Israel unveiled detailed images Tuesday taken by a new reconnaissance satellite over the Roman ruins of Palmyra in neighboring Syria, an Iranian ally regularly targeted by Israeli air strikes. The images are the first to be made public since the Ofek 16 satellite was launched in July, with...

The co-chair representing the Syrian opposition suggested Tuesday peace talks could continue virtually after they were put on hold due to participants testing positive for the coronavirus. "It is the only key solution to the Syrian tragedy," said Hadi al Bahra from the Syria National...

A Turkish army vehicle was slightly damaged in an explosion during a joint patrol with Russia in northwestern Syria, the National Defense Ministry said Tuesday. No casualties have been reported in the explosion which occurred in the restive province of Idlib. This March, Ankara...

More than 10,000 Daesh fighters are estimated to remain active in Iraq and Syria two years after the militant group’s defeat, and their attacks have significantly increased this year, the UN counter-terrorism chief said Monday. Vladimir Voronkov told the UN Security Council that Daesh...

Outside her home in northeast Syria, Sheikha Majid said her life had become an endless quest for fresh water, three weeks into the latest supply cut by Turkish forces. "I spend the whole time running after water trucks," the 43-year-old grandmother said, amid an ongoing outage -- one of...

UN-mediated talks involving the Syrian government, opposition and civil society were put "on hold" after three participants turned up positive for COVID-19, just hours after the meetings started in Geneva. The office of the UN Syria envoy said Monday the three delegations had gotten off...

Two regime forces have been killed by an ISIS ambush in eastern Raqqa province, according to Zaman al-Wasl reporter..   The attack took place on Sunday evening when Daesh-linked militants attacked an army vehicle at the road of Rusafa-Athariya that links between Aleppo and Raqqa...

Members of Syria's Constitutional Committee, tasked with amending their war-torn country's constitution, met at the UN in Geneva Monday for the first time since a failed attempt at talks last November. Delegations from President Bashar al-Assad's government, the opposition and civil society...

A suspected attack on a pipeline in Syria caused a nationwide blackout overnight, the state news agency quoted authorities as saying Monday. According to SANA, the electricity minister said a pipeline explosion in the Damascus area late Sunday "led to an electricity blackout across Syria"....

A suspected attack on a pipeline in Syria has caused a nationwide blackout overnight, the state news agency quoted authorities as saying on Monday. According to SANA, Electricity Minister Zuhair Kharbotli said a pipeline blast in the Damascus area late Sunday "led to an electricity...

The local council in the Turkish-held Ras Al Ain region has suspended its work in protest over the refusal of the appointment of one of its members as director of the border crossing. The council’s statement declared that, “We, the members of the local council of Ras Al Ain, announce...

Amid deteriorating economic and health conditions, the Syrian people are not being infected or killed by Covid-19 only, but also by diseases that began to spread rapidly in large numbers, including kidney failure, which is surprisingly spread among young people. One of the doctors, who...

A rebel bastion in the Idlib region of northwest Syria has recorded its first death from the novel coronavirus, a health official said Friday. The rebel stronghold is home to some three million people, many living in close quarters in displacement camps after being forced to flee their...

The stalled Syrian peace talks will resume on Monday in Geneva involving both sides in the conflict. The talks will be held under UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen, the UN said Thursday. Ahmad Kuzbari will represent the Syrian regime and Hadi al-Bahra the opposition Syrian...

The United States blacklisted Thursday senior Syrian government officials and leaders of several Syrian military units as Washington continues to impose sanctions aimed at cutting off funds for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government. The action, which follows the blacklisting of...

The UN special envoy for Syria announced Wednesday that the 45-member committee charged with drafting a new constitution for the conflict-torn country will meet for the first time in nine months on Aug. 24. Geir Pedersen told the Security Council that convening the UN-facilitated,...

Syrian regime authorities have agreed to give Russia additional land and coastal waters in order to expand its military air base at Hmeimim, a Russian government document published on Wednesday showed. The agreement, signed by representatives of the two countries on July 21 and which...

A Russian major-general died and three other servicemen were injured after a bomb exploded in the path of a Russian military convoy near Deir al Zor in Syria, the RIA news agency cited the defense ministry as saying Tuesday. A joint Turkish-Russian patrol in northwest Syria's Idlib region...

Amid a totally destroyed neighborhood and the rubble of an abandoned house in Idlib, the young Syrian artist "Rami Abdul Haq" set up his first artistic opposition after the revolution. The exhibition includes 30 black white paintings that represent symbols of Syrian revolution from activists,...

One of the most famous merchants in Hareeqa Bazzar in Damascus, has put up ten out of his 20 shops for sale. According to Zaman al-Wasl source, a big number of merchants are selling their shops in the area, which during the height of the war, were valued at 100-300 million. The...