Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- Twitter accounts affiliated with al-Nusra Front posted photos saying they are Syrian regime soldiers took as captives in western Qalamoun region in Damascus countryside. The accounts said the soldiers were taken captives following a raid on the...

Air strikes killed 23 people at a holiday spot in northwestern Syria on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, the last day of a 72-hour ceasefire announced by the Syrian army. A riverside area in the town of Darkush, near the Turkish border, in western Idlib province was...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Fighting in the countryside of Latakia have calmed down in the past two days after the big achievement of Yarmouk Battle especially liberating the village of Kansaba in Jabal al-Akrad. Many Syrians look suspiciously to that slow in battles, and...

France said on Thursday that a three-day nationwide ceasefire announced by the Syrian army was not good enough and it was unrealistic to expect a revival of peace talks without a long-term truce. Syria's military declared the three-day "regime of calm" - a term it uses to denote a temporary...