An explosion rocked the rebel-held Afrin enclave in northern Syria on Wednesday, killing two and wounding 18 others, activists reported. The explosion was caused by a roadside bomb left on a sidewalk in a popular marketplace in Afrin in the northern countryside of Aleppo province,...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday held previously unannounced talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish presidency said, with the situation in Syria likely to have dominated the agenda. With expectation growing of an offensive by Tehran ally President...

A U.S. delegation including security and intelligence officials visited Damascus in June and met Syria’s security chief, an official in the regional alliance backing Bashar al-Assad said on Tuesday. Earlier on Tuesday the pro-Hezbollah Lebanese newspaper al-Akhbar reported that the U.S....

Several UN Security Council ambassadors on Tuesday voiced concern over the fate of civilians in the rebel-held Syrian province of Idlib, as Damascus appears ready to militarily re-take the region. Following a council meeting on the humanitarian situation in Syria, Western nations warned of...

 U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura has invited the United States and six other countries for talks in Geneva next month, a U.N. spokeswoman said on Tuesday, as the United Nations continues its push for a new Syrian constitution. He plans to meet senior representatives from the...

Iran will maintain its military presence in Syria despite U.S. pressure for its withdrawal, a senior Iranian official said on Tuesday, revealing more details about a military cooperation deal that Tehran and Damascus signed this week. Iranian Defense Minister Amir Hatami visited...

Russia has deployed several frigates to the Mediterranean via the Bosphorus, an analysis of shipping traffic showed, part of what a Russian newspaper Tuesday called Moscow's largest naval buildup since it entered the Syrian conflict in 2015. The reinforcement comes as Russia's ally,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- US-backed forces seek to take key Daesh town in eastern Deir Ezzor province, urging the jihadists to lay down their arms and leave the area, local activists said Tuesday. Talks are still underway between the YPG-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Daesh to evacuate...

French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that a "return to normal" in Syria that left its leader Bashar Assad in power would be a "grotesque error," in comments seemingly directed at his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. "We can see those who would like to return to normal as soon...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkish border guards killed a woman and a child girl were illegally crossing the Turkish border as the regime forces press for major offensive in the northern province of Idlib, local activists said Sunday.  Hundreds of Syrian displaced have been trying to flee...

A German journalist who is on trial in Turkey on terror-related charges returned to Germany Sunday after a Turkish court ruled that she could leave the country. Mesale Tolu flew to Stuttgart days after the court decision became public, a ruling that German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas...

A senior US diplomat visited Kurdish-held territory in Syria on Saturday as the minority negotiates with Damascus over the future of its semi-autonomous region. Ambassador William Roebuck was in the town of Shadidi in the northwestern province of Hasakeh after visiting the towns of...

 Russia Saturday said Syrian rebels are preparing a chemical attack in Idlib province which will be blamed on Damascus and used as a pretext for Western powers to hit regime targets in the war-torn country. Moscow's accusation comes after U.S. President Donald Trump's national security...

At least 27 people are being held by Daesh (ISIS) in southern Syria, Human Rights Watch said Saturday as it deplored the hostage-taking as a "war crime." The group of mostly women and children were abducted by Daesh during a massive July 25 assault on the Druze community in Sweida, in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A court run by Turkish-backed forces in the northern town of al-Bab has sentenced a doctor to three months in prison and fined him 5,000 Turkish liras for a tweet criticizing the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his statements, that threatens legal action against the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- US-backed International Coalition is building a military base in Deir  Ezzor province, topping the number of its bases in eastern Syria to five, local activist told Zaman al-Wasl Friday.  The International Coalition set up the new base in the town of...

The U.N. refugee agency said Friday it was gravely concerned about a deterioration in conditions for migrants held in Libyan detention centres that had led to riots and hunger strikes. Many migrants are taken to the centres after being intercepted by Libya's EU-backed coastguard as they...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria's second largest oilfield has been operating again after almost one year since the US-backed Kurdish forces took the oil-rich area from Daesh in eastern Syria, satellite images showed. The Tanak oilfield, which contains about 150 wells, fell under the control the...

Rebel and militant drone attacks on an airbase in Latakia used by Damascus ally Russia have increased since last month but all were shot down, an activist group said Friday. "Drone attacks against Hmeimim have increased" since July, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- In spite of the period of quietness that overwhemed the southern province of Daraa due the cessation of hostilities, a specter of fear has affected life activities, in general, and economic activities in particular. Abu Qais Al-Hourani, lawyer, claims that since the...