Turkish forces bombarded Kurdish YPG militia positions on the eastern shore of the Euphrates River in northern Syria, state-owned Anadolu news agency said Sunday. The move comes two days after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued what he said was a "final warning" to those who would...

Daesh (ISIS) has ousted a U.S.-backed coalition of Kurdish and Arab forces from its holdout in eastern Syria, killing dozens of fighters, an activist group said Sunday. A Syrian Democratic Forces commander, asking not to be named, confirmed the SDF retreat from the Hajin pocket near the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 40 prisoners have escaped from a jail run by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in the last major rebel-held bastion of Idlib, local activists said Saturday. About 40 detainees forced open the doors at Tharir al-Sham prison on Saturday and guards were unable to stop them....

  The leaders of Turkey, Russia, France and Germany Saturday called for a ceasefire around the last major rebel-held bastion of Idlib in Syria to be preserved. The four nations "stressed the importance of a lasting ceasefire" according to a statement read by Turkish President Recep...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The local council in the northern town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province has appealed to humanitarian and relief agencies to repair the sewage network, which caused a large spread of epidemic and infectious diseases. In a statement issued Friday, the local council has...

The leaders of Turkey, Russia, France and Germany meet in Istanbul on Saturday to try and find a lasting political solution to the Syrian civil war and consolidate a fragile cease-fire in a rebel-held northern province. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will host Russian President...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A blast killed three US-backed fighters in eastern Deir Ezzor province as the heavy clashes continued between Daesh and Syrian Democratic Forces, local activists said Friday. Activist Taj al-Allow said dozen, including civilians, were also wounded in the Daesh car bomb...

Syrian regime artillery fire Friday killed seven civilians in Idlib, in the highest death toll since a Russian-Turkish deal last month to prevent a regime assault on the province, a rescuing agency said. Three children were among those killed in a village of the country's last...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Palestinian Liwa al-Quds militia has been recruiting young men in the Eastern Ghouta suburbs near the capital by offering 'attractive salaries', local activists said. Abu Yassin Mando, senior commander in Liwa al-Quds and former commander in the Islam Army,...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Friday issued what he said was a "final warning" to those who would endanger Turkey's borders, saying Ankara was determined to focus its attention on Syrian Kurdish fighters east of the Euphrates. Erdogan, who was speaking to a group of provincial...

A Japanese journalist freed from Syria this week arrived home to overjoyed relatives and supporters, but also to vitriol from some who accuse him and other hostages of reckless behavior. Jumpei Yasuda was kidnapped in Syria in 2015, and spent more than three years in conditions he...

The destruction in Syria's Eastern Ghouta is overwhelming and the humanitarian needs huge, a top Red Cross official said Friday after visiting the former rebel stronghold outside Damascus. Dominik Stillhart, director of operations for the International Committee of the Red Cross, said...

A four-way summit on Syria between Turkey, Russia, Germany and France will be held in Istanbul on Saturday. The meeting, hosted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, will see the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and French...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- One of the S-300 air defense batteries deployed in Syria has been documented in an image produced by an Israeli-made satellite, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported.  The images show the battery’s four launchers and the satellite’s manufacture, ImageSat...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime president Bashar al-Assad has appointed two generals to head most important branches in the Military Intelligence, sources told Zaman al-Wasl. Brigadier General Asif al-Deker was appointed as the head of the Branch of Officers Affairs (293), and Major...

Syrian regime media and a war monitor say an airstrike on a pocket held by Daesh (ISIS) in the country's east has killed several people. The State-run news agency SANA said Wednesday's airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition killed several people without giving a breakdown. The...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The National Liberation Front (NLF) and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham jihadist group have reached an agreement on Wednesday to end the infighting in northern Idlib province. According to the handwritten agreement, the key armed groups agreed to halt clashes which erupted on...

 Outgoing UN envoy Staffan de Mistura met with Syria's top diplomat in Damascus on Wednesday, the UN and state media said, to try to make progress on a post-war constitution. De Mistura announced last week he would step down at the end of November, but said he would first travel to...

Japan's government says it has received information that a man believed to be a Japanese freelance journalist captured three years ago in war-torn Syria has been freed and is now in Turkey.  Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a hastily arranged news conference late on...

Body parts of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi have been found in the garden of the Saudi Arabian consul general’s home, Sky News reported Tuesday. The Daily Star