The United States on Thursday said it was time to scrap a 17-month effort to form a constitutional committee for Syria and come up with other diplomatic initiatives to bring the country closer to peace. The UN drive to set up a committee tasked with drafting a post-war constitution has been...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least five U.S.-backed fighters were killed Thursday in clashes with ISIS (Daesh) militants in eastern Deir Ezzor province, activists told Zaman al-Wasl. The assailants opened fire on the Syrian Democratic Forces in the town of al-Hajin, according to activist Mohamed...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian People's Assembly has approved on Wednesday an amendment of the Personal Status Law, modifying articles issued in 1950. The amendments included several points affecting marital and family relations, most notably raising the age of marriage eligibility...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels launched a counterattack on regime army's units in northern Idlib province, leaving dozen killed and wounded, rebel commander said  Thursday . Captain Naji al-Mustapha, spokesman for the Liberation National Front, said the Front’s fighters had...

The European Union is "deeply concerned" about the situation in northwestern Syria, a statement said on Thursday. In a declaration on behalf of the EU, foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said after more than eight years of conflict, the Syrian population continues to suffer...

 "A deeper understanding" between Russia and the United States is needed to move the Syrian peace process forward, U.N. Syria envoy Geir Pedersen said in an interview published on Thursday. Successive U.N. envoys have failed to stop Syria's eight-year war, which has caused hundreds of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Syrian civilian was killed on Wednesday when a Turkish armored vehicle rammed into his motorcycle in the Turkish-held city of Jarablus in northern Syria, residents said. The crash has sparked people's anger in the Olive-Branch area that held by Turkey-backed Free...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 50 detainees, mostly former rebel fighters, were transferred to the notorious Sednaya military prison in the past few weeks, local media unit in Eastern Ghouta suburbs reported. The Voice of the Capital, or Sawt al-Assema, said the detainees were held by...

PARIS (Zaman Al Wasl)- Representatives of the Syrian opposition’s High Negotiations Committee stressed on the importance of the "political process" in a meeting with Syrians abroad held in Paris last Monday.  The revolution is not only ‘military battles’, said a member of the...

A German chemical wholesaler, Brenntag, has denied circumventing EU export rules on restricted chemicals, some of which were delivered to Syria in 2014. A Swiss subsidiary of Brenntag supplied isopropanol and diethylamine to Syria. They can be used in pharmaceuticals, but can also be...

Two rescuers were among eight civilians killed in Russian and regime air strikes Wednesday on violence-plagued northwest Syria, a war monitor said, in the latest attack against relief workers in the region. The two civil defence workers, known as the White Helmets, were killed after Russian...

The UN aid chief said Tuesday he had asked Russia to explain how it uses data on the location of Syrian hospitals and clinics following a string of attacks on health facilities. Mark Lowcock, the under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, told the Security Council he was "not sure"...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian activists and opposition media have accused Iran-backed militias of looting antiquities of the historic cities of Aleppo and Palmyra. The SY24 news site said that an Iranian organization is excavating archaeological in the eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo...

For years, Abu Ali sold used furniture and home appliances for a living. But he never thought Syria's war would one day make him homeless and force him to sell his own. His family is one of dozens stranded in olive groves along the Turkish border, who say they have had to sell their basic...

The regime of Bashar Assad attacked Syria's opposition-held Idlib province on Sunday night, using banned white phosphorus bombs. Footage obtained by Daily Sabah allegedly shows the regime dropping 18 phosphorus bombs on the town of Khan Shaykhun in southern Idlib. The attacks were...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A tribal clashe broke out two weeks ago after an attack by the US-backed forces and allied tribesmen on the Albufrio tribe in Khabur region north of Deir Ezzor province. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launched an attack on Al-Nimaliyah and Abu Al-Naitel villages,...

(Action Group For Palestinians Of Syria)- Palestinian ex-prisoner Ahmad Khamis who had been released from Israeli jails as part of an Israel-Russian swap deal was re-arrested by Syrian security forces. Informed sources told AGPS that Khamis has been subjected to exhaustive interrogation...

The Islamic State group may have lost its "caliphate", but three months later, experts have warned the jihadists are still attacking fighters and fields in Syria to show they remain relevant. The Syrian Democratic Forces announced they had expelled the extremists from their last patch of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The unstable security condition in southern Daraa province has been leading to critical events due to the regime’s revenge policy despite reconciliation deals. Local activists say the frustration is mounting due to the regime’s security policies of arbitrary arrest and...

Five underwater pipelines have been damaged and put out of order after a sabotage attack off the coastal town of Banias, Syria's oil ministry said Sunday. The damage was discovered after divers checked to see what was behind an oil leakage, the ministry said. The ministry gave no...