Notable figures from Daraa and Sweida provinces met this week seeking to a long-term conciliation following a series of chaotic security condition, kidnapping and skirmishes in southern Syria. Local activists told Zaman al-Wasl that Monday's meeting in the village of Barad  was a...

The overall death toll for Syria's civil war has crept up to 387,000 following the least deadly of 10 years of conflict, a monitor said Wednesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on a wide network of sources inside Syria, said the new figure included almost 117,000...

 Abdullah Al-Najjar, a 15-year-old displaced boy, uses a small, wood and iron wagon to move around and in front his house in Salqin town in northwestern dlib province, because of his disability that was the result of brain tissue damage at birth. Abdullah's...

The world can't forget the plight of Syrian refugees this winter despite the global upheaval caused by Covid-19, fantasy author Neil Gaiman said on Tuesday as he helped launch the UN refugee programme's cold weather appeal. The award-winning writer said the pandemic had exposed weaknesses...

The whereabouts of more than 3,000 Syrians who were abducted by the SDF -- the Syrian offshoot of the YPG/PKK terror group -- are unknown, according to a human rights group. The terror group arbitrarily detains people, Fadel Abdul Ghany, head of the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR),...

 After taking control over the 41st Regiment, Russia continues to prevent civilians from returning to their homes in Western Harasta, the key suburb in Eastern Ghouta enclave near the capital, local media network reported. Sawt al-Asima network confirmed that the security...

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday hosted his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad in Tehran, in the top diplomat's first official visit abroad. During their meeting, the two discussed "bilateral, regional and international issues, as well as the joint fight against...

Nizar al-Hiraki, ambassador of the Syrian opposition's National Coalition to Qatar, has died from coronavirus in Turkey. Al-Haraki, 58, who was the first representative of the Syrian opposition in the Arab countries, died on Sunday evening, source told Zaman al-Wasl. Nasr...

  The Syrian regime forces have ordered al-Qatirji militia to smuggle more wheat from the Kurdish-controlled eastern areas through the Euphrates river crossings in eastern Deir Ezzor province, local news site reported Sunday. According to the Ain Al-Furat network, the regime...

Russian-backed Fifth Corps said Sunday that huge quantities of drugs had been seized in southern Daraa province. The Eight Brigade, key unit in the Fifth Corps, stated that Lebanese Hezbollah militia is behind the trade of the large amount of narcotic substances seized by one of its...

Mohamed Nasser Al-Hussein, 16, faces great difficulties in his day-to-day life after losing both his legs in a landmine explosion, which makes it harder for him to get to school in his deserted village in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor. Al-Hussein  said that...

The UN special envoy for Syria announced Friday that a new round of talks to discuss constitutional principles for a peaceful Syria will begin next month in Geneva   Geir Pedersen told reporters at the UN that there was "some common ground" after five days of talks. "So,...

   Russia seeks to broker a new reconciliation deal in southern Daraa province as the former deal that reached 30 months ago has come under constant violations by regime forces threatening to renew fighting in the cradle of the Syrian revolution. Sources told Zaman al-Wasl that...

A Turkish soldier was killed in Turkish-controlled northern Syria on Thursday during clashes with Kurdish militia forces deemed "terrorists" by Ankara, the defence ministry tweeted. "One fellow heroic soldier fell martyr in clashes" as fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG)...

Although Idlib should be peaceful due to a Russian-Turkish brokered ceasefire in March, the northwest Syrian province remains subject to almost daily assaults by regime artillery and Russian war planes. While the past months' bombardments have been less intense than in previous years, they...

Turkey's presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin and the US special envoy for Syria on Wednesday discussed the latest developments in the region, according to an official statement. Kalin received Joel D. Rayburn and his delegation at the presidential complex in the capital Ankara. The two...

Turkey’s Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) distributed 470 tons of vegetables and fruits to the Afrin and Idlib regions of Syria on Wednesday. Yusuf Tunc, a representative of IHH, said they are trying to help war-weary Syrians. "Life in the region becomes increasingly difficult as...

More than 900 pro-Turkish Syrian fighters have returned to Syria after the end of fighting in the disputed area of Nagorno-Karabakh, a Britain-based anti-regime Syrian war monitor said Wednesday. A November 9 truce ended more than a month of fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the...

For more than a week, there has been an interruption of drinking water supply in the towns of southern Damascus, which the Assad regime has been ignoring despite all the complaints. The Damascus-based network Sawt al Asima confirmed that the interruption has continued for 8 days, with...

Tribal sources have disclosed that a number of Al-Qaeda leaders and fighters have returned to the Yemeni province of Marib from Syria in recent days, according to the Yemen News Portal. The Al-Qaeda elements have reportedly arrived in Marib through the coast of Shabwah with many returnees...