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Journalist Khaled al-Issa passes away: activists

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Prominent Syrian journalist Khaled al-Issa died of wounds sustained last week in an IED attack targeted him with fellow journalist Hadi al-Abdallah, in rebel-held Aleppo, activists said Friday.  The 24-year-old cameraman passed away in a Turkish hospital in the...

Russian troops to protect gas fields in eastern Homs: sources

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Russian soldiers would take over the task of protecting the gas lines and gas wells in the desert of Homs and Palmyra instead of pro-regime militias.` Well-informed sources in Badiyat Homs reported to Zaman Al Wasl that Russian soldiers have been...

Hezbollah to send more militants to Aleppo: Nasrallah

The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement said on Friday it will send more fighters to Syria's Aleppo area, a battleground where it has suffered heavy losses fighting alongside Syrian government forces against insurgent groups. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said thousands of Hezbollah's Sunni...

IS captured 900 Kurdish civilians in north Syria in 3 weeks

The Islamic State militants have abducted some 900 Kurds in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo over the past three weeks amid fierce fighting for control of a nearby IS stronghold, a Kurdish official and Syrian activists said Friday. The abductions began shortly after the predominantly...