- As regime forces backed by Russia's air force stepping up bombing on Idlib, activists have accused Hayat Tahrir al-Sham of hindering the de-escalation zone agreement where Russia, Iran and Turkey agreed last September to deploy Turkish forces in the northern province to protect...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Friday Prayers have been suspended in the besieged Eastern Ghouta suburbs as  regime forces and allied militias step up aerial and ground bombing on the last rebel stronghold around the capital, pushing to reach troops trapped in Harasta town. State television...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Bashar al-Assad put an end to the authority of the head of the security and military committee and the head of the military security branch in Hasaka province, Brigadier General Ali Thiab.  Al-Assad announced that Thiab’s duties were over in the province...