Amal Clooney and two other lawyers say a group of Yazidi women victimized by Daesh (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria have applied to join a criminal case against French cement company Lafarge. In June, the multinational firm was handed preliminary charges in France that included financing a...

U.S.-backed fighters in Syria have captured a senior Daesh (ISIS) leader who served as an assistant to the group's self-declared "caliph" Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, they said Friday. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish-led militia alliance that holds the quarter of Syria east of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- People of rebel-held areas in northern Syria  came out to streets   to rally against the regime in spite of a fragile buffer zone deal and the heavy bombardment. As every Friday for the past 14 weeks, demonstrators held up the three-star flag of the Syrian...

Ahmad Othman, commander of the Free Syrian Army (FSA)-affiliated Sultan Murad Brigade, said Friday that the YPG/PKK terrorist group was operating in eastern Syria on the pretext of fighting Daesh militants who, he asserted, were not actually in the area. He went on to say that the FSA...

Israeli airstrikes carried out inside Syrian territory on Thursday targeted positions held by the Damascus regime and allied militias backed by Iran, informed sources told Anadolu Agency on Friday.  According to these sources, the strikes targeted the Harfa area of Syria’s...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime artillery overnight pounded most of rebel-held areas in northern Syria, where Russia and Turkey agreed on a buffer zone in September, such an escalation followed the Israeli airstrikes on an Iranian site south of Damascus, local activists said. The heavy...

 THE Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said air strikes by the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State in eastern Syria this week killed dozens of people in the jihadist group's last major foothold. The coalition could not immediately be reached for comment on the report. Syrian...

The Israeli military denied reports that one of its fighter jets had been shot down Thursday in Syria. "The news about an aircraft belonging to the Israeli military being hit by Syrian air defense systems is false," the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement. Syrian...

The Syrian regime's air force shot down a "hostile target" that was flying over the town of Kiswah, south of the capital Damascus, state media said. State media quoted a military source but did not specify what the target was or where it came from. Syrian opposition sources on...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 4 civilians, including children, were killed in regime artillery fire at northern Idlib province, where Russia and Turkey agreed on a buffer zone in September, White Helmets rescuing agency said Thursday. The regime artillery shells hit Jarjanaz village, which...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The powerful Kurdish YPG militia mourned 20 Arab fighters, mostly tribesmen, who were killed by Daesh (ISIS) this week in eastern Deir Ezzor province, local activists said Thursday. The slain fighters were operating in the al-Arbaeen Corps in Ras al-Ayn region....

Separatist agendas undermining Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity were rejected during the just-concluded 11th round of Syria peace talks in the Astana format, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. "In the meeting, ongoing efforts for a political solution to the...

The U.S. activities in the southeastern Syria poses a threat to the country’s integrity, Russia’s presidential envoy for Syria said on Thursday. Speaking at a news conference following a regular meeting in Astana -- which hosted 11th Syria peace talks --, Alexander Lavrentyev said the...

The Lebanese Army freed 27 people who had been held for ransom at a farm in western Bekaa and arrested the kidnappers, an Army statement reported Wednesday night. The Army had received information that people were being held at a farm near Baaloul in western Bekaa. It subsequently...

Russia, Turkey and Iran failed to make any tangible progress in setting up a Syrian constitutional committee at a meeting in the Kazakh capital Astana, the office of U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said in a statement Thursday. De Mistura, who announced his resignation last month, capped...

Following initial investigations, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) has announced that Hay’at Tahrir al Sham, which has almost complete control of Kafranbel town in northern Idlib province, is the party most probably responsible for the assassination of Raed Fares and Hamoud Jneed last...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Lebanese Public Prosecution in Baalbek city has accused Zaman al-Wasl reporter of inciting sectarian strife, following his latest report over 20 Syrian refugee women who were aborted due to polluted water in Arsal refugee camps. Abdul Hafiz a l-Houlani will...

U.N. war crimes investigators called on the Syria regime Wednesday to tell families what happened to their relatives who disappeared and provide the medical records and remains of those who died or were executed in custody. No progress can be made towards a lasting peace to end the...

Negotiators from Iran, Russia and Turkey met in Kazakhstan's capital Astana Wednesday, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry said, for two days of talks aiming to preserve a fragile 10-week-old truce in northern Syria. Talks were underway between delegations from the three regional power-brokers...

The U.N. children’s fund warned Tuesday that a funding gap and the start of winter could leave nearly 1 million children “out in the cold” in the Middle East and North Africa. “Years of conflict, displacement and unemployment have reduced families’ financial resources to almost nothing. Staying...