(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia has pledged to halt any regime offensive in southern Daraa province if armed groups halt attacking regime army personnel and if Russian military police start patrolling in the cradle of Syrian revolution, sources told Zaman al-Wasl Saturday. Representatives of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- About 268,000 displaced people have returned to their homes in northern Idlib province since a Russian-brokered ceasefire reached on March 6, Syria’s Response Coordination Group said  Friday. The local monitoring group has warned that constant ceasefire...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Crop fires have burned more than 300 hectares in northeastern Syria, including areas under Turkish army control, local activists told Zaman al-Wasl. A massive fire flared up early Friday in an array of villages in Turkish-held Ras al-Ayn region north of Hasakah...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Russian forces have set up a memorial for a Major Roman Fillipov Nikolaevich who was killed in February 2018 when  rebels shot down  his Su-25 in northern Idlib province, sources told Zaman al-Wasl  The memorial of Nikolaevich was set up in the...

On May 15 each year, Palestinians commemorate Nakba Day to reaffirm the right of return to ancestral lands that are now part of Israel. However, the outbreak of the novel coronavirus has forced this year's activities on Friday online. Palestinians use the term "Nakba," meaning...

A record 9.3 million people are now food insecure in Syria as spiralling prices and the coronavirus pandemic compound the damage of a nine-year war, the World Food Programme said Thursday. "Record high food prices & now COVID-19 have pushed families in Syria beyond their limits," the...

Hundreds of people went to streets of southern Daraa province, protesting an imminent offensive on the town of Tafas by regime forces and iran proxies, activists and monitoring groups said Thursday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said people have rallied Thursday evening...

Turkish and Russian military elements performed the 11th joint patrol along a key highway in Idlib, northwestern Syria, the Turkish National Defense Ministry said on Thursday. “Within the framework of TUR-RF Agreement/Protocol, the 11th TUR-RF Combined Land Patrol on M-4 Highway in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)-  At least three civilians were killed on Thursday by a bomb hidden in a motorbike in the Syrian border region of Ras Al-Ayn, which is controlled by the Turkish army, local council said. The local governing body said the booby-trapped motorbike exploded in Al-Alyia...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two people were wounded by an improvised explosive device in the northern town of Afrin, such an attack follows a series of Kurdish militias attacks against civilians in Turkish-held areas. According to Zaman al-Wasl reporter, the IED went off in a commercial area in...

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Wednesday that Israel is now concentrating its attacks in Syria on missile-manufacturing sites. Israel has conducted many raids inside Syria since the start of the civil war in 2011. It sees the presence of Hezbollah and its ally Iran there...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A senior militant in Iran's Revolutionary Guards was killed in a landmine explosion in northern Aleppo province, Iran's news agency and activists said Tuesday. Abu Al-Fadhel Serlak was killed along with other pro-Iran fighters near Athariya area in the southeastern...

Russia and China Tuesday boycotted what Moscow called an "unacceptable" closed-door videoconference with the U.N. Security Council on chemical weapons in Syria. "Russia and China have empty tiles" on the screen, a Security Council member told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces have retaken control of four villages in eastern Deir Ezzor province after clashes with Daesh militants in the past 48 hours, pro regime media reported.   The clashes took place in the al-Beshri mountainous area west of Deir Ezzor city....

Three former Syrian rebels have been killed in the southern province of Daraa, which is under control of Bashar Al-Assad's force. Syrian media activist Mohammed Al-Horani told The New Arab’s Arabic-language service that between Monday and Tuesday morning, the three rebels, who had signed...

Turkish and Russian troops have carried out the 10th joint patrol along a key highway in northern  Idlib province, Turkey's Defense Ministry said Tuesday. “Within the framework of TUR-RF Agreement/Protocol, the 10th TUR-RF Combined Land Patrol on M-4 Highway in Idlib was...

Comments last week from an unnamed Israeli defence official that Iran was reducing its presence in Syria sparked fierce debate about Tehran's next moves and how the Jewish state should respond. Iran policy will inevitably be a top concern for the Israeli government to be sworn in Thursday,...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian journalist Maha al-Khatib has passed away on Tuesday after long battle with cancer in Germany after 17 years of desk-news work and hosting political talk shows. Al-Khatib, originally from Aleppo city, is a beloved wife and a mother of two. She started her...

Syrian and Russian forces have “deliberately targeted” civilians in northwest Syria, according to a new report by Amnesty International which has urged the UN to ensure aid can keep reaching a war-torn province in the country. The human rights organisation has described how schools and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian President Bashar Assad replaced Monday the internal trade minister as the country's economic crisis worsens with prices of consumer goods increasing and the local currency reaching record lows. Syria’s economy has been ravaged by nine years of war and western...