The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said Thursday a White House decision to withdraw from Syria will allow a Daesh (ISIS) revival and threaten the battle in eastern Syria. The Kurdish-led force said pulling U.S. troops and officials out of its region would have "dangerous implications"...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The number of visits to Zaman al-Wasl news site in 2018 has exceeded 20 million visits, while the number of visits in Zaman's search engines has reached about 25 million visits. Also, the number of pages browsed in 2018 in the official newspaper site was...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered the complete withdrawal of America’s 2,000 troops in Syria — a decision that seemed to surprise everyone, including his own administration. And neither the Pentagon nor the State Department seems to have any idea what is supposed to happen...

Russia praised President Trump's decision to start withdrawing American forces from Syria, saying that the move creates hopes for "a political solution." "A milestone story which might evolve from this decision is a real prospect for a political solution," said Russian Foreign Ministry...

 U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday the U.S.-led coalition has succeeded in militarily defeating the Daesh terrorist group, signaling a looming withdraw of forces from Syria. "We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency," Trump...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- About 30 Syrian regime troops were killed in a pre-dawn attack by rebels in the northwestern province of Hama where Russia and Turkey agreed on a buffer zone in September, spokesman said Wednesday. Jaish al-Izza has attacked the army checkpoints in the al-Masasneh...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- More than 24 million searches have been made in 2018 by people looking for their names in the leaked wanted list which issued by the Syrian Intelligence and included names of 1.5 mn people, according to Google Analytics statistics. Zaman Al Wasl launched on March 15 a...

Russia has cut its military flights in Syria from more than 100 per day to fewer than four a week, the defence minister said Tuesday, in another sign the country's conflict is winding down. Russia launched airstrikes in Syria in support of long-term ally President Bashar Assad in September...

A Syrian teenager was hospitalized after facing a racist attack at her high school last week. Seyma, 15, who wears a headscarf, was punched by another student at the toilet of Chartiers Valley High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Friday, said a Turkish national who asked not to be...

An ex-business partner of former U.S. national security adviser Michael Flynn and a businessman with ties to Turkish government officials were charged with undisclosed lobbying aimed at ensuring the extradition of a Muslim cleric living in the United States. Flynn's former partner,...

Turkey may start a new military operation in Syria at any moment, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday, adding that U.S. President Donald Trump had given a positive response to Turkey's plans for an operation east of the Euphrates. Erdogan made the comments during a speech in the...

Syria's Assad regime and its allies have forced approximately 130,000 people to migrate -- through fierce attacks and blockades -- from cities it captured this year.  On the occasion of International Migrants Day (Dec. 18), Anadolu Agency collected data from local sources that...

Sudan’s president on Sunday became the first Arab League leader to visit Syria since civil war erupted there nearly eight years ago. Omar al-Bashir was greeted at the Damascus airport by Bashar Assad before they both headed to the presidential palace, where they held talks on bilateral...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Well-informed sources said head of the Air Intelligence, Major General Jamil Hassan, is in critical condition after a stroke. The war criminal, 65, was ambulanced from his office in Damascus to al-Shami Hospital in the upper-class suburb of al-Malki. This...

A bomb blast in a northern Syrian town held by Turkish-backed opposition forces killed at least eight people Sunday, activists said, the latest in a series of attacks to hit areas along the border where Turkey has troops. The spike in attacks follows Turkish threats to expand its...

Turkey would consider working with Syrian President Bashar Assad if he won a democratic election, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a conference in Qatar Sunday. Turkey backed the opposition to Assad in the Syrian civil war that broke out in 2011. Assad, whose...

 Zaman Al Wasl reporter, who was arrested by the Lebanese Intelligence over refugee abortion report, has been released on bail after 24 days of detention. Abdul Hafiz Al-Houlani was held by the Lebanese State Intelligence on November 21 after publishing an article about 20 Syrian...

U.S.-led coalition forces destroyed a Daesh (ISIS) command center inside a mosque in the Syrian border town of Hajin Saturday, the U.S. military said. The statement comes as Kurdish-led forces mop up the final remnants of Daesh militants in Hajin, the largest settlement in what is the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Clashes continued Saturday between Daesh (ISIS) and US-led forces inside the village of Hajin as Kurdish officials say the key pocket is not completely controlled, local media activists reported. At least 13 fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have been...

Israeli naval forces on Saturday arrested two Palestinian fishermen off the coast of the northern Gaza Strip, according to Gaza’s fishermen’s union.  "Israeli naval vessels opened fire on a small Palestinian fishing boat before boarding it and detaining two fishermen," union head...