Syrian regime forces have opened a corridor in the country’s northwest for people who want to cross out of insurgent territory to army lines, state news agency SANA said on Thursday. Damascus “announces the opening of a humanitarian corridor in the (town) of Soran,” it said citing a foreign...

The UN issued a warning that 3 million people in northwestern Syria are at dire risk if the regime continues its offensive against civilians and the civilian infrastructure. ''The Secretary-General said that he is deeply troubled by the continued escalation in north-west Syria and the...

All of Turkey's observation posts, formed under an agreement with Russia and Iran, will remain in place and support will continue to be provided to the posts, Turkish Presidential Spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said Wednesday. On Monday, a suspected Syrian army strike hit near a Turkish military...

Syrian regime forces took full control of the key northwestern town of Khan Sheikhoun on Wednesday, surrounding Turkish forces at a nearby observation post, a war monitor said. "Regime forces took full control of the town of Khan Sheikhoun and are currently clearing it of mines," said...

(SNHR)- In its report released today to mark the sixth anniversary of the chemical attack on the two Ghoutas, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) states that the Syrian regime, by its repeated use of chemical weapons, is encouraging other regimes in the world to use chemical weapons of...

Ten of thousands of people have fled to Syria’s border with Turkey in the last few days as a regime army advance pushed further into the opposition’s last major stronghold, residents, rights groups and opposition sources said on Wednesday. They left Maarat al-Numan, a city in Idlib...

Greece will not provide assistance in delivering oil to Syria to an Iranian tanker now sailing eastward through the Mediterranean, Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis said Wednesday. "We have sent a clear message that we would not want to facilitate the trafficking of this oil to...

Syrian opposition activists say airstrikes have hit a hospital in a rebel-held northwestern village, knocking it out of service. There was no immediate word on casualties. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Thiqa news agency, an activist collective, said the...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- It’s been six years since the Syrian regime struck by rockets containing the chemical agent sarin the Eastern Ghouta suburbs near the capital, leaving 1127 people, mostly women and children, killed.  The UN investigation team confirmed "clear and convincing...

The main rebel group in the Syrian province of Idlib pulled out of a key rebel town as regime forces advanced in the area on Tuesday amid intense bombardment and airstrikes, opposition activists said. As the militants withdrew, regime troops moved into northern and western...

Turkey will not move the military observation post in northwest Syria that a convoy was trying to reach when it came under attack, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Tuesday. An air strike on the Turkish military convoy Monday killed three civilians as it was heading south towards the...

China's envoy said Tuesday that there was a danger of Daesh (ISIS) forces reviving in Syria and called for progress in the political process between the Assad government and opposition. "There is now a danger of terrorist organizations like Islamic State being revived, we see some signs ......

A South African photojournalist being held captive in Darkoush, Syria made a desperate appeal to the South African government and international community late Monday to help secure his release from gunmen who are demanding $1.5 million in ransom.  Shiraaz Mohamed, who was kidnapped in...

Jihadists and allied rebels withdrew from a key area of northwestern Syria Tuesday as President Bashar al-Assad's forces pressed an offensive against the jihadist-run Idlib region, a war monitor said. The fighters pulled back from the town of Khan Sheikun and the countryside to its south...

Turkey said a regime airstrike on a Turkish military convoy in northwest Syria killed three civilians and wounded 12 Monday as Syrian troops advanced on rebels in a key town. The airstrikes hit near the convoy that was approaching frontlines in Idlib province, two Turkey-backed...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The students’ moments of fun in a classroom belonging to the ruling party turned into a session of torture and abuse after the ball with which they played smashed the picture of the regime, “For Absurdism, Oh Vanguards” revolves around this image.  While the title...

Airstrikes halted a Turkish military convoy carrying ammunition after it crossed into northern Syria on Monday, bound for a rebel-held stronghold, opposition activists said. The strikes hit near the highway where the convoy was moving, the activists added. It was not immediately...

In the years before Syria's war the boatmakers of Arwad used to sell their wooden vessels along the Mediterranean coast down to Lebanon and up to Turkey, but the trade has withered. The tiny island is one of the few places in Syria physically untouched by eight years of conflict, its only...

Damascus on Monday condemned the deployment of a Turkish military convoy towards a key town in northwestern Syria where regime forces are waging fierce battles with jihadists and rebels. "Turkish vehicles loaded with munitions... are heading towards Khan Sheikhun to help the terrorists......

(Zaman Al Wasl)- War, with all its cruelty and ugliness, could not steal the beauty, innocence and wonder of the six-year-old girl, Sana'a, despite suffering a life of poverty and asylum. Her photos spread on social media and the world's leading magazines and newspapers in less than two days....