U.S. President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan underlined Tuesday the need for ceasefires in Syria and Libya during the coronavirus pandemic, the White House said. The two spoke by phone on efforts to "defeat the virus and bolster the global economy," the White...

The UN on Tuesday dispatched a total of 67 truckloads of humanitarian aid to Idlib, a northwestern Syrian province where millions of people are in desperate need of assistance. Trucks entered the city through the Cilvegozu border gate in Turkey's southern Hatay province, bordering Idlib....

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Sewing workshops in northern Syria have begun to make medical masks to provide the health facilities in the de-facto stricken areas due to regime offensive and now due to the killer Coronavirus. Ahmed Abdul Rahman, an owner of a sewing workshop in Idlib province,...

Abdul-Halim Khaddam, a former Syrian vice president who became a prominent opponent of President Bashar al-Assad’s rule after fleeing to Paris in 2005, died on Tuesday in France, Salah Ayach, a Syrian exile who was close to him, said. He was 88. Khaddam died at 5 a.m. (0300 GMT) of a heart...

Kurdish-led forces in Syria put down riots by Islamic State (IS) militants in a prison in the country's northeast on Monday, hours after the extremists knocked down doors and dug holes in walls between cells, a Syrian Kurdish spokesman said.   It was not immediately clear if the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two Syrian rescue workers were awarded the Gandhi Peace Prize by the Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace, in recognition of the efforts made by the medical sector in opposition-held areas. Maysoon al-Masry, a volunteer in the Syrian Civil Defense...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- About 100 military trucks carrying 1200 troops and 15 tanks moved from Saraqeb town in northern Idlib province and headed the areas of Eastern Euphrates, rebel source told Zaman al-Wasl Monday. The redeployment for the elite 25th Division in eastern Syria followed...

Kurdish-led forces in Syria put down riots by Islamic State militants in a prison in the country's northeast Monday, hours after the extremists knocked down doors and dug holes in walls between cells, a Syrian Kurdish spokesman said. Kino Gabriel, a spokesman for the Kurdish-led Syrian...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Three people have been killed in separate gunmen attacks in southern Daraa province, local activists said Monday. Most of the attacks have been targeting former rebel fighters.   Last Thursday, two former commanders were killed by unknown...

Prisoners at a Syrian jail run by Kurdish forces holding suspected ISIS (Daesh) members rioted and some escaped on Sunday, said Kurdish sources and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. A senior member of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) running Ghouiran prison in the...

The EU on Sunday called for an immediate and nationwide cease-fire in Syria to deal with the novel coronavirus. In a statement, EU External Action spokesman Peter Stano stressed the dangers of the virus in war-zones, reiterating the importance of ending hostilities which he said "is...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least two deaths due to COVID-19 have been confirmed by residents in the southern Daraa province as the Syrian regime still denying the spread of the killer pandemic. Health officials claimed that a man and a women were died of pneumonia, refusing to let their...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A 32-year-old Syrian psychiatrist died from COVID-19 on Friday in Italy, relatives said. Dr. Eyad al-Deqer was tested positive for coronavirus shortly two weeks ago before his death on Friday in the Italian city of Piacenza, south of Milan city. Italy’s death...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 10 inmates escaped from a prison controlled by the US-backed Kurdish-led forces in eastern Deir Ezzor province, local news site reported Saturday. The prisoners who were charged of drug dealing and murder took advantage of the electricity outage in the Kesra...

At least 100,000 could die from the COVID-19 pandemic in northwest Syria as overcrowded camps and the decimated healthcare system make the country particularly vulnerable, medical staff on the ground have warned. "In one year, we lost around 76 health facilities in northwest Syria," Dr...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkish-backed forces on Saturday have thwarted Syrian regime attack in the southern region of Idlib province, rebel source told Zaman al-Wasl.   Fierce clashes reported early Saturday as the army's elite units seek to seize the villages of Sfouhn and al-Fatira in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Local councils in Aleppo’s countryside have doubled the precautionary measures against the novel Coronavirus, launching awareness campaigns about its spread and risks.  Abdul Khalil, head of the local council of Jarablus city, said a number of measures had been...

Syria's Bashar al-Assad and one of the United Arab Emirates' most powerful leaders spoke on the phone on Friday — signalling a major thaw in Damascus' troubled relations with Arab countries, which had mostly boycotted President Bashar Assad and backed his opposition. The official...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkish army trucks entered Idlib province on Friday, carrying US air missile systems, local activists said as Damascus and Ankara make rapid deployments in northern Syria despite a ceasefire deal reached early March. According to the military news sites, the HAWK...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two former rebel commanders were killed and one more wounded Thursday in an attack by unknown assailants in southern Daraa province. The gunmen opened fire on Adnan Abazid and Motez Qanat near the town of al-Nakhla east of Daraa city, according to Zaman al-Wasl...