Israel on Friday released two prisoners, including one jailed for spying for Syria, in what it called a goodwill gesture for the Russian-assisted repatriation of the body of a long-missing Israeli soldier last year. Russia, a key ally of Syria, in April handed Israel the remains and...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Turkish Army backed by the Syrian National Army on Friday have stepped up aerial and ground bombardment on Kurdish-led forces in northeastern Syria, following the killing of four Turkish soldiers. Local activists said the Turkish bombing had targeted the...

(Reuters) - Iranian General Qassem Soleimani arrived at the Damascus airport in a vehicle with dark-tinted glass. Four soldiers from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards rode with him. They parked near a staircase leading to a Cham Wings Airbus A320, destined for Baghdad.  Neither Soleimani nor...

Russia and Turkey have announced a ceasefire in Syria's Idlib province, paving the way for a pause in continuing government-led bombardment in the country's last rebel-held stronghold, while allowing the delivery of humanitarian aid. "According to the agreements with the Turkish side,...

Supporters of allowing humanitarian aid deliveries to Syria through three border crossings called for a vote Friday on a U.N. Security Council resolution similar to one that Russia and China vetoed on Dec. 30 despite strong support from other council members. The council's mandate for...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Two civilians were killed Thursday when two rebel factions engaed in firece fighting in northern Aleppo province, activists told Zaman al-Wasl. The clashes erupted between Jaish Ahrar al-Sahrqiya and Ahrar al-Sham movement in the border town of al-Baba. 

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- A Syrian intelligence agent has kidnapped and tortured to death three former rebels in revenge for his brother death last week in southern Daraa province, activists told Zaman al Wasl on Thursday.  Despite Russia-brokered reconciliation deals in the cradle...

Over 20,000 more civilians have fled Idlib city in northwestern Syria, taking shelter near the Turkish border in recent days, according to the head of Syria’s Response Coordination Group. Mohammad Hallaj, the director of the group, told Anadolu Agency that the new wave of refugees had come...

Turkey's defense ministry says four Turkish soldiers have been killed in northeastern Syria. The ministry said the soldiers were killed in a car bombing attack Wednesday while they were conducting road checks. The Turkish military death toll stands at 20 since October, when Turkey...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian armed factions took of three villages from regime forces in the eastern countryside of Idlib, military sources told Zaman al-Wasl  Wednesday . The Turkish-backed forces launched a surprise attack on eastern Idlib where the Russian-backed regime force and...

The UN on Tuesday dispatched a total of 85 truckloads of humanitarian aid for war-weary displaced civilians of northwestern Idlib city of Syria. The trucks entered Syria through the border crossing in Turkey's southern province of Hatay. Since the Bashar al-Assad regime, Russia and Iran...

Bombing by Russian-backed forces of the Bashar Assad regime in Syria has displaced more than 300,000 people in Idlib province in the northwest of the country, Turkey's interior minister said Tuesday. Turkey will never abandon its neighboring countries, said Suleyman Soylu in the country's...

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Syria on Tuesday and met with officials including President Bashar Assad, Syrian state media and a Kremlin spokesman reported. Putin's visit is the second to the war-torn country where his troops have been fighting alongside Syrian...

The Syrian Network for Human Rights released on Sunday a detailed report documenting the human rights situation in Syria and outlining the most notable human rights violations in 2019, particularly in December, at the hands of the warring parties.   The 38-page report outlines the...

When Syrian President Bashar Assad made a rare visit to Tehran last year, the powerful Revolutionary Guard commander Qassem Soleimani was there to greet him, along with Iran's supreme leader and president. Iran's foreign minister wasn't, and he resigned in protest at being excluded from talks...

At least 27 civilians have been found dead in eastern Raqqa province, local sources said on Monday. According to the sources, the victims, who were local sheep herders, were beheaded and left in Madan and Sapha districts. The whereabouts of ten more people was still unknown,...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime offensive pushed 1,294,558 people in 2019 from their homes in a region of three million people, the Syria Response Coordinators group said Saturday.  The relief group sent a humanitarian plea to the Secretary-General of the United Nations,...

A Turkish aid agency provided humanitarian aid to people of Syria’s Idlib who escaped bombardments of regime and its supporters, and took shelter near the Turkish border.   The Bashar al-Assad regime continue intensified air and land attacks on civilian settlements in northwestern...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Suspected pro-Iran Shiite militants have slaughtered at least 21 civilians in northeastern Raqqa, local activists said Sunday. Most of the knife-attack victims were shepherds living in Maadan, a desert area controlled by Shiite militias.    Activists...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least nine civilians were killed and 20 more wounded in regime air strikes on the town of Ariha in northern Idlib province, rescuing agency said Sunday.   Multiple neighbourhoods were targeted in the city, which is located in the Idlib countryside, filling...