A humanitarian aid convoy has not been able to unload supplies to residents trapped inside Syria's Eastern Ghouta, as government warplanes resumed bombarding the enclave, killing at least 70 people, according to a monitor.  Described as the "bloodiest" day since a Russian-sponsored...

The UN could not offload 14 of 46 trucks carrying humanitarian supplies on Monday in besieged Eastern Ghouta due to escalating violence, the UN said on Tuesday. The Syrian regime also rejected the delivery of 70 percent of medical supplies and removed from aid convoy, according to the...

Russian transport aircraft AN-26 crashes in Syria, killing 26 passengers, 6 crew members: Defense Ministry

The United Nations said that it planned to send another aid convoy to Syria's besieged enclave of eastern Ghouta Thursday, after 14 of 46 trucks were unable to fully unload Monday due to shelling on the town of Douma. "After nearly nine hours inside, the decision was made to leave for...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebel group Failaq al-Rahman accused Russia of seeking to forcibly displace the population of the rebel-held eastern Ghouta of Damascus, after Moscow said it would give opposition fighters and their families safe passage out of the area. "Moscow insists on...

( The International Committee for the Red Cross says it was forced to halt aid delivery to the besieged eastern suburbs of Damascus the previous day after the security situation deteriorated while aid workers were on the ground. Ingy Sedky, the ICRC spokeswoman in Syria says most of the...

Raqa (Syria) (AFP) - A US-backed alliance of Syrian fighters announced on Tuesday it would redeploy around 1,700 members from front lines against the Islamic State group to a Kurdish enclave under Turkish attack. Turkey and allied Syrian rebels are waging a weeks-long offensive on...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- You are not required to be a war veteran or a patriot to pin a Russian decoration on your chest in Syria.  The same mentality of the Soviet Union in selling Ph.D certificates and university degrees has turned to sell courage medals to the officers of the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)-At least 30 people have been treated in Eastern Ghouta suburbs after suffering symptoms consistent with exposure to chlorine gas, Civil Defense rescuing group said on Monday. The eighth chlorine attack on Ghouta in two months has targeted the town of Hammuriyeh that...

PARIS (Reuters)- Emmanuel Macron urged Russian President Vladimir Putin in a telephone call Monday to ensure Syria accepts "without any ambiguity" a U.N. resolution calling for a 30-day ceasefire, the French president's office said. "Acknowledging that armed opposition groups have...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime bombardment on Eastern Ghouta suburbs killed at least 85 civilians on Monday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Britain-based war monitor said at least 19 of the victims were killed in the town of Hammuriyeh, where regime aircraft used...

BEIRUT (AFP)- Turkish air strikes Monday killed 13 civilians including two children in northwestern the Kurdish enclave of Afrin, a monitor said. The deadly air raids hit the town of Jandairis near the Turkish border, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor...

A total of 46 UN aid convoy arrived in Syria's Eastern Ghouta on Monday after three-hour delay due to Bashar al-Assad regime attacks in the area. Assad regime earlier denied access to a UN aid convoy into the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta on Monday, according to Anadolu Agency...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime warplanes pounded rebel bastions in the eastern Qalamoun region overnight, killing 4 fighters, activists and residents told Zaman al-Wasl. Activists Wessam Abdulnour said the strikes targeted Jaish al-Islam and Ahmed al-Abdo Battalions. The regime...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Russian drone crashed in the central province of Homs due to a technical malfunction, local activists said on Monday. Reconnaissance craft was flying in the region of al-Hola, the key opposition stronghold in the northern countryside. Technical...

Fresh air raids by the Syrian regime on the besieged rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta killed at least 14 civilians overnight, the Observatory said Monday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said barrel bombs -- crude, improvised munitions that cause indiscriminate damage --...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The FSA-held city of Azaz signed a contract with Turkish AK energy to restore electricity to the border region by first of April. The move will help the residents of Azaz to not relying on electricity generators and will less the expenses.  The...

PARIS (Reuters)- French President Emmanuel Macron spoke by telephone with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday to discuss Syria, notably the humanitarian situation in the besieged eastern Ghouta region, the French presidency said in a statement. The statement said Macron "spoke of...

At least 38 more civilians were killed by Bashar al-Assad regime forces in besieged Eastern Ghouta region on Sunday, Syrian Civil Defense sources said. The regime's ground and air attacks continued on civilians in the opposition-hold area near capital Damascus despite decisions to...

(Reuters) - Abu Mohammad Alaya stands on top of a pile of rubble, still searching for the body for his eldest son more than a week after an air strike destroyed their home in Syria’s eastern Ghouta. Alaya believes 22-year-old Mohammad is buried somewhere beneath his feet, a victim of a...