Attacks by the Bashar Assad regime in northwestern Idlib province killed one civilian and injured another four people. According to the White Helmets civil defense group, Assad regime forces launched rocket and mortar attacks on the village of Kansafra in region of al-Zawiya Mountain,...

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has acknowledged that he would personally like to receive Russia’s vaccine against coronavirus. Speaking to the Russian news outlet Sputnik, Al-Assad addressed having a vaccine available in Syria, saying that in the context of the ongoing pandemic “Everybody...

The Azerbaijani Defence Ministry yesterday accused Armenia of using mercenaries from Syria and Lebanon to fight alongside its forces in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency quoted the head of the International Military Cooperation Department in the...

 Hayat Tahrir al-Sham has arrested three jihadists from rival Hurras al-Din group in the northwestern province of Idlib, media officer in the powerful group told Zaman al-Wasl Thursday. According to Taqi al-Din Omar, one of the detained jihadists is a Saudi citizen, known as Abu...

Turkish parliament on Wednesday ratified a motion extending authorization to launch cross-border anti-terrorist operations in northern Iraq and Syria. The ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party, the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and two other opposition parties, the...

The United States on Wednesday said it was troubled by a recent rise in attacks in Syria, a day after a blast in the northwest town of al-Bab killed at least 11 people. “The United States strongly condemns the terrorist attack near a crowded traffic circle in al-Bab yesterday,” U.S. State...

The sprawling Najha cemetery outside Damascus, resting place for thousands of dead from Syria’s wars, is struggling to cope with a surge in victims from the country’s latest conflict - the largely unacknowledged battle with COVID-19. Official data put the national death toll from the...

Clashes in the Syrian Desert between pro-government forces and holdouts of the Daesh group have killed at least 90 combatants this month, a war monitor said Wednesday. Russian aircraft carried out strikes in support of their Syrian regime ally, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said....

The Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria has refuted media allegations that the Turkish military blocked the Russian military police on a patrol mission along the M4 highway in the Idlib de-escalation zone. "Reports circulated by certain network resources...

A car bomb Tuesday killed 18 people, including at least 13 civilians, in the Turkish-controlled town of Al-Bab in northern Syria, a war monitor said. The explosion near a bus station in the town also wounded at least 75 people, some of them seriously, the Britain-based Syrian...

Lawyers representing victims of chemical weapons attacks in Syria say they have filed criminal complaints with Germany's federal public prosecutor against Syrian officials they blame for the deaths of hundreds of civilians in rebel-held areas. Germany, which is home to 600,000 Syrians, has...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad accused Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan of being the main instigator of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, speaking in an interview with Russia’s RIA news agency published on Tuesday. The fighting between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenians over the region began...

Syria's Kurds have agreed to allow thousands of Syrians including relatives of militants to leave a squalid and over-populated camp they administer, a top official said Monday. "Syrian nationals will leave the Al-Hol camp and only foreigners will remain," said Riyad Derar, the co-chair of...

The President of Turkey has said that military operations along the Syrian border will continue if promises to clear terror groups are not fulfilled. If they are not cleared out, warned Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey will be forced to remove them. Erdogan made his remarks on Saturday in a...

Oman has sent an ambassador to Syria, becoming the first Gulf Arab state to do so after they downgraded or shut missions in Damascus in 2012 over attacks by the government there on protests at the start of what turned into a war. Oman is one of the rare Arab countries that kept diplomatic...

Syrian President Bashar al Assad said the continued presence of Russia’s major naval and air bases in his country help counter the influence of Western powers in the region as the battle to crush insurgents was winding down. In an interview with Russia’s Ministry of Defence TV channel...

At least two civilians were killed in an explosion at a checkpoint in northern Syria, according to sources. Seven civilians were also wounded in the explosion in the Al-Bab subdistrict but the cause of the blast remains unclear, sources said. Casualties were taken to local hospitals....

President Donald Trump’s doctor says he is doing “very well” as he spends the weekend at a military hospital for treatment of COVID-19. Navy Commander Dr. Sean Conley said Trump has been fever-free for 24 hours as he updates the nation on the president’s condition from the hospital...

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad stressed the importance of the role played by Russian military bases in ensuring security and stability in Syria and fighting global terrorism. Al-Assad’s statements came during an exclusive interview with Russian TV channel Zvezda, during which he...

The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported on Saturday the most notable human rights violations that took place in September, saying it’s the worst month in terms of citizens infected with the coronavirus, with the Syrian regime harnessing the state’s capabilities to launch more...