Russia and Turkey were forced to cut short their second joint patrol in Syria's Idlib region Monday due to security concerns, the Russian Defence Ministry said in a statement. The patrol is meant to cover the M4 highway which links the cities of Aleppo and Latakia. Their first joint...

War-ravaged Syria on Sunday confirmed its first case of the coronavirus after weeks of rejecting opposition allegations that the disease had already reached a country with a wrecked health system and thousands of Iranian-backed militias and Shi’ite pilgrims. Health Minister Nizar al-Yaziji...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces on Sunday have launched an attack on the southern region of Idlib province in a renewed breach to the three-week-old ceasefire. The Russian-led forces used the heavy artillery and mortar round in the attack on al-Ftira and Sfuhon villages south of...

Syrian President Bashar Assad granted amnesty and reduced sentences for all crimes committed before Sunday, while also offering amnesty to military deserters who turn themselves in within the next few months. Similar amnesties have been issued on several occasions, most recently in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- An armed group operating in southern Swedia province has made a swap deal with the regime army, releasing 8 forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad, local activists said Sunday. The forces of 'Sheikh al-Karama', formed mainly by Druze community fighters, said the regime has...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Turkish army has constructed a new outpost in Idlib province as more military reinforcement keep pouring into the last rebel stronghold in northern Syria, activists said Sunday. The observation point set in the village of al-Mshayrfa on the M4 highway that...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two Syrian displaced are in quarantine in Atmeh Hospital at the Turkish border as medics suspect they have been infected with Coronavirus. Medics say they are waiting the results of tests which have been sent to Turkey. Coronavirus infections have also yet to...

Planned deployment and distribution of troops in Idlib de-escalation zone of northwestern Syria is continuing, and there are no withdrawals of troops from the region, Turkish Defense Ministry announced on Friday. To stop the bloodshed and humanitarian crisis, and ensure security of...

Syria, already shattered by nine years of war, has banned entry for foreigners arriving from many countries hit by the coronavirus as part of widening measures to combat the epidemic. Although the government says it has yet to document any infections, Syria is seen at high risk from the...

Turkey's Defense Ministry said on Thursday that two of its soldiers were killed in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib in a rocket attack by "some radical groups". One other soldier was wounded in the attack, the ministry said, adding that its forces had opened fire on targets in the...

The radical Hurras al Din group is responsible for kidnapping and forcibly disappearing six activists working for relief organisations in northern Idlib province, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) said Thursday. Since the beginning of 2020, SNHR has documented at...

Turkey said on Thursday that one of its soldiers had died as a result of a heart attack in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib. The soldier was preparing for night duties on Wednesday when he had the heart attack, the defense ministry said. Earlier, the governor’s office in Turkey’s...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he didn't know if Austin Tice, an American journalist missing in Syria since 2012, was still alive. "If he's alive, we would like to get him back," Trump told reporters at the White House. "We're working very hard with Syria to get him out," the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkish-backed Syrian forces thwarted regime army incursion into southern region of Idlib province on Thursday in a new breach to the two-week-old ceasefire, rebel source told Zaman al-Wasl. The National Army said the regime forces backed by Shiite militias launched...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- One Turkish soldier was killed in northwestern province of Idlib, the governor’s office in Turkey’s central Sivas province said on Thursday, topping the death toll of Turkish soldiers killed in Idlib to 59 in the past five weeks. It did not provide additional...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces have detained at least 50 men in eastern Deir province in an arrest campaign tracking wanted people, local activists said Thursday. The oil-rich province is divided between the US-backed Kurdish forces and Iran-run militias.  Also in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian army shelling killed eight civilians, including three children, in southern Daraa province, the cradle of the Syrian revolution that entered the tenth year on Wednesday. The ground bombardment hit the village of Jilin followed fierce clashes between regime...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Another anniversary of the Syrian revolution stands witness to the torture and slaughter of its people, and to the lack of humanitarian stand from the international community to stop the unlawful attacks on civilians by internationally banned and indiscriminate weapons....

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least six civilians were killed and 19 others wounded in artillery barrage fired by Kurdish militias on the opposition-held region of Afrin near the Turkish border, local activists said Wednesday. Afrin lies north of Aleppo near the border with Turkey. It was...

Syrian authorities at Damascus International Airport are taking preventive measures to confront a possible spread of the coronavirus. The Syrian ministries of transport and health are disinfecting arriving and departing planes as well as disinfecting gates and taking passengers'...