Moscow expects the United States to close its unilaterally established zone of de-escalation in northern Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told Euronews on Friday, without giving a timeframe. From the very beginning of the U.S. presence in Syria, the Americans have relied on...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Daesh (Islamic State) fighters on Friday have recaptured ground from the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces near the Iraqi border, the radical group said in statement. ISIS attack on the YPG-led forces killed 8 fighters near the town of al-Sha'fah in the eastern...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime continues to impose restrictions and put economic pressure on several areas in the Damascus countryside.  The Ministry of Finance has issued a decree imposing taxes on all residents of the city of al-Tal under the threat of...

Turkish military and Free Syrian Army (FSA) on Friday liberated two more villages in northwestern Syria from the control of PYD/PKK terrorists. According to Anadolu Agency correspondents on the ground, the villages of Hassan Kalkawi and Jalma near Raju town in Afrin were cleared from...

A prominent militant commander was killed by a rival hardline group in northern Syria early Friday, a monitor said, in a new hint of fierce intra-rebel tensions in the area. An array of factions still hold parts of Aleppo province and almost all of neighboring Idlib, but they have...

SOFIA- The European Union Thursday called for a swift restart of the stalled United Nations peace talks for Syria, worried by Russia's efforts to tighten the grip on power of its ally, President Bashar Assad. The U.N. talks in Geneva have made little progress during seven years of the...

The conflict in Syria, refugee crisis and the EU's role in the future will be major topics at the 54th Munich Security Conference, which begins on Friday. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim will be among key speakers of the three-day conference; he is expected to address senior...

The Russian Foreign Ministry says five Russians have been killed in a U.S. strike in Syria, the first official recognition of Russian deaths in the incident that has threatened to further strain Russia-U.S. ties. The ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, told Thursday's briefing that...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least five civilians, including two children, have been killed in regime aerial bombing on the embattled town of Douma northeast of Damascus, Civil Defense said on Thursday. Dozen of people, including 2 rescuing workers from the White Helmets, were also wounded in...

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Thursday that the United States and Turkey, NATO allies, would press on with their collaboration over Syria despite their areas of difference. "I believe we are finding common ground and there are areas of uncommon ground, where sometimes war just gives...

Turkish and Free Syrian Army forces liberated the village of Durakli in northern Afrin on Thursday, during Operation Olive Branch, according to Anadolu Agency correspondents on the ground. The village is located in the town of Bulbul in northern Afrin. Including Durakli, since...

Israel has vowed a “punishing response” if the Syrian regime deploys chemical weapons near its border, Israeli media reported Thursday.   “The Foreign Ministry fears poison gas may leak into Israel if the Assad regime uses chemical weapons against rebels near the Golan Heights and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Most water pumping stations on both banks of the Euphrates River have stopped contributing to .the recovery of the water trade in the eastern province of Deir Ez Zor, amid water shortage crisis  Ahmed al-Ali, one of the workers at the Ziban water station told Zaman...

The Daesh terrorists captured by the opposition groups in northwestern Syrian province of Idlib confessed their collaboration with the regime of Bashar Al-Assad, sources from the military wing of the opposition group said Wednesday. Several opposition groups fighting regime forces in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russian airstrikes on northwestern Idlib province have killed three civilians, including children, Civil Defense rescuing group said Wednesday. The Russian warplanes carried raids on the town of Maarrat Harma, killing and wounding 13 people, the White Helmets reported...

DAMASCUS: The Syrian government Wednesday denied it possessed chemical weapons and branded the use of such arms "immoral and unacceptable", following a French warning of punitive strikes. "Syria's government categorically denies possessing... chemical weapons. We consider the use of such...

The rebel-held Syrian region of the Eastern Ghouta has received its first aid delivery in almost three months. It comes after weeks of appeals from the United Nations to allow aid deliveries and the evacuation of hundreds of critically ill people. About 400,000 people live in...

PARIS (Reuters) - France’s foreign minister on Wednesday sought to clarify his government’s position on the use of chemical weapons in Syria saying that Paris would only strike if the attacks were lethal and carried out by government forces. President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday...

urkish military and Free Syrian Army cleared another village of PYD/PKK terrorists in northwestern Syria near the Turkish border on Wednesday. According to an Anadolu Agency correspondent in the region, a joint operation was launched in the village of Qude in the northwest of Afrin....

A senior Iranian official said Wednesday that Iran's military presence in Syria was legitimate and based on the invitation of Damascus, and called on U.S. forces to leave the country. Reacting to U.S. Secretary of State Tillerson, who said Wednesday that Iran needed to withdraw military...