A suicide bomber in Syria's Hama killed two people and injured nine others on Thursday, state media said, in the second such attack in a government-held city this week. State television said the attacker set off an explosive belt at a bus station in the southwest of the city. The...

( New York Times )- The Kremlin is bringing a new weapon to the fight against the Islamic State militant group in Syria, using market-based incentives tied to oil and mining rights to reward private security contractors who secure territory from the extremists, Russian news outlets have...

Russian strategic bombers fired advanced cruise missiles at Islamic State targets in Syria on Wednesday from a distance of 1,000 kilometers (621.37 miles) in a show of force Moscow said demolished three ammunition depots and a command post. Moscow carried out the attack just two days before...

The head of the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia told Reuters on Wednesday that Turkish military deployments near Kurdish-held areas of northwestern Syria amounted to a "a declaration of war", signaling the risk of a major confrontation. Asked whether he expected a conflict with Turkey in northern...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 12 people from the same family were killed when U.S.-led warplanes struck a border village with Iraq in Hasaka province, activists said Wednesday. The strikes hit Tel al-Shayer area in the southern countryside of Hasaka amid claims that the...

Powerbrokers Russia, Iran and Turkey struggled Wednesday to hammer out details on a plan for safe zones in Syria at a fifth round of peace talks in the Kazakh capital Astana as the regime negotiator cast doubt on any major developments from the discussions. Moscow and Tehran, which back...

(Zaman Al Wasl) The Electronic Army of the Syrian Revolution hackered Tele Liban’s, the Lebanese state television channel, website in response to the massacre the Lebanese Army committed in al-Nour refugee camp in the town of Arsal on the Lebanese-Syrian border. Speaking to Zaman...

(Zaman al-Wasl) According to a source close to the municipality of Arsal, the Lebanese Army asked Basil al-Hujairi, the mayor, on Tuesday to receive the bodies of seven Syrian detainees who died under torture after being arrested by the Lebanese al-Majoqol Regiment on Friday June 30, 2017...

By Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl)- Russian media outlets and officials hastened to defend the al-Assad regime after it recently bombed the city of Zamalka and the town of Ein Tarma, in Damascus suburbs, with chlorine and poisonous substances. In their defense of al-Assad, Russian media and...

A fifth round of peace talks aimed at ending the Syria conflict entered their second day on Wednesday in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana. "Negotiations have begun. Currently, there are bilateral meetings between the negotiators," Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry spokesman Anuar Zhainakov was quoted...

Russia may deploy its military to police the borders of planned de-escalation zones in Syria within two to three weeks after finalizing an agreement with Turkey and Iran, Russian negotiator Alexander Lavrentyev said on Tuesday. Moscow, Ankara and Tehran are yet to agree the details of the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Isis on Tuesday launched attack on the Iran-backed Shiite militia at the border with Iraq northeastern Syria as new wave of displaced people crossed into the Kurdish-led areas, local activist said. The fierce clashes near Tel Sufouk bordr crossing between ISIS and the Popular...

( The Guardian )- When the Syrian uprising began as a series of peaceful protests in 2011 Yahia and Maen Shorbaji helped to coordinate demonstrations. The two brothers lived in a suburb of Damascus with their parents, four other brothers and sister, Bayan. It wasn’t long before the crackdown...

When builder Abu Salem repairs a shell hole in a house in rebel-held southern Syria, he knows it might not be the last job he does on the structure. "There is a chance the buildings will be hit again," he told Reuters. "But in the short term people should be able to take refuge in their...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A woman and child were killed on Tuesday when regime warplanes pounded the city of Douma, northeastern the capital, local activists said. The regime forces stepped up its aerial and ground bombardment on the eastern suburbs of Damascus despite the beginning of fifth round...

United States-backed forces in Syria have entered the most heavily fortified area of Raqqa, the de facto capital of Daesh (ISIS), in what a U.S. official says is a "key milestone" in the war against the extremist group. Success in Raqqa and major advances by U.S.-backed forces in Mosul, a...

A fifth round of talks on ending the six-year Syrian conflict began in Kazakhstan on Tuesday amid key rebel groups boycott, focused on shoring up a plan for safe zones in the war-torn country. "All the delegations that plan to participate in this important stage of the talks have arrived,"...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Liwa al-Quds, pro-regime militia, has mourned seven militants said they had been killed in the suicide bombings attacks that struck Damascus on Sunday. The state-run media said the casualties were 19 civilians but activists assured that the three bombings had targeted...

The Syrian government Monday warned that any new attack by Washington on the war-ravaged country would provoke an even stronger reaction by Damascus and its allies. "We would not be surprised if the United States carried out new attacks against Syria," deputy foreign minister Faisal...

The Syrian army said it would suspend combat operations in southern Syria until Thursday, including in Quneitra province, where Israel has hit army outposts in recent days, according to a statement carried by Syrian state television. The army general command said the ceasefire took effect...