(Zaman Al Wasl)- US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces on Sunday have freed 19 ISIS fighters mostly tribesmen from Mahmudli village west of Raaq city, local activists said. The release of local fighters followed a mediation top tribal figures with the Kurdish-led alliance that defeated...

(Eqtsad)- Negotiations regarding the opening of Nasib border crossing between Syria and Jordan remain have been stalled despite serious attempts and considerable pressure by some international actors to achieve a compromise formula that satisfies all parties. Activist and lawyer Abu...

Iran has trained and deployed thousands of Shiite Afghans as shock troops in Syria’s sectarian war. Members of the Afghan unit, the Fatemiyoun Division, wear a shoulder patch recounting words of praise from Iran’s supreme leader as a badge of honor. What those fighters might do when...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 15 civilians were killed and wounded in the US-led coalition airstrikes on ISIS-held village in Hasaka province, local activists said. Mohamed kheder told Zaman al-Wasl that the strikes had targeted al-Douaij village. ISIS said 53 members of the...

 Islamic State group jihadists have recaptured nearly all of Albu Kamal, putting up a fierce fightback for what had been the last significant Syrian town under their control, a monitor said Saturday. Syrian regime forces and allied militia overran Albu Kamal, which lies on the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Commander of a pro-regime militia has threatened civilians of Deir Ezzor of brutal reprisals, days after the capture of eastern province, according to footage surfaced on social media. Firas al-Iraqiya, head of Civil Defence Units in Deir Ezzor, in a video...

The Israeli army said it had shot down a Russian-made Syrian drone carrying out a reconnaissance mission over the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Saturday. The drone was intercepted by a Patriot missile in the demilitarised zone between the Israeli- and Syrian-controlled parts of the...

With the fall of Daesh’s (ISIS) last significant stronghold in Syria, Iranian and Russian-backed Syrian troops now turn to face off with their main rival, the U.S.-backed forces holding large oil fields and strategic territory in the country’s north and east. The complicated map puts U.S. and...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed a joint statement on Syria on Saturday that said they would continue joint efforts in fighting Islamic State until it is defeated, the Kremlin said. The White House did not immediately respond to questions about the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- About 3000 displaced people have arrived to the PYD-held camps in Hasaka province, fleeing the border town of Albu kamal east of Deir Ezzor province, activists said on Saturday. Some Iraqi families were among the displaced who settled in the deserted al-Hol camp...

A Hezbollah-run media unit said on Friday Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was reported to have been in the Syrian town of Albu Kamal during the Syrian army and its allies’ operation to clear it. The military unit did not say what had happened to Baghdadi, give further details...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Local activists called on the International Community to save civilians trapped in last ISIS pockets in Deir Ezzor province as the Syrian and Russian warplanes step up its aerial bombing. People of Hwaijet Qatea town in Euphrates valley are afraid of imminent...

Hezbollah’s leader said on Friday that Saudi Arabia had declared war on Lebanon and his Iran-backed group, accusing Riyadh of detaining Saad al-Hariri and forcing him to resign as Lebanon’s prime minister to destabilize the country. Hariri’s resignation has plunged Lebanon into crisis,...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian opposition's interim government has formed three military corps in northern Syria in an attempt to build national army and unifying scattred rebel groups in  areas controlled by the Turkey-backed Euphrates Shield, sources said. The move to hand over the...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian media activist Mahmoud Orabi was shot dead by a masked gunman on Thursday in front of his home in Turkey, brother told Zaman al-Wasl. The assailant who was riding motorbike has opened fire on Orabi at 3.18 p.m. in front of his house. No more information come to...

 Syrian regime army declared victory over Islamic State on Thursday, saying its capture of the jihadists’ last town in the country marked the collapse of their three-year, hardline reign in the in the region. The army and its allies are still fighting Islamic State in desert areas near...

 Saudi Arabia has ordered its citizens out of Lebanon amid skyrocketing tensions between their two governments. A brief statement carried by the state-run Saudi Press Agency called on all Saudis living in or visiting Lebanon to depart, and warned against travel to the country. "Due to...

The top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader said he expects the Syrian army to soon recapture rebel-held Idlib province, as well as eastern Syria, an area where U.S.-backed militias hold swathes of territory. Iran is a close ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the Iranian...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Syrian doctor was savagely beaten by members of an Islamist group in Douma city, northeastern the capital after a Facebook post criticizing rebels in the besieged Eastern Ghouta suburbs, activists said on Thursday. Nouman al-Fawal, field medic and activist, has expressed...

 The top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader said he expected the Syrian army to soon recapture rebel-held Idlib province as well as eastern Syria, an area where U.S.-backed fighters hold swaths of territory. Iran is a close ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad and the Iranian official, Ali...