(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 11 rebel groups operating in southern Daraa province launched new offensive to take two hilltops from regime forces as well as to lessen the attacks on the besieged town of Daraya western Damascus, an online statement said. The Southern Front group said taking...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- A huge fire broke out on Thursday has destroyed thousands of tonnes of cotton harvest in Ghwiran district in the northeastern province of Hasaka, state-run media and activists said. Local sources reported that a huge fire had broken out in the new...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Russian President Vladimir Putin about boosting military and intelligence cooperation against Islamic State and al Qaeda in Syria and told him that without "concrete, near-term steps," diplomatic efforts to end the war could not go on indefinitely....

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry took a proposal to boost military and intelligence cooperation against Islamic State and al Qaeda in Syria to Moscow on Thursday, despite doubts among U.S. defense and intelligence officials. Kerry was due to meet President Vladimir Putin on Thursday evening...