More than 200 people have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in northeast Syria's densely-populated Al-Hol camp for the displaced and families of defeated jihadists, a government official said Thursday. The vaccination drive, using AstraZeneca jabs under the Covax programme for low-income...

An attack by the Syrian regime and allied Iran-backed foreign terrorist groups killed at least three civilians, including a child, and wounded eight others in the opposition-held Idlib de-escalation zone in northern Syria. The regime forces fired shells at six villages in southern...

About 5,000 civilians in the north-west of Syria have once again been forced to flee their homes after a new wave of government shelling targeting the contested area, a local aid agency said. At least 31 people have died since the beginning of June as Bashar al-Assad’s forces have hit...

Russia’s foreign minister says Moscow disagrees that there is no alternative to deliver humanitarian aid to Syria’s rebel-held northwest except from Turkey as the U.N. and many Western nations maintain, insisting deliveries are possible across conflict lines within the country. He...

Syrian regime forces continued their attacks on rebel-held northwestern Syria on Wednesday, reportedly injuring three Turkish soldiers at an observation post in the Jabal al-Zawiya area of Idlib province and killing a woman and injuring her child near the city of Atareb in western Aleppo...

Four Saudi operatives who were part of a hit team that murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi received paramilitary training from a private US company approved by the State Department, according to a report Tuesday.  Citing documents and people familiar with the arrangement, the...

The “year of wheat” campaign pushed by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is in jeopardy after low rainfall risked leaving an import gap of at least 1.5 million tonnes, according to preliminary estimates by officials and experts. The agricultural blow and lack of funds to finance the imports...

Syrian regime forces and rebel groups exchanged shelling in northwestern Syria on Monday that killed at least 10 people, the vast majority of them in rebel-held areas, state media and opposition activists said. The area has been witnessing acts of violence in recent weeks between...

June 20 of each year marks World Refugee Day, with the symbolism of this day having a painful and harrowing effect on the Syrian people for nearly ten years now, as millions of Syrians have fled the decade-long internal armed conflict, forcing increasing numbers of citizens to seek asylum....

A major military campaign launched Sunday by the Russian-backed 25th Special Tasks Division to track ISIS fighters in the Badia desert.   Sources told Zaman al-Wasl that the 25th Division, led by Brig. Gen Suhail al-Hassan, has mobilised more than 1,500 forces in the...

A Russian unmanned reconnaissance aircraft crashed on Sunday evening as a result of a technical malfunction in the Jabal al-Zawiya area, while rebels thwarted an incursion attempt by regime forces into southern edges of Idlib province.   A rebel source in the Al-Fateh Operations Room...

 A Palestinian rights group has focused on the tragedy of Palestinian refugees in Syria, where tens of thousands are still forcibly displaced, facing successive hardships and calamities.   The Action Group for Palestinians of Syria said on the World Refugee Day that during the...

A White Helmets volunteer was killed and three fellows wounded Saturday, when Syrian regime forces bombed a Civil Defence center in the Al-Ghab Plain region in the western Hama province.   Zaman al-Wasl reporter said that Daham Al-Hussein, 35, died on Saturday morning, and Ahmed...

State-run media said the prices of milk and its derivatives have increased significantly during the past two days, following a decision by the trade ministry suspending the manufacture of semi-dairies products.   The ministry for trade and consumer protection allowed last week the...

More than 15 Syrian-Palestinian refugees were arrested after their return from Europe or neighboring countries to Syria, a Palestinian rights monitoring said Thursday.   Among the detainees, 13 people who were arrested after their return from Lebanon, a refugee after returning from...

The UN on Wednesday sent 72 more truckloads of humanitarian aid through Turkey to Syria's northwestern Idlib province. The trucks crossed into Idlib through the Cilvegozu border gate in Turkey’s southern Hatay province. The humanitarian aid will be distributed among the needy in Idlib,...

A field study for the Action Group for the Palestinians of Syria revealed high rates of Palestinian child labor since 2011, where poverty and the loss of breadwinners constituted the most important causes of the phenomenon of child labor.   Thousands of Palestinians have lost their...

The British foreign secretary has been urged to use his influence to keep a vital Syria border crossing open to prevent a “humanitarian disaster,” it was disclosed on Wednesday. Dominic Raab was told that if the Bab al-Hawa crossing is shut when a UN mandate expires next month more than...

Turkish intelligence forces captured this week an alleged Islamic State group member in Syria who they said was plotting a major cross-border attack. Kasim Guler, known by his nom-de-guerre Abu Usame Al-Turki, is one of Turkey's most wanted terrorists, state news agency Anadolu...

Two people were killed and two others wounded in a car bomb attack on Tuesday in Afrin city of northwestern Syria, according to local sources. A car bomb exploded at a checkpoint in Kafr Jannah village, east of Afrin city, the sources said. The injured were transferred to...