(Zaman Al Wasl)- A powerful Syrian insurgent group said on Thursday it was studying a local ceasefire proposal tabled by an international mediator aimed at halting fighting near Damascus. Islam Alloush, spokesman for the Jaish al-Islam group, or Islam Army,  told Reuters the ceasefire...

U.S. President Barack Obama said Thursday it may take some months for Russia, Iran and the Syrian ruling elite to accept that there can be no end to Syria's civil war or a political settlement while President Bashar Assad remains in power. Obama said that Moscow and Tehran recognized ISIS as a...

(Zaman Al Wasl- Xinhua)- The ceasefire negotiations, which have been taking place to achieve a 15-day truce east of the capital Damascus, have failed, a monitor group reported Thursday. The Syrian government forces and an array of rebel groups in the Eastern Ghouta countryside of Damascus have...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Inmates of Homs Central Prison halted Tuesday Syrian police attempt to storm their dormitories to end a two-month strike, sources told Zaman Al Wasl. Two detainees confirmed in separate phone calls with Zaman Al Wasl that the regime security backed...