The Syrian Air Force has bought three VIP helicopters despite the ailing economy and miserable living conditions due to the nine-year-old war, source told Zaman al-Wasl. Bashar al-Assad has obtained the VIP version of the Russian  Ansat-UT helicopters, according to a...

The main defendant in the first trial on state-sponsored torture in Syria sought police protection in Germany because he felt threatened by Bashar al-Assad's intelligence service after he switched sides, a German court was told Friday. Anwar Raslan, 57, is in the docks charged with...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two Syrian troops were killed and six more wounded in a blast bomb in the eastern province of Raqqa, activists said Thursday. The blast took place near the town of Ein Issa in the northern countryside of Raqqa.  Regime forces and allied fighters have come...

Palestinian families continue to call on the concerned authorities to allow them a safe return to their homes in Yarmouk Camp, in Damascus, and to press ahead with reconstruction projects. On January 07, 2020, Palestinian lawyer Nour AlDeen AlSaman, a resident of Yarmouk Camp, called on...

Russia on Thursday praised Turkey's efforts in Idlib, northwestern Syria that aim to eliminate terrorists. Speaking at a news conference in the capital, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Moscow expects the Turkish military to separate opposition groups from what it called...

Two former members of Syria's secret police appeared in court in Germany Thursday accused of crimes against humanity for their role in a government-run detention center where thousands of opposition protesters were tortured. The trial of Anwar R. and Eyad A., whose last names weren't...

A team of volunteers in Syria have cobbled together prototypes of a ventilator and a testing machine - homemade equipment to fight the new coronavirus if it hits the last rebel stronghold, where hospitals lie in ruins after nine years of war. The group of 12, mainly technicians and...

Residents of a northeastern Syrian village blocked a road and threw stones at a U.S. military convoy Wednesday forcing it to leave the area, state media and an opposition war monitor reported. It was the second such incident in the region in two months. No one was hurt in the confrontation...

The first trial of suspected members of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's security services for crimes against humanity, including torture and sexual assault, starts in Germany Thursday. Campaigners have hailed the process as a first step towards justice for thousands of Syrians who say...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Russian army on Wednesday has withdrawn forces from some neighborhoods in northern Aleppo city in a precautionary step to avoid the Coronavirus pandemic, activists said. Most of Russian forces in Aleppo city are based in the Bustan al-Qaser neighborhood which...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Hayat Tahrir al-Sham has executed a 19-year-old man in northern Aleppo province over claims of blasphemy, the militant group said Tuesday. Activists have denounced blasphemy allegations, saying the young man was executed due to messages found in his phone...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkish and Russian forces on Tuesday have carried out a new joint patrol along a strategic M4 highway in northwestern Syria, said Turkey’s Defense Ministry. "Fifth combined Turkish-Russian land patrol was conducted today by air and ground vehicles on M4 motorway in...

Syrian air defenses have opened fire and shot down several missiles launched by Israeli warplanes Monday night near the central historic town of Palmyra, state media said. Syrian state TV gave no further details about the attacks saying they are still ongoing. Israel has in the...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that the Syrian government was violating a ceasefire in the northwestern Idlib region, warning that Damascus would suffer "heavy losses" if it persisted. Turkey and Russia, which back opposing sides in Syria's war, agreed on March 5 to halt...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Five civilians were killed by unknown assailants in a desert area west of Deir Ezzor city, activists said Monday. Activists have accused Daesh militants of carrying out such crimes against civilians in the Syrian desert, known as al-Badiya. Early April, seven...

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Monday to discuss regional developments in light of the novel coronavirus. On his first official meeting with Zarif in a year, Assad expressed condolences to Iran, the regional epicentre of the...

Syria's Kurds have set up a specialised hospital for coronavirus cases, the Kurdish Red Crescent said Monday, after the first COVID-19 death was reported in the northeastern region. The United Nations on Friday said a man aged in his fifties had on April 2 become the first fatality from...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Four opposition fighters were wounded Monday when regime forces launched a missile attack on their stronghold in northern Idlib province. According to Zaman Al Wasl reporter, the elite 25th Division had fired 22 Grad missiles on an array of Jabal al-Zawiya villages....

When Anwar al-Bunni crossed paths with fellow Syrian Anwar Raslan in a DIY store in Germany five years ago, he recognised him as the man who had thrown him in jail a decade earlier. On Thursday, the two men will face each other in a German court, where Raslan will be one of two alleged...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The US-led International Coalition has been recruiting local fighters in northeastern Hasakah province, activists said Sunday. The separate move to form its own local force came after five years of joint operations with Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)...