Jordan's army said Tuesday the kingdom's border with Syria would remain closed, even as tens of thousands of Syrians flee a government offensive towards the frontier. The commander of the kingdom's northern military region, General Khaled al-Massaid, told AFP that authorities feared the...

Israel's parliament has passed a law to freeze money transferred to the Palestinian Authority over its payments to the families of Palestinians jailed for attacks on Israelis. The legislation was approved late Monday and gives the Israeli government powers to withhold an amount of money...

An international watchdog says a local group working to uncover mass graves in Syria's northeastern provinces until recently controlled by Daesh (ISIS) militants needs international support. Human Rights Watch says help is needed to preserve evidence of possible crimes and identify...

At least 270,000 people have fled Syria’s southwestern city of Daraa to border areas near Jordan due to fierce attacks by Syrian regime forces, the UN said Monday. Of the total, 135,000 were children, Hitam Malkawi, the spokesperson for the UN in Jordan, told Anadolu Agency. The...

The Turkish military on Monday completed its eighth round of patrolling in the northern Syrian city of Manbij as part of a deal with the U.S. to rid the area of the terror group YPG/PKK. In a message posted on its official Twitter account, the Turkish General Staff said that both...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The U.S.-backed Syrian forces took seven villages from Daesh along the border with Iraq, activists said Monday. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) backed the French and the U.S. air froces have seized last Daesh pockets in Abu Hamdha region in the eastern provicne of...

At least 4,759 civilians were killed in the first half of 2018 by the parties to the conflict in Syria, including 593 civilians were killed in June, according to new report by t he Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR). The report notes that SNHR has largely focused, since it was...

Senior Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham has paid a surprise visit to the northern Syrian town of Manbij and told Syrian allies there that it's important that American troops remain in the area. A recent Turkish-American deal has eased tension between the two NATO allies over...

Jordan will hold talks with Russia this week over a ceasefire in southwestern Syria and alleviating the humanitarian situation there, the Jordanian foreign minister said on Monday. Ayman Safadi, speaking in Amman, said he would travel on Tuesday to Moscow to meet his Russian counterpart...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Local activists reported a second drone attack on the Russian Hmeimym base in coastal Latakia province late on Sunday. Residents in the city of Jableh told Zaman al-Wasl that echoes of 8 explosions were heard at 1 a.m. coming from Hmeimym air base, saying it was the...

A military media unit run by the Syrian regime's ally Hezbollah reported on Sunday that rebels in Bosra al-Sham in southern Daraa province had agreed to settle with the regime. The rebels had started handing over heavy weapons in preparation for the army to enter, it reported....

Syrian rebels and local officials pursued talks with regime ally Russia Sunday over the fate of a key southern region facing a government offensive, a Britain-based activist group said. The Jordan-backed talks came as a tentative calm reigned over most fronts in the southern province of...

Civilians fleeing Syria's war will not be allowed to enter Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday adding however that his government will continue providing them with humanitarian aid. Tens of thousands of Syrians have fled a government offensive in the country's south that...

Unidentified drones have been shot down near Russian Hmeimim military airport in Syria, RIA news agency cited an air base spokesman as saying Sunday. Interfax news agency said the base was not damaged during the incident, citing Russian military.

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Three people killed and 6 more wounded in a motor pick blast in northeastern city of Hasaka, activists said Saturday. According to the Firat news agency, an explosive device was planted inside a motorbike, parked near a school building, which now houses the headquarters...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 11 SDF fighters killed by Daesh in northeastern Hasaka province, local activist said Saturday. Mohamed al-Kheder, Hasaka-based activist said the Daesh surprise attack took place near the town of la-Shadadi in the southern side of Hasaka late on Friday....

The Jordanian army began delivering humanitarian aid to thousands of displaced Syrians who took shelter near its border when major fighting broke out in southern Syria this month, a government spokeswoman said Saturday. "This is in line with Jordan's stance to help our Syrian brothers,"...

Negotiations between the Syrian opposition groups and Russia on Saturday could not end with a peace deal in the southern Daraa province. According to local sources, Russian delegation and the opposition forces -- who are under attack by the Bashar al-Assad regime forces lately -- met to...

A string of Syrian rebel-held towns and villages accepted government rule Saturday as rebel lines collapsed in parts of the southwest under an intense bombardment that the United Nations says has forced 160,000 people to flee. The southwest was an early hotbed of the uprising against...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, deeply alarmed by the military offensive in southwestern Syria and its devastating toll on civilians, is calling for an immediate cessation of military operations, his spokesman said Friday. Noting that the southwest area of Syria is part of a...