Residents and fighters in territory held by pro-Turkish rebels in northern Syria cautiously welcomed Washington’s decision to pull out troops, viewing it as a chance to push further into Kurdish territory. “The withdrawal is positive,” said Mustafa Hamush, a resident of Azaz, a city at the...

Syrian regime's security services chief Ali Mamlouk held talks with Egyptian officials in Cairo over the weekend on a rare visit to the country, Syrian state-run news agency said Sunday. His Saturday visit came "at the invitation of" Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel, the official...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed Sunday to coordinate to prevent an authority vacuum from developing as the United States withdraws from Syria, the Turkish presidency said. In a phone call between the two leaders, Erdogan also expressed...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria's regime head Bashar al-Assad on Sunday issued a decree raising the salaries of military personnel and the pensions of retired military personnel, in a second rise in six months, the state-run news agency said. The military pilots, who conducted thousands of...

Iraqi presidency on Sunday denied a report claiming a proposed mediation between the PKK terrorist group and Assad regime in Syria. The London-based Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper said in a report that Iraqi President Barham Salih is filling the gap left by the U.S. decision to withdraw its...

French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday he deeply regretted U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria. In an abrupt policy shift, Trump announced Wednesday that Washington would withdraw the roughly 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria, upending a pillar of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Forty-two judges in Suweida have filed a lawsuit against a man uncovered corruption in the judiciary and the security services in the southern Druze-dominated province, accusing him of "defaming and undermining the the state." In a meeting held at the cultural center in...

The U.S. special presidential envoy for the global coalition to defeat Daesh has submitted his resignation, CBS News reported Saturday. Brett McGurk's resignation will take effect Dec. 31. He has served the post for three years. McGurk worked under the past three...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- A ten-year-old boy was killed Saturday when militants of the former al-Qaeda branch opened fire on a van carrying civilians in northern Idlib province, local activists said. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham said its checkpoint in the town of Ma'arret Mesrin had...

Iran's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that the U.S. military presence in Syria had been "illogical and a source of tension", Iranian state news agency IRNA reported. President Donald Trump has begun what will be a total withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria, declaring Wednesday they have...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The command of US Army in Syria has informed Jaish Maghawir al-Thawra that it will shut its base in the al-Taf border crossing with Iraq, following President Donald Trump's shock decision to withdraw from Syria on Thursday.  Muhannad Tula'a, Commander of The...

President Donald Trump made the decision to remove the U.S. troops from Syria during a telephone call with his Turkish counterpart, The Associated Press reported Friday. Trump made the decision without consulting his top national security officials and key U.S. allies, The AP reported,...

Kurdish-led forces in northern Syria may not be able to continue hold Daesh (ISIS) prisoners if the situation in the region gets out of control, top Syrian Kurdish official Ilham Ahmed said Friday. Speaking alongside her at a Paris news conference, Riad Darar, co-chair of the Syrian...

French presidency officials met representatives of the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces in Paris Friday and assured them of French support, an Elysee palace official said. Officials from the U.S.-backed SDF met with advisers to French President Emmanuel Macron following...

The Arab tribes in northeastern Syria began to take some measures following the U.S. decision to withdraw from Syria, according to local sources. After the U.S. President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal, the leaders of the Syrian Arab tribes started to take some measures. Syrian...

Turkey's National Education Ministry and the EU delegation signed on Thursday a €400-million protocol on the education of Syrians in the country. The protocol is part of the Project of Supporting Integration of Syrian Children to Turkish Education System (PICTES 2). Speaking at...

Syrian Kurdish forces said Thursday they will keep fighting Daesh (ISIS) in eastern Syria unless they come under Turkish attack, after their U.S. allies announced their withdrawal. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stressed they would freeze operations if Turkey attacked, as widely...

U.S. President Donald Trump's order to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria also signifies an end to the U.S. air campaign against Daesh (ISIS), U.S. officials told Reuters Thursday, speaking on condition of anonymity. Trump's surprise decision Wednesday to completely withdraw U.S. troops...

  The phrase "Occupied Ghouta" sounds contradictory to the truth, for some people, for others it sounds exaggerating the description of the situation in the eastern district of Damascus, which was brought back to the regime’s control last April.  But the insiders and the...

Britain has insisted “much remains to be done” in fighting the ISIS group in Syria, amid reports Thursday it was not given prior warning of President Donald Trump's decision to pull out US ground troops. “The global coalition against ISIS has made huge progress,” said a government...