Civilians caught up in the battle for the Syrian city of Raqqa are paying an “unacceptable price” and attacking forces may be contravening international law with their intense air strikes, the top United Nations human rights official said on Thursday. A U.S.-led coalition is seeking to...

A stalled Islamic State evacuation convoy in eastern Syria will travel north to government-held Sukhna before crossing toward Deir al-Zor region, which is held by the jihadists, a commander in the pro-Syrian government military alliance said. An operation to exchange wounded Islamic...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Galilee Units, a Palestinian militia fighting with Assad forces in eastern Syria, has mourned 14 fighters on Thursday said they had been killed in clashes with the Islamic State last week.   Fadi Mallah, the commander of  Galilee Units  said his fighters...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Key rebel groups fighting regime forces in Syrian desert said regional and International powers are pressing on them to end fight and to launch attacks on ISIS instead. In a joint statement issued on Wednesday, Ahmed Abdo Martyrs Forces and Osoud...

   (Zaman Al Wasl)- The ISIS-planted landmines killed at least 10 displaced people killed were Deir Ezzor province into the southern countryside of Hasaka, local activists said on Wednesday.   Activist Mohamed al-Khedher said 30 more people were wounded in the landmines...

The U.S.-led coalition said Wednesday it struck a roadway being used by an ISIS convoy fleeing to territory it controls. ISIS fighters had been allowed safe passage under a controversial agreement with the Lebanese Hezbollah and the Syrian regime following their military defeat along...

(Eqtsad)- The 14th Eid comes to people in the capital Damascus since the outbreak of the Syrian revolution in 2011. What is the situation of a simple Syrian citizen with limited income this holiday? The purchase of new clothes is one of the means of expressing the joy of Eid, which is...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 15  displaced people from Auqairabat town killed late on Tuesday in regime airstrikes on their shelter in the eastern countryside of Idlib, local activists said.   The strikes pounded Wadi al-Uthaib valley, a refuge  for hundreds of people...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful YPG militia said on Wednesday Russian troops have been deployed in territory it controls in the northern countryside of Aleppo city.    The Kurdish People's Protection Units said in statement the Russian units will do a monitoring mission...

Human Rights Watch called Wednesday for an independent enquiry to probe the fate of thousands of people who have disappeared in Syria's war and to identify mass graves. The Syrian war began in March 2011 when waves of peaceful demonstrations were repressed by the security forces,...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces on Wednesday mourned Adanan Abu al-Majed, hHead of Manbij Militay Council, saying he had been killed in clakshes with ISIS in Raqqa city. On the ground, fierce clashes are still underway in the neighborhoods of al-Morour,...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian opposition denied reconciliation reports with the Assad regime in southern Daraa province, saying no bargain on the revolution principles. Abu Mohamed Akhtaboot, General Coordinator of the National Front For Syria Liberation, refuted news by Russian...

US troops in northern Syria came under direct attack last week by Turkish-backed rebels, a military official with the coalition fighting ISIS told CNN Tuesday. The official said that while US troops returned fire there were no casualties on either side. The coalition believes the...

The United Arab Emirates urged Iran and Turkey on Tuesday to end what it called their “colonial” actions in Syria, signaling unease about diminishing Gulf Arab influence in the war. Allied to regional powerhouse Saudi Arabia, the UAE opposes Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his...

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that ensuring national security would be at the heart of France’s diplomatic activity and he set eradicating “Islamist terrorism” as his core foreign policy goal. Following a policy based largely on ideological interests, France has in...

The dust-covered soldiers, armoured vehicles and tents may not look very official, but they mark the first time Lebanese troops have deployed in this sliver of land along the Syrian border. After a week-long campaign against the Islamic State group, Lebanese troops have established an...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Hayat Tahrir al-Sham alliance launched a surprise attack  on a village in eastern Hama  countryside   late on Monday , killing 9 forces from regime army and allied militia, activists said.   Local sources from the village of Taldara near...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Kurdish PYD militia has transferred hundreds of displaced people who fled ISIS-held territories in Deir Ezzor to al-Mabrouka refugee camp north of Hasaka city, activists told Zaman al-Wasl on Monday.   Abdul Malek al-Ali said the PYD militants prevented the...

(Newsweek)- Russia’s two new cruise missile-armed submarines have entered the Mediterranean Sea, amid state media reports they could be used in Moscow’s operation in Syria. The two diesel-powered vessels are officially passing Mediterranean waters only on their way from the Baltic Sea,...

    (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces on Monday have disturbed Russia’s efforts to sign a de-escalation agreement in Eastern Qalamoun, preventing the the Russian delegation from entering the rebel-held region, activists said.   Rebels have accused the regime of...