(Zaman Al Wasl)- ISIS fighters have recaptured 6 villages from the regime forces near the Iraqi border in eastern Deir Ezzor province, the group's official news agency said on Tuesday. Daesh launched major attack on regime army and allied al-Quds militia late on...

The United States said Tuesday it has not observed any meaningful withdrawal of Russian combat forces from Syria, despite Russian President Vladimir Putin's announcement on Monday of a significant pullout. "There have been no meaningful reductions in combat troops following Russia's...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The local Council in Deir Ezzor suspended its operations on Monday  for 20 days in protest against the continued neglect of the suffering of the displaced people in the province, the opposition-run council said in statement.  The Council said various relief...

Former militants from "bandit units" in Syria are now a real threat after the defeat of Daesh (ISIS), as many of them may be now planning to return to Russia, the RIA news agency cited the head of Russia's FSB security service as saying Tuesday. The FSB head, Alexander Bortnikov, also...

The Syrian opposition claims the government delegation to the Geneva peace talks is coming up with new conditions, making it difficult to move forward. Opposition spokesman Yahya Aridi said Tuesday that the Damascus delegation told U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura they won't negotiate...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Colonel Riad al-Asaad, f ounder of Free Syrian Army, said the new tribal bloc amid the armed opposition has turned a powerful arm that can hamper the Assad regime and its allied militias. The statement of the former Colonel in the Syrian Air Force who defected in July...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.S.-backed militias in Syria said they have formed a joint military center with the Iraqi army to protect their common border region after ousting Islamic State militants. Commanders of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias, met...

The Pentagon Monday voiced skepticism about Russian President Vladimir Putin's announcement that he had ordered the partial withdrawal of troops from Syria. Putin visited the war-torn nation Monday and said a "significant part" of the Russian troop contingent in Syria is heading home...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime pounded the old city of Daraa with surface-to-surface missile on Monday, leaving dozen of people wounded, residents told Zaman al-Wasl. The attack near al-Omari Mosque has violated a 7-old-month ceasefire agreement brokers by regional powers/ The...

President Vladimir Putin visited a Russian military air base in Syria on Monday and announced a partial pullout of Russian forces from the war-torn country. Putin made a stopover at the Hmeimim air base in Syria's coastal province of Latakia while en route to Egypt. The base, in...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- About 250 Syrian tribal figures met in Istanbul on Sunday in a reunion meeting to unite Arab tribes and discuss its role in Syria post-war. Imad al-Issa al-Dulaimi, head of al-Dulaim tribe delegation told Zaman al-Wasl the first day of the conference had set a...

The Syrian regime army and Iranian-backed militias backed by Russian air power stepped up a military campaign against rebels in eastern Hama province in a push toward the rebel stronghold of Idlib province in northwestern Syria, rebels and witnesses said. They said dozens of aerial...

Russia’s Defense Ministry is bewildered at the statement made by France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian that Russia has misappropriated the victory over IS, the ministry said on Sunday. "The defeat of IS in Syria is first of all result of actions by the Syrian leadership and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Head of the media office in Aleppo Free Police command said that campaign launched by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and other British media is not against the Free Police in Aleppo specifically, but against the supporting companies such as Ajax and Adam Smith...

(Zaman Al Wasl) After years of operating freely, the local council in Azaz city in Aleppo’s northern countryside issued a decision to close all the shops and offices that produce forged documents such as identity cards, passports and educational certificates giving the shop and office owners a...

An infant in opposition-held Eastern Ghouta -- a suburb of Damascus -- died on Friday due to lack of health care. Walid Awwata, doctor of the baby, said that the 45-day-old Mohanned was diagnosed with bilateral hydronephrosis. Bilateral hydronephrosis is a condition that...

Daesh (ISIS) has seized territory in Syria's Idlib province after clashes with rival extremists, nearly four years after being expelled from the region, a monitor said on Saturday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Daesh had captured the village of Bashkun after...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- An ISIS blast bomb killed at least 15 Kurdish fighters in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor province, the extremist group's news agency said. Amaq said ISIS fighters have attacked a PYD bastion in the village of Deranj near al-Omar gas field.    The...

More than 465,000 civilians have been killed in Syria’s six-year civil war, a refugee rights group said Saturday. Abdullah Resul Demir, deputy chairman of the International Refugee Rights Organization, said the fatalities had been caused during fighting or in prison. “The...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- It is regrettable that the Syrian people rose up and paid a heavy price for their revolution for others to reap the fruits of their sacrifices without effort. In return for a few limited gains, certain groups in Syria are expected to help the tyrannical regime remain in place....