The wife of a self-described aid worker stripped of his British nationality has called for his release after he was detained by extremist in Syria's last major rebel bastion. Tauqir Sharif, 33, was detained on June 22 by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a dominant group in Syria's...

Clashes between Russia-backed Syrian regime forces and the Daesh group have killed more than 40 fighters on the two sides in just 48 hours, a Britain-based war monitor said Saturday. Fighting and Russian air strikes in the central desert province of Homs since late Thursday have taken...

As coronavirus cases spike, public health officials are pleading with Americans to avoid large crowds and hold more muted Independence Day celebrations, but subdued is not President Donald Trump's style, and he aimed to go big, promising a “special evening” in Washington that could bring tens...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria's Bashar al-Assad has arrested Imad Khamis, a newly-sacked prime minister, over corruption claims, a well-informed source told Zaman al-Wasl Friday. Khamis has been held in a prison run by the repubican Guard near Assad's palace where he is undergoing an...

Several members of the regime’s “Military Security” branch have been killed and injured in an explosion targeting a checkpoint near Damascus. The blast happened in the town of Saqba in the eastern Ghouta area near the Syrian capital, which was under rebel control until 2018. The Qasioun...

Warplanes suspected to be from the US-led anti-Islamic State (IS) coalition on Friday targeted positions belonging to pro-Iranian militias in eastern Syria, the Turkish Anadolu news agency reported. Local sources told Anadolu that a plane believed to be from the coalition circled for over...

A cut in the army's food portions and supplies has sparked outrage among Bashar al-Assad's loyalists who considered the procedure as an insult for soldiers who sacrificed their lives to keep Assad on his throne.  The General Command of the Army and the Armed Forces issued a decision...

Watching a combine harvester grind through his golden wheat, farmer Yahya Mahmoud is relieved the yield looks good this year, even as a tanking economy leaves millions hungry across war-torn Syria. Before the war erupted in 2011, Syria produced enough wheat to feed its entire population but...

A 22-Syrian university student died from COVID-19 on Thursday in Gaziantep province southeastern Turkey, family and activists said. Osama Hasso was a student in the economy school and the son of the Syrian journalist Alaa el-Din Hasso.   Turkey on Thursday confirmed 1,186...

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan donated 250,000 Turkish liras ($37,000) Thursday for a home building campaign in Idlib, Syria. The project is focused on rebuilding war-torn Idlib and was initiated by Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD). Prior to the...

Syrian army defector Salam had signed a surrender deal with the regime supposed to protect him, but after reporting for military service, he disappeared and months later was declared dead. "He went off and never came back," his elder brother told AFP. Salam is one of a growing number of...

 The Syrian security has released three detainees of 11 who were arrested in anti-government protests in the Druze city of Sweida, local activists said  Wednesday . Hundreds of people took to the streets of Sweida three weeks ago, protesting worsening economic conditions and...

 Italian police said on Wednesday they had seized about 14 tonnes of amphetamine pills worth around 1 billion euros ($1 billion) arriving from Syria, in what they described as the world's single largest operation of its kind. Investigators said they impounded three container ships that...

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said there is "no military solution" for Syria Wednesday during a video conference with his Russian and Turkish counterparts about the war-torn country. "The Islamic republic believes the only solution to the Syrian crisis is political and not a military...

Damascus condemned Wednesday an international donor conference that raised $7.7 billion to address the country's humanitarian challenges, calling it an interference in Syria's domestic affairs. "The Brussels IV conference on Syria and the statements issued by its participants make it clear...

The Caesar Act only targets the Syrian regime, not Syrians themselves, said Anas al-Abdah, president of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, a coalition of opposition groups. On Dec. 20, 2019, US President Donald Trump signed the Caesar Syria Civilian...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Tuesday more than $696 million in humanitarian aid will be delivered to Syrians. The help is "in response to the ongoing crisis caused by the Assad regime, Russian, and Iranian forces," he said, noting additional aid brings total US humanitarian...

The presidents of Russia, Iran and Turkey will hold a video conference on Wednesday to discuss the conflict in Syria, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. In Syria's nine-year war, Russia and Iran are the main foreign supporters of President Bashar al-Assad's forces, while Turkey backs opposition...

The United Nations pushed governments at a virtual conference on Tuesday for nearly $10 billion in aid for Syria, where nine years of war has displaced millions in a humanitarian crisis exacerbated by soaring food prices and the coronavirus crisis. The now annual fund-raising round for...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Tuesday he would be "risking the future" of his regime if he allowed Iran to be entrenched militarily in his country. "We will not allow Iran to establish a military presence in Syria," he told reporters...