(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces and allied militias have intensified their bombardment of the capital's rebel-held Eastern Ghouta suburbs, one day after rebels frustrated a regime attempt to advance, activists said. The bombing left 3 people killed , including a civilian...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Judicial sources revealed to Zaman al-Wasl revealed that Hama province has a crime rate of more than 100 murders and attempted murders a month due to spread of mercenary gangs weapons. The sources pointed to the grim situation in Salamiye in particular, where it...

Reporting by Abdul Salam Haj Bakri (Zaman Al Wasl)- A Syrian Republican Guard officer complained of hunger to the Russians at a time when the administration of military appointments provided expired canned food to the army, causing several cases of poisoning in the regime-controlled...

     (Zaman Al Wasl)- The U.S.-led coalition airstrikes on Monday killed and wounded 150  militants from Sayyed al-Shuhada' Battalions, an Iran-backed Shiite group, while they were crossing the Iraqi border to northeastern Syria, according to the militia's statement....

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State arrested 40 rebel fighters in the southern suburbs of Damascus over links with Islam Army, source told Zaman al-Wasl on Sunday.   The fighters operate under the banner of Liwa Shuhada' Dimashq, or Damascus Martyrs Brigade, a moderate unit belongs...

Syrian opposition activists say government warplanes have bombed a suburb of the capital Damascus where President Bashar Assad's forces are fighting insurgents. Monday's violence in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ain Tarma comes amid a truce in the area that went into effect last month....

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Two explosions rocked an army barrack in regime-held Aleppo city on Monday, leaving one soldier killed, a rebel group that carried out the attack told Zaman al-Wasl.   Seryyat Abu Amara, or Abu Amara Vanguard, said it will reveal more details about the attack...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Russian military police have been deployed in the northern countryside of central Homs province, setting up two checkpoints and observation points as part of a cease-fire deal reached last week.    The main Russian checkpoint was in Dar al-Kabira crossing,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian military intelligence has arrested M. General Sulaiman al-Salama, head of the army's supplies directorate, over corruption allegations, the second top general to be arrested in a month, source told Zaman al-Wasl on Sunday. Corruption has never been a stranger to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)-  Spokesman for Faylaq al-Rahman denounced a statement made by the al-Ghad al-Suri Movement- which blamed the  key rebel group that operates in Eastern Ghouta suburbs,  for being a part in the bloodshed taking place near the capital and by refusing...

Syrian regime and allied forces have taken the last major town in Homs province from Islamic State, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday, as the army advances toward militant strongholds in the east of the country. The town of al-Sukhna lies some 50 km (30 miles)...

Saudi Arabia, a main backer of Syrian rebels, said on Sunday it still supported an international agreement on the future of Syria and President Bashar al-Assad should have no role in any transition to bring the war there to an end. The Saudi Foreign Ministry denied media reports that Saudi...

Syria's Ministry of Tourism says visits to Syria have jumped 25 percent so far this year. Tourism Minister Beshr Yaziji says 530,000 people visited Syria during the first half of 2017, a 25 percent increase compared to the same period in 2016. His comments were reported on state media on...

A senior Syrian government minister on Sunday dismissed as a "joke" plans by the Kurdish-led administration in northern Syria to hold elections and said they would not be allowed to threaten the country's territorial unity. Deputy foreign minister Faisal Mekdad also said the Syrian...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- The process of forced displacement in Arsal in Lebanon extended to medical staff in the town's hospitals and medical points inside the Syrian refugee camps. According to Zaman al-Wasl correspondent, 5 specialized doctors, 7 anesthesiologists, 22 nurses, 10 surgeon...

Around 2,000 Islamic State fighters remain in Syria's Raqqa as US-backed Kurdish forces battle to recapture the city from the militant group. The Syria Democratic Forces - an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters – have seized up to 45 percent of Raqqa since launching an offensive in early...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A mother and her son were killed on Sunday when the powerful Kurdish militia YPG launched a rocket attack on the northern town of Marea near the Turkish border, medics told Zaman al-Wasl. Six more people, mostly children, were wounded in the attack. In retaliation,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Eastern Qalamoun region near the capital is due to receive a batch of Syrian refugees coming from the Arsal refugee camp in Lebanon in the coming days. This is in line with the terms of the agreement recently signed between Saraya Ahl al-Sham and the Lebanese Hezbollah...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 42 regime army troops from the coastal city of Tartus have been killed by ISIS and rebels in the last two weeks, activists told Zaman al-Wasl. The death toll included 2 general brigadiers, 1 captain and 4 lieutenants, mostly were killed in eastern Hama and in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Riad Seif, Head of the Syrian opposition's National Coalition, has decided to step down, three months since he was elected to carry out a reform process inside the Western-backed group and once the only legitimate representative of the Syrian people, well-informed sources told...