(Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkish-backed Syrian National Army have clashed with Kurdish-led forces near Abu al-Rasain area north of Hasaka province despite the presence of Russia's monitoring posts, local activists said Sunday. The clashes between both sides in a zone between the towns of...

Power supply problems in an area of northern Syria recently liberated from YPG/PKK terrorists by a Turkish anti-terror operation are on the mend, said Turkey’s National Defense Ministry on Sunday.  Having largely cleared YPG/PKK elements from northern Syrian territories, the Turkish...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A drone strike by the U.S.-led coalition killed three ISIS (Daesh) fighters in the border town of Afrin in northern Syria, source told Zaman al-Wasl Saturday. The drone hit the vehicle of ISIS fighters with three missiles on a road links between Afrin and Azaz near the...

Syrian regime and Russian air strikes Saturday killed 19 civilians, half of them children, in the country's last major opposition bastion, a Britain-based monitor and local activists said. The air raids in the extremist-run northwest region of Idlib also wounded several others, the...

At least four civilians, including a child and two women, were killed in barrel bombs attack on al Bara village in Jabal al Zaweya region of Idlib province, the Syrian Network for Human Rights reported Saturday.

Some 25,000 civilians were displaced in northwestern Syria last week after the attacks of regime and Russia on the Idlib de-escalation zone, a Syrian NGO said on Dec. 7. Mohammad Halaj, director of Syria's Response Coordination Group, told Anadolu Agency that thousands of civilians were...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Bashar al-Assad on Thursday has appointed new police commander for Hama province after deadly clashes between security forces and pro-regime militia in the town of Salhab, local media outlets reported. Maj. Gen. Jassim al-Hamad, former director of the prison department...

At least two civilians were killed and 10 injured in a car bomb attack in northern Syria on Thursday, Turkey's Ministry of National Defense said.  "The baby killer PKK/YPG continues to carry out bloody terrorist attacks just like Daesh/ISIS. "Two civilians were killed and...

Unidentified aircraft bombed an Iranian-controlled weapons storehouse in eastern Syria on Wednesday night, causing a massive explosion, a Syrian opposition news site reported. According to the Step News agency, the planes fired several missiles at warehouses belonging to Iran’s Islamic...

A total of 251 Turkish-backed Syrian rebels have been killed in a military operation launched in October against Kurdish-led militias in northeast Syria, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Thursday. The Syrian National Army – the Turkey-backed umbrella organisation of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- For two weeks, the northern city of Atareb has held a volunteer campaign by the “Volunteer to Build” team, to support teachers and provide them with teaching aid and equipment, in the absence of governmental support. Teacher Bahija Akoush, coordinator of the Volunteer...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian security head Ali Mamlouk made a surprise visit to the northeastern city of Qamishli where he met with Tribals figures and commanders of the US-backed forces, sources said  Thursday . The meetings took place in Qamishli air base which was previously used...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Ten army officers, originally from Latakia province, killed in December, sources told Zaman al-Wasl Four more servicemen from Bashar al-Assad's hometown were killed in December. The war wheel has been rolling again in strategic Kabana hilltops, north of Latakia,...

The United States has completed its military pullback in northeastern Syria, settling into a more stable posture of about 600 troops in the rest of the country after repositioning and reducing forces, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said. Esper's remarks in an interview with Reuters could...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Clashes between Turkish-backed Syrian National Army and Kurdish-led forces were renewed in northern Hasaka province, local activists said Wednesday. The clashes between both sides in a zone between the towns of Tal Tamr and Ras al-Ayn left dozens dead in both sides over...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A car bomb rocked the border town of Ras al-Ayn in northeastern Syria, leaving two civilians dead, the Turkish National Defense Ministry said Wednesday, accusing the Kurdish YPG militias of carrying such attack.   The ministry said on Twitter. "The enemy of...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday praised Turkey’s commitment to a deal with the U.S. on northern Syria, and praised Ankara’s efforts for security and refugees in the region. Speaking to reporters ahead of his meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in London, Trump said that...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Leishmaniasis disease has swept the eastern province of Deir Ezzor as reports confirm 7000 cases among children, local news site said Tuesday. Furat Post (Euphrates Post) said the ‘intracellular protozoan parasite’ has spread in the eastern countryside of the...

Germany’s chancellor on Tuesday said she had a “good and useful” meeting with the leaders of Turkey, France, and the U.K., and discussed their efforts to end the conflict in Syria. Speaking to reporters in London after the quartet meeting at the British premier’s office, Number 10 Downing...

 , A United Arab Emirates diplomat has praised Syrian President Bashar Assad’s “wise leadership,” describing relations between the two Arab countries as “solid and special.” The comments by Charge d’affaires Abdul-Hakim Naimi came during a ceremony late on Monday in Damascus to...