(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Syrian human rights watchdog says 996 civilians were killed in November by the Syrian regime, Kurdish-led forces, ISIS, Russia and the US-led coalition. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said  November's death toll recorded a 20% increase in the toll of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Well-informed sources told Zaman al-Wasl that the opposition delegation in Geneva agreed with the U.N. mediator Staffan de Mistura to abandon the transitional period discussion in the eighth round of Syria's peace talks in contrary to media statements....

The U.S. military is shifting its stance in Syria, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Friday, as the program to arm the Kurdish opposition comes to a close and is replaced by increased support to local police and security forces. Mattis said the Pentagon is “changing the composition of...

 Israeli missiles struck a military position near Damascus and Syria’s air defence system responded on Saturday, destroying two of them, Syrian state television said. ”The Israeli enemy launched...several surface-to-surface missiles towards a military position,“ it said,...