The number of COVID-19 deaths among medical personnel in government-held parts of Syria has shot up in recent weeks amid a rise in infections, several sources told AFP. The capital Damascus has been especially hard hit, with doctors warning of a deteriorating situation in overcrowded...

Unknown assailants killed former media activist Rami al-Khatib in Daraa city Tuesday evening, such an attack follows state security chaos in the southern province over the past few months.   According to local activists, the gunmen had opened fire on al-Khatib in the Tariq la-Sad...

A Turkish military vehicle came under attack on Monday as Turkey and Russia held their 25th joint patrol in northwestern Syria, Turkey's National Defense Ministry said. One of our vehicles was slightly damaged in the attack carried out by terrorists during the patrol along the key M4...

The US-led coalition in Syria said Monday a patrol had come under attack and engaged in a firefight near a pro-government checkpoint in the country's northeast. "After receiving safe passage from the pro-regime forces, the patrol came under small arms fire from individuals in the vicinity...

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the conflicts in Libya and Syria with his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan in a telephone call Monday, the Kremlin said in a statement. The Kremlin said the call's main focus was on the crisis in Libya, highlighting the need to make real...

Syrian state media and an opposition war monitoring group reported that a U.S. helicopter gunship on Monday attacked a Syrian army checkpoint in the country’s northeast, killing two soldiers and wounding two others. According to the reports, the attack came after the Syrian army...

After two months from the harvest in the Turkish-held Ras Al-Ayn region, farmers are still unable to sell their crops, amid complaints of the slow marketing process from Tal Abyad to Turkey during the past month. Buyers are exploiting the situation to push the farmers to sell at very...

Jordan will seal off a city near the Syrian border from Monday following the largest daily rise in four months in coronavirus infections, which officials say have come mainly from its northern neighbor. The health ministry said half of the 39 cases recorded in the last 24 hours were from...

In the summer of 2015 Mohammed bin Salman, then Saudi defence minister and third in line to the throne, turned his country’s foreign policy on its head and gave a covert green light for Russia’s intervention in Syria, according to a lawsuit by a former top intelligence official. In his...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A rigged motorcycle exploded in the border city Jarablus in northern Syria, killing one person and wounding seven more people. The blast took place in the city center near the main bakery, according to Zaman al-Wasl reporter. In August 2016, the Turkish army...

Syrian rebel group has shot down two Russian drones in northwestern Idlib province, a military source said Sunday.   Al-Fateh al-Mubin, an operations room of rebels and jihadist factions, shot down two attack drones in the eastern countryside of Larakia and the Jabal al-Zawiyah...

US President Donald Trump personally wrote to his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad about the case of journalist Austin Tice, who has been missing since 2012, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday. "The US government has repeatedly attempted to engage Syrian officials to seek Austin's...

Syria’s Bashar al-Assad has appointed General Mueen Qassem as head of the army’s communication department, replacing General Ma’an Hussein who was arrested over links to an espionage network.   In late June, the Syrian security backed by Russian Intelligence reports dismantled an...

Elements of the Islamic State group are working to rebuild in western Syria, where the US has little visibility or presence, the top US commander for the Middle East warned Wednesday. In the region west of the Euphrates River where the Syrian regime is in control "conditions are as bad or...

The Raqqa Political Board warned of the expansion of the regime’s control in the eastern province, which is divided between three regional and international parties, saying that it does not recognize any agreements before a political solution is achieved. Mohamed Sobhi from the...

 Syrian President Bashar al Assad said Wednesday that sweeping new US sanctions amounted to a new stage of economic warfare against his government and were part of Washington's long- standing efforts to "choke" Syrians' living standards. In a statement, Assad also blamed the sanctions,...

Jordan will close for a week its only land trade border crossing with Syria after a spike in COVID-19 cases coming from its northern neighbor, officials said Wednesday. They said the interior minister's decision to close the main Jaber border crossing would come into effect Thursday...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least three militants from the Liwa al-Quds militia were killed Wednesday in an ambush by Daesh (ISIS) in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor. The ambush took place west of the oil-rich city when ten ISIS fighters attacked a military vehicle carrying  ...

Two new cases of COVID-19 has been recored in rebel-held areas, out of 95 tests, bringing the number to 45 in Idlib and the countryside of Aleppo,  The Epidemiological Surveillance Laboratory said Sunday . Dr. Mohamed Hallaj, director of the Syria Response Coordinators team,...

 The Turkish army on Sunday has set up an observation point in the coastal Jabal al-Akrad area, following clashes between rebels and regime forces that left casualties from both sides last week. According to Zaman al-Wasl reporter, the new Turkish outpost was constructed in the Tel...