The United States for the first time Tuesday held Russia responsible for the deaths of dozens of Turkish troops in Syria as it vowed accountability. An airstrike last month in the Idlib region killed 34 Turkish soldiers, although Ankara blamed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and reached a...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed mainly the migrant crisis Tuesday as well as the situation in Syria's last rebel enclave of Idlib, with the leaders of France, Germany and Britain. The four-party video conference that involved French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least six Shiite militants, 4 Iranians and 2 Iraqis, were tested positive for Coronavirus in the eastern Deir Ezzor province and now they are quarantined in an Iran-run hospital in the Mayadeen city, local news site said Tuesday. More COVID-19 cases have been...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- While the Syrian regime continues denying the spread of Coronavirus pandemic in the Syrian coastal region, the shortage of protective equipment and the rise of prices say otherwise. Sources said that the doctor Imad Ismail, who worked in the Qardaha hospital, was killed...

(HRW) –  Syrian  government forces appear to have retaliated against civilians who chose to remain behind in areas retaken in Idlib, Human Rights Watch said today. Images provided to Human Rights Watch show that government forces may have shot at civilians and despoiled their bodies...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria’s Defence Minister was taken to al-Shami hospital in Damascus over a heart attack, military sources told Zaman al-Wasl Tuesday. General Ali Ayyoub, 68, was suffering from myocardial infarction. No more details have been revealed over the possibility of...

The World Health Organization will start testing for coronavirus in rebel-held northwest Syria later this week, the agency’s regional head said on Monday, adding that he was “very concerned” about the spread of the pandemic to a region where the health system has been wrecked by a long civil...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- In the hard and variable equation, the opposition’s stance has been changing according to regional and international agendas over the past nine years but the Syrian revolution has been constant and hard. The Syrian revolution is an idea and ideas do not die, Amna Allawi...

Russia’s foreign ministry said on Monday that militants in Syria’s Idlib region are not complying with a ceasefire brokered by Russia and Turkey, the Interfax news agency reported. The foreign ministry said the militants were taking counter-offensive action in the region. Reuters

(Zaman Al Wasl)- With the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in Germany, Syrian refugees have started preparing to fight it. As of Friday night, the number of infected reached 6,600 confirmed cases throughout the country. Germany on Monday became the latest country in Europe to...

Turkish and Russian troops began joint patrols Sunday on a key highway in northwestern Syria, Turkey’s Defense Ministry said, while both the Russian government and Syrian opposition activists said the patrols were shortened because of protests. Patrols on the highway known as the M4, which...

Russia and Turkey were forced to cut short their first joint patrol along the M4 highway linking Syria’s east and west on Sunday due to rebel provocations, the Russian Defense Ministry was cited as saying by Russian news agencies. The patrol was the result of a recent agreement between...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Commander of the National Front and Deputy Chief of Staff of the Turkish-backed National Army has resigned on Saturday, sparking speculations among rebel groups and opposition activists over the suspire quit. Colonel Fadhl Al-Haji, who defected the Syrian regime...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Schools in the Turkish-held areas in northern Syria have suspended classes for two weeks, following precautionary measures by Turkey to prevent the spread Coronavirus  pandemic , activists said Saturday. The risk of an outbreak is especially high and most...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Three U.S. Reps called on President Donald Trump to immediately begin implementing the Caesar Act to sanction war criminals in Syria. This came in a letter sent by Reps. Mike Brown, Adam Kinzinger and Brendan Boyle", which included a demand to put the Caesar Syria...

Three human traffickers have been sentenced in a Turkish court to 125 years each in prison over the tragic drowning in 2015 of Syrian toddler Alan Kurdi, who was pictured lying face down on a beach in a harrowing photo that became the symbol of the refugee crisis. The men, who were the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian opposition groups said Turkey has shut the northwestern border crossing of Bab al-Hawa after the fifth coronavirus case was detected on Friday.  The crossing will be closed for three weeks as the entry is restricted to aid and goods, the administration of...

Syrian authorities on Friday announced measures aimed at preventing coronavirus from reaching the war-torn country, including school closures and a ban on smoking shisha in cafes, state media reported. Damascus ordered the closure of all public and private schools, universities and...

Turkish and Russian officials agreed Friday to start joint patrols in Syria's Idlib at the weekend, Turkey's defence minister said, following a fragile ceasefire in the last rebel stronghold. "Both sides have signed the prepared text, and it has entered into force. We will see the first...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkish-backed Syrian forces closed a crossing point with Kurdish-held areas in northern Aleppo province to prevent a novel coronavirus outbreak, according to a statement issued Friday. The National Army said the closure of Oun al-Dadat crossing was over concerns...