Israel released two prisoners on Sunday, sending them back to Syria in what Damascus described as Russian-mediated reciprocation for the repatriation of the body of a long-missing Israeli soldier. Russia, a key Damascus ally, this month handed Israel the remains and personal effects of...

After years of fighting, the Syrian Democratic Forces have declared final victory over Isis. This victory is a gift and provides hope, not least for those who suffered under their cruelty. But as we celebrate the defeat of Isis we must not forget the sacrifice of women as the battle for Syria...

It was only when his children began to starve that Abdullah al-Amour decided time had come to leave the sanctuary of Rukban camp with his family to face an uncertain fate back under Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The cattle trader from Palmyra fled to Rukban on the Syrian border with...

Israel will release two prisoners after the remains of an Israeli soldier missing since 1982 were recovered by Russian special forces in Syria, an Israeli official said. Russia, a key Damascus ally, this month handed over the remains and personal effects of Zachary Baumel who was 21 when he...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday he did not rule out Syrian forces, backed by Russian air power, launching a full-scale assault on militants in Syria's Idlib province, but that such an operation was unpractical for now. Russia, one of the Syrian government’s staunchest allies,...

Attacks by two jihadist groups killed at least 17 Syrian regime troops and militiamen in the northern province of Aleppo early on Saturday, a war monitor said. Thirty others were wounded in the assaults by Al-Qaeda's former Syria branch, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), and its ally Hurras...

Palestinian families taking refuge in Yarmouk Camp continue to launch cries for help over their exacerbated situation due to the price hike, high unemployment rates, steep rental fees, and the decline in civilians’ purchasing power. The unabated warfare has had disastrous fallouts on...

Syria's ambassador to the United Nations on Friday accused the United State and the European Union of practicing "economic terrorism" against his country by imposing what he described as illegitimate and unilateral sanctions. Bashar Ja'afari made his comments in the Kazakh capital of...

Air strikes by Syrian regime ally Russia killed 10 civilians in the jihadist-held northwestern region of Idlib on Friday, a monitor said, as unsuccessful peace talks ended in Kazakhstan. The raids killed three civilians including a boy on the outskirts of the town of Kafranbel, and seven...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 10 regime forces killed and wounded in rocket attack on an army base in the Ghab Plain in Hama province, rebel group said Friday. The attack on Jourin Camp, main stronghold for the army and allied militias in Hama, followed heavy airstrikes by the Russian...

At Thursday night, t he Lebanese authorities detained 18 Syrians, including four  women, at  Rafik  Hariri airport in order  to deport them to Syri a,  despite they were fleeing  from the hell of the Assad war.   According to...

More than 7,000 people have left a desperate desert camp for displaced Syrians near the Jordanian border since March, a United Nations spokesperson said Friday. According to the UN's humanitarian coordination office OCHA, around 36,000 people remained in the isolated Rukban camp near...

 Russia's envoy on Syria said Thursday that "several unclear issues" were slowing the formation of a constitutional committee which the United Nations hopes will drive a political settlement for the war-ravaged country. Speaking at the end of the first day of talks in Kazakhstan with...

Intensive US-led coalition bombardment on the Syrian city of Raqa killed more than 1,600 civilians over four months in 2017, according to a report released on Thursday. The findings were compiled after months of field research and extensive data analysis, including via a project that saw...

The bodies of three-year-old Malak Kasas and two neighbors still lie under a pile of rubble in Aleppo’s Kalasa district more than two years after the Syrian government recaptured the area. Malak’s grandfather, Omar, and uncle, Mahmoud, live in the building opposite. When they stand on the...

Inside a dank clinic in the north of war-torn Syria, a girl covered in scabs wails and tries to wriggle out of her mother's arms to escape a nurse's needle. Gently holding fluffy cotton wool over her eyes, the male health worker injects a transparent liquid into the crusty blemishes on the...

A 20-year-old Syrian woman with cerebral palsy told the United Nations on Wednesday that hundreds of thousands of people with disabilities already "were forgotten in times of peace" and are struggling to survive in her country's long war as they "remain invisible." Nujeen Mustafa urged the...

Delegations from Iran, Russia and Turkey were in Kazakhstan's capital Nur-Sultan Thursday seeking an end to the conflict in Syria while shoring up their interests in any future political settlement. Kazakhstan's foreign ministry confirmed that teams from the three powers as well as...

A car rigged with explosives blew up in the Syrian capital Wednesday killing one person, state media said, blaming unidentified "terrorists" for the latest blast in Damascus. "One civilian was killed and five others injured in an explosion in the area of Nahr Aisha in Damascus," state news...

 At least 17 people were killed Wednesday in an explosion in the center of Jisr al Shughour, a rebel-held city in northwestern Syria, a day after heavy Russian airstrikes, rescue workers and residents said. Several buildings collapsed as a result of the blast which shook the city in...