Western-backed Syrian rebels said they had shot down a Syrian military jet Tuesday in a desert area in southern Syria near the border with Jordan, where the army had recently advanced and seized border posts. Saad al Haj, spokesman for the Osoud al Sharqiya rebel group leader, told Reuters the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- About 200 U.S. Army troops have been deployed near al-Shaddadi town in the southern countryside of Hasaka province this week, sources said.   The U.S. move was in support of a tribesmen militia which used to fight under the banner of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia's Hemeimim base in coastal Latakia city indicated on its Facebook page the possibility of a new agreement (ease of tension) in Eastern Ghouta in Damascus countryside. According to the base, the agreement aims to "stop the bloody battles between the conflicting...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- About 80,000 Syrian refugees sheltering in Rukban camp at Jordan’s border have been suffering lack of drinking water and mounting health problems.   The main potable water tubes were cut off since June 15, such a mesery pushed the displaced people to walk...