Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu described his meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday as "very successful", specifically mentioning the contentious issue of a terrorist group in northern Syria. "I am pleased that we have achieved considerable progress on the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian activists on Monday have surfaced footage on social media for rebel commander admitting collusion with the regime army in the southern Daraa province. Abu al-Majed, commander of Ansar aI-Islam rebel group admitted with his military commanders that they were...

A military base hosting American and French troops in northern Syria’s Ain Issa town was hit by an explosion on Sunday night, according to local sources in Raqqa on Monday.  Ain Issa in northern Raqqah is under the control of the YPG militia, the sources, who spoke on condition of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The U.S.-backed Syrian forces launched major attack on Daesh (ISIS) in the last pockets in northeastern Hasaka province, the group's news feeds said Sunday. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) backed by the US-led airstrikes aim to seize the towns of al-Dshaisha and Tel...

 Bashar Assad said he plans to visit North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, North Korean state media reported Sunday, potentially the first meeting between Kim and another head of state in Pyongyang. "I am going to visit the DPRK and meet HE Kim Jong Un," Assad said May 30, North Korea's...

YPG militia and the Syrian regime have reached an agreement on sharing oil from the Al-Omar oilfield -- one of the largest oilfields in YPG/PKK-occupied Deir ez-Zor province in eastern Syria, according to local sources.  Under the deal, the YPG/PKK will give 100 barrels of oil from...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces have withdrawn from the town of Tel Rifaat north of Aleppo city, heading the Nubul and al-Zaharra towns late on Friday, local activists said Saturday. The surprise move followed an understanding between Iran, Turkey and Russia as the...

Air strikes by Turkish warplanes "neutralized" at least 15 militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq as well as in Turkey's eastern provinces of Tunceli and Siirt, the military said on Saturday. The strikes were carried out on Friday and Saturday, it said...

Syria has amended a controversial property law to allow people a year instead of a month to prove ownership of land seized for development, the foreign minister said Saturday. The law, known as Decree 10, allows Syria's government to seize private property for zoned developments and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime artillery pounded the opposition-held areas in coastal Latakia province on Saturday, following rebels' attacks on regime checkpoint and killing at least six troops, activists said. The ground shelling hit the villages of al-Najiyyah and Bdama, using...

A delegation from Syria's tolerated domestic opposition made a rare visit to the Kurdish region Saturday after the president threatened to use force to retake areas held by the Kurds. The Kurds, whose militia spearhead an anti-militant force backed by a U.S.-led coalition, have long...

Saudi Arabia announced another cabinet reshuffle Saturday with a heavy focus on culture and religion, as the kingdom undergoes a major image overhaul. This is the second significant government change since the appointment of Prince Mohammad bin Salman, son of the king, as heir to the...

At least 12 civilians - members of the same family - have been killed in U.S.-led coalition raids on Daesh (ISIS) in northeastern Syria, a monitor said Saturday. "The air strikes and artillery fire [Friday night] by the international coalition on the village of Hidaj, held by IS in the...

Saudi Arabia has reportedly begun talks to bolster the Arab element of a U.S.-backed force tasked with defeating the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) in Syria. Turkey's official Anadolu Agency reported Tuesday that three Saudi Arabian military advisers flew to the northern Syrian...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 11 regime forces were killed Thursday in a rocket attack hit their bastions in Turkmen Mountain in the coastal Latakia province, sources said. The anti-tank Fagot missiles came in retaliation to regime bombing which targeted a de-escalation zone area in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime has been facilitating the move of ISIS militants into opposition-held areas in the southern province of Daraa, sources said.  The move comes as regime and allied Shiite militias close to launch major offensive to take a de-escalation zone near the...

Turkey's Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) provided Ramadan food aid to 115,000 people in opposition-held areas in Syria, in cooperation with the King Salman Foundation, according to IHH media advisor in Syria, Selim Tosun, on Thursday. IHH and Turkey's Gebze Cayirova Municipality...

The U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal opens the way to raising pressure on Tehran to stop its military support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and leave the country, a Syrian opposition leader said on Thursday. Nasr Hariri of the Syrian Negotiation Commission (SNC) spoke...

President Bashar al-Assad said he would recover areas of Syria held by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), and that U.S. forces should learn the lesson of Iraq and leave the country. In an interview with Russia Today, Assad also said the government had "started now opening doors...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Rescue workers have retrieved 15 bodies trapped under mounds of debris in the Yarmouk Palestinian Camp south of the capital, local activists said Wednesday. Bodies of a mother and her four children were retrieved after lifting heavy slabs of concrete in search of...