Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria warned Tuesday that a UN vote to scrap a key entry point for cross-border aid will lead to medical shortages and expose them to regime control. "There will be no (UN) aid entering the region except from government-held areas, which will give the regime...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian activists on Tuesday said pro-Iran militias had committed the third massacre against civilians in retaliation to the killing of Iran's second man in a U.S. airstrike ten days ago. The village of Ayyash in the eastern Deir Ezzor province has mourned seven...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Lebanese Hezbollah militia has set up an airfield in the border town of Qusayr, including two heliports for the Iranin-lade drones, according to sources and satellite images. The strategic town of Qusayr, 35 km (12 miles) west of Homs and 15 km (5 miles) from the border...

Turkey is resolved to stop the Assad regime's attempts to violate a cease-fire in the embattled northwestern province of Idlib, Turkey’s president said on Tuesday. "We are determined to stop the regime's attempts to violate the cease-fire -- ourselves if needed. This is no joke. Everybody...

Turkish and Syrian heads of intelligence met in Moscow on Monday, in the first official contact in years despite Ankara's long-standing hostility to President Bashar al-Assad, a senior Turkish official and Syrian news agency SANA said. Both sides have said there have been intelligence...

Overcrowded population of tent cities in Atme town and Kah village, located in Idlib city of northwestern Syria, continues to surge due to the recent influx of migration. Thousands of Syrians have been forced to flee their homes and take shelter in the tent cities since the Bashar al-Assad...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrain regime forces pounded the Maaret al-Numan region in northern Syria with heavy artillery on Monday in violation to a ceasefire agreed between Russian and Turkey on Friday. Local activists said one person was killed in the town of al-Dana due to the regime’s...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Pro- Syrian regime militants have taken dozens of houses in the city of Douma northeast of the capital, claiming the owners do not have title deeds or legal documents constituting evidence of ownership, local news site said Sunday. The move comes as the Syrian regime...

The Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria is forcing civilians in the country’s northwest to flee their houses amid a cease-fire there, according to an Anadolu Agency correspondent on the ground on Sunday.  The regime helicopters threw a written statement in the rural areas of the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Armed factions have stormed military checkpoints in southern Daraa province, taking more than 20 soldiers hostages, seeking to push the Syrian regime to release the detainees, activists said Saturday.  The surprise attack on regime outposts took place in the town...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Armed factions have stormed military checkpoints in southern Daraa province, taking more than 20 soldiers hostages, seeking to push the Syrian regime to release the detainees, activists said Saturday. People of al-Kark al-Sharqi and Nahta villages have...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A well-informed source said four fighters operating in the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army had been killed in Libya fighting along with the U.N.-recognized Accord Government in Tripoli.  According to a rebel commander, who spoke on condition of anonymity,...

At least 17 civilians were killed in airstrikes Saturday by the Bashar al-Assad regime in northwestern Syria, said a local civil defense agency.  Regime warplanes have targeted Idlib’s city center, Maarrat al-Numan and Saraqib districts and 11 villages in the morning hours, said...

Resident's of Syria's last major opposition bastion Saturday welcomed a UN vote renewing cross-border aid to the country, as relief groups condemned restrictions to the programme which is helping millions. The United Nations Security Council on Friday voted to extend humanitarian aid to...

A new cease-fire in an area of northwestern Syria rocked by violence -- though “acts of aggression” are already officially banned -- is set to start just after midnight on Sunday, Jan. 12, Turkey announced Friday. Turkey had pushed hard for the cease-fire, coming after Idlib, Syria endured...

Displaced Syrians spending the winter out in the open and non-governmental organisations have appealed for international support ahead of a decisive UN Security Council vote on cross-border aid. The UN Security Council was to vote Friday on extending humanitarian aid to Syria, including to...

In parts of the Middle East, Qasem Soleimani is revered as a hero. But in opposition-held Syria, the slain Iranian commander was seen as the man to kill. "We thank God for his assassination," said Ismail al-Asali, who survived a November missile strike on the northern Syrian displacement...

Attacks by the Assad regime continued in Syria's Idlib province on Friday despite Russia's recent announcement of a ceasefire in the region.  Russian Defense Ministry on Thursday announced a ceasefire, taking effect in the region at 02.00 p.m. local time (1200GMT). Following...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Pro-Iran militants have slaughtered six shepherds in northern Aleppo province, committing the second crime against shepherds in four days after the Raqqa massacre that left 27 dead, local activists said Friday. The Shiite militias have beheaded the victims near the...

Air strikes against trucks and weapons depots in eastern Syria killed eight fighters of Iraq's Hashd al-Shaabi militia force overnight, according to a UK-based activist group. Lebanon's Al-Mayadeen news outlet said Israel was responsible for the strikes early on Friday in Albu Kamal on...