(Zaman Al Wasl)- About 500 Syrian displaced have crossed into the Kurdish-held areas in eastern Deir Ezzor province, following the fall of Hajin village, key pocket for Daesh militant group near the Iraqi border. The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have allowed the displaced...

Russia, Turkey and Iran will present a list of candidates for the Syrian Constitutional Committee to the UN next week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday. The document is ready and will be presented to the UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura next week, Lavrov...

Turkish forces will enter the Syrian town of Manbij if the United States does not remove YPG Kurdish fighters, and it will also target Kurdish-controlled areas further east, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday. "Manbij is a place where Arabs live, but they have surrendered the...

A United States-backed Kurdish coalition has captured the last town held by fighters from ISIL in Syria's eastern Deir Ezzor province. On Friday, an unnamed military source and a war monitor said Hajin was retaken by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish as well as...

Russia's top diplomat says the make-up of a committee meant to draft a new constitution for Syria is nearly complete, with almost all members agreed on. The announcement comes after Syria's warring sides and mediators last month failed to agree on the formation of the committee, which is...

Up to 15,000 Syrian rebels are ready to join a Turkish military offensive against U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in northeast Syria, but no date has been set for the operation, a spokesman for the main Turkish-backed Syrian rebel group said Thursday. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said...

Kurdish-led forces Thursday moved deep into Hajin, the main village in the last pocket still held by Daesh (ISIS) in eastern Syria, an opposition-aligned monitor said. The Syrian Democratic Forces, with support from airstrikes conducted by the U.S.-led coalition, deployed across the...

     (Zaman Al Wasl)- US-backed Syrian forces on Wednesday have recaptured the borderline with Iraq from Daesh (ISIS) as heavy clashes enter the third week in the jihadist group's last major foothold.  The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has been attempting to take...

At least one person was killed and 21 others were injured in a car bombing in the opposition-held Azaz town in northern Syria on Wednesday, according to the White Helmets civil defense agency.  The explosion struck near a local hospital in the town, it said.  Rescuers...

Turkey will start an operation against Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria in a "few days," President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday, a move that could further complicate relations with the United States. "We will start the operation to clear the east of the Euphrates from...

Japan on Wednesday selected the Chinese character for "disaster" as its "defining symbol" for 2018, a year that saw the country hit by deadly floods, earthquakes and storms. Japanese TV stations broadcast the annual announcement live, with Seihan Mori, master of the ancient Kiyomizu...

The Iraqi military says its jets have bombed two Daesh (ISIS) positions inside Syria that were being used for as meeting places for the militant group. Iraq's Joint Operations Command said in a statement Tuesday that at least 30 Daesh members were present in one of the locations...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Regime-held areas in Deir Ezzor province have been experiencing a shortage of bread for weeks as regime officials attribute increased demand for bread to the influx of people fleeing battlefield of Daesh and US-led forces in the eastern countryside. Despite...

The U.S.-led coalition against Daesh on Monday defended striking a hospital in eastern Syria. The Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) said in a press release that Daesh terrorists used Hajin Hospital in Deir ez-Zor province as a platform to engage partner...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Five children have been killed in a landmine explosion in Eastern Ghouta suburbs near the capital, local activists said Tuesday. The explosives are suspected to have been planted by regime forces in the village of al-Jarba during the war on the eastern enclave of...

The U.N. Special envoy for Syria said Monday work is still ongoing to form a committee meant to draft a new constitution before the end of the year, adding that hurdles remain in place. Staffan de Mistura made his comments in Jordan after meeting Minister of Foreign Affairs Ayman Safadi...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the radical islamist militant group, has decided to execute a Syrian citizen-journalist after one year in captivity, accusing him of contacting Hezbollah and Israel to attack Daesh and jihadists groups bastions in northern Syria, local activists and...

Syrian regime forces and allied militias continued their attacks in Idlib’s de-escalation zone on Monday despite a ceasefire agreement, according to an opposition spokesman.  "The Assad regime forces continue to launch airstrikes on Idlib and Hama,” Naji Mustafa, a spokesman for...

State-run Syrian Arab News Agency deleted Sunday an earlier report that said that Syrian air defenses had intercepted enemy targets around Damascus international airport Sunday.

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Zaman al-Wasl reporter Abdul Hafiz al-Houlani is expected to be released on Wednesday after three weeks of arbitrary arrest by the Lebanese State Intelligence, legal source said.   The Lebanese Public Prosecution in Baalbek city has accused al-Houlani, who...