The novel coronavirus pandemic briefly gave Syrians a sense of belonging to the rest of the world after years of isolating war, Syrian author Khaled Khalifa said. But the international community is too busy to look their way and the planet will continue to be as barbaric as ever, with...

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) said the Syrian regime is actively appointing military leaders involved in crimes against humanity and war crimes to the highest levels of civilian leadership in the state. The newly released report contains details on at least 14,737...

Syria’s Local Administration and Environment Minister Hussein Makhlouf revealed that the Damascus Countryside Governorate will remove the rubble in al-Hajar al-Aswad neighborhood, southern Damascus, to secure the return of displaced residents, adding that work is underway for the return of the...

The federal government is seizing a Waltham home that a fugitive couple allegedly used to unlawfully ship goods to Syria, including to a company linked to improvised explosive devices used against US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, prosecutors said. In a statement, US Attorney Andrew E....

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian doctor Razan Anwar Mahmoud has died after contracting coronavirus in Yemen, her father said Thursday. Dr. Mahmoud, who is originally from Deir Ezzor, was an obstetrician-gynecologist receiving her degree from the Faculty of Human Medicine at Damascus...

In scenes not witnessed for years in government-controlled parts of Syria, dozens of men and women marched through the streets this week, protesting a sharp increase in prices and collapse of the currency, some even calling for the downfall of President Bashar Assad and his ruling Baath party....

The Turkish army on Thursday has set up a new observation point in the southern countryside of Idlib province as Russia renews airstrikes on the last opposition stronghold. According to Zaman al-Wasl reporter, the new army unit was stationed in the Jabal al-Zawiya region, topping the...

Head of the Syrian regime, Bashar al-Assad, on Thursday removed Prime Minister Imad Khamis from his post, according to the regime's SANA news agency.  Al-Assad tasked Minister of Water Resources engineer Hussein Arnous with the mission of prime minister in addition to his post,"...

Anti-government demonstrations and counter protests continued in the southwestern Syrian city of Sweida on Wednesday, as an economic crisis exacerbated by sanctions and a collapsing currency provokes unrest for a fourth day. Syrian state media reported the pro-government crowd gathering...

Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham militants attacked a group of journalists covering a joint Turkish-Russian military patrol in northwest Syria’s Idlib province on Wednesday, causing outrage in the rebel-held enclave. The attack took place near Turkish soldiers supervising the patrol on the M4 highway...

At least three soldiers of the Syrian National Army (SNA) were injured in a bomb attack in northeastern Syria, Anadolu Agency correspondents on the ground reported early Wednesday.  An vehicle belonging to the SNA which was laden with explosives detonated in the town of Suluk, located...

Syrians held a third day of rare anti-regime protests over deteriorating living conditions Tuesday in the government-held city of Sweida, a war monitor said, as the value of the pound sunk. The value of the Syrian pound has plummeted with dizzying speed in recent days on the informal...

Russian air strikes on northwestern Syria killed a civilian Tuesday, the first such fatality since a ceasefire went into force three months ago, a war monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Russian warplanes launched around 15 pre-dawn strikes on towns and villages in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A rigged motorcycle exploded in northeastern Hasakah province, killing two citizens as hundreds went to streets protesting deteriorating economic conditions ahead of U.S. Caesar sanctions, activists said Tuesday. The attack happened in the village of al-Gharb on the...

Bashar al-Assad's rise to power after three decades of his father's iron-fisted rule raised hope of democratic opening. But 20 years later, Syria is isolated and war-ravaged. Crumbling under a stinging economic downturn, Western sanctions and nine years of war, Syria today is a far cry from...

Peaceful protests against the Syrian government continued for a second day in the southern Syrian city of Sweida on Monday due to deteriorating economic and security conditions in the country. The demonstrators gathered in front of the governorate building, despite security authorities...

 Russia carried out airstrikes in northern Idlib province, killing at least three civilians, a Syrian civil defense group said Monday.  The White Helmets civil defense group said three others were injured in the attacks. More than 20 airstrikes targeted two mountains...

A militant group active in northwest Syria launched an offensive Monday, capturing two villages and killing 19 regime forces, a war monitor said. "Jihadist factions led by Hurras al-Deen launched an assault on two villages in Sahl al-Ghab," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said....

Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad buried its former leader Ramadan Shalah in Syria Sunday, an AFP correspondent said, a day after he died in neighbouring Lebanon. The 62-year-old died in a Beirut hospital before his body was transported to neighbouring Syria, a Palestinian source...

Dozens of Syrians took to the streets in southwest Syria to protest deteriorating economic conditions and corruption in the country, according to reports by local media run by activists in the area. The demonstrations in Suweida province on Sunday come as the Syrian pound continues...