(Zaman Al Wasl)- Senior commander in the US-led Syrian Democratic Forces has defected and joined the Russian troops in Deir al-Zor province, Furat Post Network said on Friday. Yasser al-Dahla is the commander of Thi Qar brigade that based in the northern countryside of Deir al-Zor....

A high-level defector from Kurdish-led forces that captured the Syrian city of Raqqa from Islamic State has recanted his account of the city’s fall, saying thousands of IS fighters - many more than first reported - left under a secret, U.S.-approved deal. Talal Silo, a former commander...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Israeli missile attack on a military research facility west of Damascus on Monday has completely destroyed the production units of Jamraya’s research center, sources told Zaman al-Wasl. The attack targeted missile factory subordinated to Institute 2000 which...

Syrian opposition negotiators in Geneva receive a steady stream of visitors, all bearing the same request: freeze the demand that President Bashar al-Assad resign as a precondition for a peace deal. With an eighth round of UN-backed peace talks dragging on, the opposition is in a tight...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 28 fighters from Tahrir al-Sham were killed by Daesh (ISIS) after fierce fighting took place between the two jihadist groups in Hama province on Thursday, commander told Zaman al-Wasl. The desert area in the central province has become the last ISIS stronghold...

UN envoy on Syria Staffan de Mistura on Thursday warned against sabotaging ongoing Syria peace talks in Geneva after the regime delegation announced it would return to the talks five days late without providing a reason. The UN-backed Syrian peace talks continued in Geneva on Tuesday...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia's military said Thursday it had accomplished its mission of defeating Daesh (ISIS) in Syria, and today there are no remaining settlements in the country under Daesh control. "The final stage of the defeat of the terrorists was accompanied by the unprecedented...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime officials on Wednesday met with the negotiation committee of Ruhaiba seeking to reach a reconciliation deal ending the armed presence in the key town in Eastern Qalamoun region, sources told Zaman al-Wasl. The meeting took place in the capital, military...

The United States and France called on Russia on Wednesday to deliver the delegation of President Bashar al-Assad to Syria peace talks in Geneva after discussions on ending the six-year war resumed with no sign of the government attending. The eighth round of negotiations began last...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday a complete victory had been achieved over Islamic State militants on both banks of the Euphrates river in Syria. In comments released by the Kremlin, Putin said the military operation in the area was now finished, and that the focus...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Tahrir al-Sham group backed by Free Syrian Army has thwarted regime forces attack on the town of al-Rahjan in Hama province, military source said on Wednesday. The regime army backed by allied militias have failed to take the town  in the eastern...

Talks on ending the six-year war in Syria resumed on Wednesday with no sign of President Bashar al-Assad’s delegation returning to the negotiations in Geneva after they walked out last week. A source close to the Syrian government’s negotiating team told Reuters the delegation was still...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 21 displaced people have been killed in Russian airstrikes on Deir Ezzor province as the regime forces backed by Shiite militias claim they have taken full control of the western bank of Euphrates River, local media unit and pro-regime news feeds said. The...

A Saudi-led coalition intensified air strikes on Yemen early on Wednesday as the armed Houthi movement tightened its grip on the capital after it killed former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, who switched sides in the civil war. Saudi Arabia and its allies struck a day after Saleh’s son...

U.N.-backed peace talks for war-ravaged Syria resumed in Geneva Tuesday but without Syrian regime negotiators, who sources said have yet to determine if they will return. An eighth round of peace talks aimed at ending Syria’s 6-year-old war began in Geneva last week. U.N. Syria envoy...

The U.S. military plans to stay in Syria as long as necessary to ensure Daesh (ISIS) does not return, a Pentagon official told AFP on Tuesday. "We are going to maintain our commitment on the ground as long as we need to, to support our partners and prevent the return of terrorist...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State claimed the responsibility for a bomb blast killed eight people and injured 16 others on a bus in central Homs city on Tuesday. Amaq, the group's official news agency said the blast killed 11 members of the regime army. Homs Governor Talal Barazi...

Syrian government negotiators will remain in Damascus Tuesday and Wednesday, a source close to the delegation said, skipping the scheduled resumption of United Nations-led peace talks in Geneva. "The delegation will not leave today or tomorrow for Geneva, and the final decision (on...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 10 civilians killed when unknown assailant detonated an explosive device inside passenger bus in the central city of Homs, Syrian state television and activists said on Tuesday. State-run Ikhbariya TV said there was "a...

A teenage Syrian refugee won a prestigious international prize on Monday for building a school and providing an education to hundreds of children who fled to Lebanon to escape the conflict. Mohamad Al Jounde was just 12 years old when he decided to set up a school in the Bekaa Valley...