Thousands of new Covid-19 cases have been recorded in government-held areas after celebrations and gatherings were held for Syria's rigged presidential elections, according to UK-based activist group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). Medical sources told the group, which...

At least one person was killed and eight others injured on Monday when a bomb-laden bag exploded in Syria's border town of Al-Rai, security sources said.   The bomb was left as a consignment to a shop on the busiest street of the town bordering Turkey.   Firefighters were...

Walking down the streets of Damascus, visitors would immediately notice that COVID-19 has not been taken seriously as very few people wear masks and those who do cover their faces are largely regarded as sick or “paranoid.” Buses and public transportations are usually jam-packed with...

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) on Sunday has outlined most notable human rights violations in May carried out by of the warring parties.   The monthly  report documented the deaths of 96 civilians in May, including 15 children and 11 women, and nine people were died of...

  A federal administrative court in the German Stade city has enrolled Zaman al-Wasl as one of its data references over Syria due to a request by the Foreign Office.    The district court of the Verwaltungsgericht Stade has accredited Zaman-obtained leaked state documents and...

QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — The Kurdish-led administration in Syria’s northeast handed over on Saturday to the Netherlands a Dutch woman, her two young sons, and a Dutch girl, who lived in a camp for families of alleged Islamic State militants. A delegation from the Netherlands led by special...

Two members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) were killed in an ambush set by ISIS in central Syria. ISIS ambushed a military convoy in al-Sukhnah area, east of Palmyra city in the eastern Homs countryside, killing IRGC military adviser Hassan Abdullahzadeh and his...

Members of the Rohingya community expressed a cautious response to a declaration of Policy Position on the Rohingya in Rakhine State by the National Unity Government (NUG), an anti-coup shadow government in Myanmar. The exile government that was formed in April, issued the policy on Thursday...

The closure of a final humanitarian border crossing into Syrian could cause “senseless cruelty” to millions of Syrians, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Friday, renewing a call for the U.N. Security Council to extend authorization for the delivery of cross-border humanitarian...

No normalisation without a political settlement is the EU's stance against the Syrian regime, but why are some of its member states still reopening their embassies? The European Union hasn't altered its position on Syria as it rules out any form of normalisation with its regime, saying that...

The head of the international chemical weapons watchdog told the U.N. Security Council that its experts have investigated 77 allegations against Syria, and concluded that in 17 cases chemical weapons were likely or definitely used. Fernando Arias called it "a disturbing reality" that eight...

The Syria Response Coordination Team said Thursday that halting the delivery of aid to northern Syria will cause the area to collapse completely in humanitarian and economic terms.   The authorization mechanism for the entry of humanitarian aid across the Bab al-Hawa border crossing...

An early election can be conducted in Syria if an agreement on the Constitution can be reached among parties, Russia's special representative to the Middle East and African countries said Thursday. Mikhail Bogdanov told reporters at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum that...

Kurdish forces have shot dead six Arab protesters in the northern Syrian region of Manbij, a war monitor said Wednesday. The violence broke out at a demonstration against military conscription and against a backdrop of growing anger over a deepening economic crisis which the area's Kurdish...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s opponents announced Wednesday that they have reached a deal to form a new governing coalition, paving the way for the ouster of the longtime Israeli leader. The dramatic announcement by opposition leader Yair Lapid and his main...

At least 96 civilians, including 15 children, 11 women, were killed in May, the Syrian Network for Human Rights said in its monthly report.   The 24-page report detailed the death toll of victims documented killed by all conflict parties in Syria, focusing on the victims amongst...

Turkey and the U.S. agreed to work together to ensure the uninterrupted delivery of humanitarian aid to northern Syria, after Russia signaled it could veto an extension of United Nations supplies sent across the Turkish border. The deal was reached during a meeting between U.S....

The Israeli army Tuesday destroyed a Syrian regime observation post in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, the third such operation in a year, a spokesperson said. The army "destroyed a forward observation post of the Syrian army that was set up in an Israeli area west of the Alfa line in...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- A rigged motorcycle exploded in northeastern Hasakah province, killing one person and wounding four, Kurdish security said Tuesday.   The domestic Asayish forces in the Kurdish-held areas said the blast took place in the village of al-Hamar in the eastern...

During Syrian government bombing campaigns, 930 healthcare workers have died, and a further 3,329 were arrested in the last ten years of civil war, according to the Violet Organisation. The most recent bombing of a hospital by the Syrian regime was on March 21 this year, when Atarib Hospital in...