At least one person was killed and 11 others wounded late on Wednesday in two Russian airstrikes on the al-Bab region in northern Aleppo province, local activists said.  The wounded people are mostly children and family members, according to Zaman al-Wasl correspondent....

Activists have launched “Journey of Hope”, a project to treat children suffering from burns in both Turkey and Syrian, starting with the treatment of 4 out of the listed 24 cases as a first stage. The project leader, activist Mohamed Ismail, said that the idea emerged after multiple...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Three people were tested positive for COVID-19 in the southern province of Sweida, a local news site said Wednesday. Sweida24 said the confirmed coronavirus cases were recorded in the eastern countryside of Sweida. Seven more people who were in contact with the...

One person was killed and four people wounded in a missile attack by regime forces on northern Idlib province, activists told Zaman al-Wasl.  The attack that targeted the town of Ariha has also wounded a woman and three children. In its turn, Russia's warplanes have pounded...

The wife of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has been named as the leader of a so-called "anti-corruption campaign" that saw the once influential tycoon Rami Makhlouf stripped of his assets and confined to his home. Asma Al-Assad has been at the head of the campaign to seize Makhlouf's...

Tunisia's Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh said Monday he will conduct a cabinet reshuffle in the coming days amid a row with the moderate Islamist Ennahda party, in what appears to be a step to remove Ennahda ministers in the government. Ennahda said Monday that it wants a new government,...

A roadside landmine hit a joint Russian-Turkish patrol in northwestern Syria Tuesday, leaving three Russian soldiers and an unspecified number of Turkish troops wounded. The Russian military said the attack happened while Russian and Turkish troops were patrolling the M4 highway in the...

The Turkish and Russian presidents on Monday spoke over the phone to discuss developments in war-weary Libya and Syria as well as other regional issues, the Turkish Communications Directorate said. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed to maintain...

The Union of Free Syrian Students held its first founding conference in Istanbul, Turkey, days ago, with physical and electronic attendance of representatives elected by 55 Syrian student societies in Syria and abroad. A member of the founding committee of the Union, Amjad Al-Sari told...

At least 10 pro-Iran militants were killed Sunday in a Daesh (ISIS) attack in the eastern countryside of Homs province, local news site said.  Daesh jihadists have stormed Iran-run bastions near the town of al-Sukhna, leaving dozens more wounded.  Most of the slain...

Teachers in the Kurdish-held part of eastern Deir Ezzor province have refused to replace the UNICEF curricula with a Kurdish educational program in the elementary schools, activists said Sunday. The curriculum is promoting the Kurdish militant movement and personalities in a region that...

A U.N. Security Council resolution that leaves only one of two border crossings open for aid deliveries from Turkey into rebel-held northwestern Syria will cost lives and intensify the suffering of 1.3 million people living there, aid agencies said. Western states had pressed for aid access...

 Russia scored a victory for its ally Syria Saturday by forcing the Security Council to limit humanitarian aid deliveries to the country’s mainly rebel-held northwest to just one crossing point from Turkey, a move that Western nations say will cut a lifeline for 1.3 million people....

A woman and her two children were killed by an improvised explosive device in southern Daraa province, local news accounts said Thursday. Activists said the IED attack on Wednesday was targeting the woman's brother-in-law who cooperates with the Military Intelligence in Daraa. Her...

The water crisis in the eastern suburbs of Damascus is a major catastrophe for residents in light of the spread of the Coronavirus, that requires cleaning and sterilizing homes and clothes and washing hands constantly, which the shortage hinders. The Syrian regime is not doing anything...

Russia's air defence systems have intercepted an unknown drone attack on Hmeimim air base in the coastal province of Latakia, activists and Russian media said Saturday. The Russian army has downed more than 60 drones deployed by rebels in northern Idlib province and Latakia mountains...

At least two doctors in Syria's opposition-held northwest have been infected with the coronavirus, according to a monitoring group Saturday, raising the total number of cases in the overcrowded rebel enclave to three. The Syrian opposition and militant groups control the Idlib area, which...

The UN Security Council is due to vote again Saturday on an extension of cross-border humanitarian aid to Syria after Russia and China vetoed a previous measure to the chagrin of Western member states. Authorization for the transport of aid to war-torn Syria, a system in place since 2014,...

At least 35 Iran-backed militants fighting in the ranks of the Assad regime were reported killed on Saturday in an airstrike in Deir ez-Zor province in eastern Syria.   Unidentified warplanes targeted a military convoy of Iran-backed foreign militants in Albukamal region along the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two more Syrian doctors were tested positive for coronavirus in the opposition-held northern enclave, topping confirmed cases to 3, health officials said Friday. The first case of COVID-19, a doctor in the area, was reported on Thursday in Idlib province in a sliver of...