(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian armed factions have thwarted an incursion by regime forces into strategic hilltops in northern Idlib region, rebel commander told Zaman al-Wasl Sunday. The regime army backed by allied militias was pushing to take the hilltops of Khatra and Mosaitef but the...

An air strike Saturday by Syrian regime ally Russia killed five civilians, including four members of the same family, in an opposition bastion in the country's northwest, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said three children were among those killed after midnight...

Russia's foreign policy chief on Friday US policies for growing global tensions, noting Washington's reluctance to extend a key nuclear arms pact. Speaking at an annual news conference, Acting Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the US has stonewalled Russia's push for extending the New...

Named as one of the best movies of the year by The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, NPR and The Washington Post, THE CAVE, nominated for a 2020 Academy Award®, will make its broadcast debut on Jan. 25 at 9/8c in the U.S., followed by a global rollout across 172 countries and 43 languages....

The world's shortest man who could walk, as verified by Guinness World Records, died Friday at a hospital in Nepal, his family said. Khagendra Thapa Magar, who measured 67.08 centimetres (2 feet 2.41 inches), died of pneumonia at a hospital in Pokhara, 200 kilometres from Kathmandu,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two Lieutenant Colonels and a soldier were killed Thursday when an armed group ambushed them in southern Daraa province, such an attack follows a series of attacks against the regime army and allied militias after two years of calm. The ambush took place in...

Britain's Treasury said it has designated the entire Hezbollah organisation as a terrorist group under its Terrorism and Terrorist Financing rules, and as such its assets will be frozen. Previously it was only Hezbollah's Military Wing which was subject to asset freezing under UK...

United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet called Friday for an immediate cessation of hostilies in Idlib, saying that the latest Syrian ceasefire had "yet again failed to protect civilians". "It is deeply distressing that civilians are still being killed on a daily basis in...

Some of Syria's leading figures met in secret this week in Berlin to overcome the sectarian divides that are tearing their country apart. This is shadow diplomacy, away from the glare of publicity and political pressures, to find a path to peace. Sunni tribal chiefs, some of...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- A blast killed two Turkish army officers and five fighters of the Syrian National Army in northeastern Suluk town, activists told Zaman al-Wasl Thursday. Last October, The Turkish army backed by Syrian rebels took Suluk from the Kurdish People's Protection Units,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Protests against deteriorating living conditions and the government corruption have renewed for the second day in Sweida, Syria’s only majority-Druze province, local activists said Thursday. The state-run news agency reported Wednesday that a few people gathered in a...

Around 350,000 Syrians, mostly women and children, have fled a renewed Russian-backed offensive in the opposition-held Idlib province since early December, and have sought shelter in border areas near Turkey, the United Nations said on Thursday. The humanitarian situation continued to...

The brutal war in Syria has robbed children of their childhood as they are forced to participate in and endure numerous violations of their rights, according to a UN report released Thursday.   The latest report for the UN Commission of Inquiry for Syria released its findings at...

More and more civilians are losing their lives or getting displaced in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib as the regime, Iran-backed groups and Russia intensify airstrikes. A total of 313 civilians, including 100 children, were killed, 1,843 others injured and 382,466 Syrians were...

Intense fighting between pro-regime forces and jihadist-led fighters in Syria's Idlib province killed at least 39 fighters overnight, a war monitor said Thursday. The violence, which saw air strikes, shelling and ground combat, further buried a ceasefire announced by Russia on Sunday in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Islamic State (ISIS) killed ten regime soldiers in a surprise attack in eastern Deir Ezzor province, pro-regime news feeds reported Wednesday. In the last few weeks, Daesh has carried out a series of attacks on regime forces and Iran-backed militias in a desert...

Regime air strikes on Syria's last major opposition bastion killed 17 civilians on Wednesday, hitting a vegetable market despite a fresh Russian-backed truce, a war monitor said. At least 20 other civilians were wounded in the raids that struck a bustling area of Idlib city, capital of...

Turkey and Russia are discussing the establishment of a "secure zone" within Syria's northwestern Idlib region where Syrians displaced by fighting can shelter during the winter, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said Wednesday. Syrian government attacks in the region were continuing...

An improvised explosive device (IED) rocked a crowd of people protesting against Kurdish-led forces in eastern Deir Ezzor Province, leaving two civilians dead, local activists said Tuesday. The IED was set off in the town of al-Basirah in the northern countryside of Deir Ezzor....

Syria’s air defenses confronted an aerial “aggression” from Israel that targeted an air base in the country's center late Tuesday, state media reported quoting a military official. The official quoted by the state news agency SANA said the attack targeted the T-4 air base in Homs...