A joint statement by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the U.A.E. late on Thursday accused 59 individuals and 12 charity organizations in Qatar of being “linked to terror”, local media reported. The list includes the International Union of Muslim Scholars' Egyptian chairman, Yousef...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Shops in al-Hasaka markets closed due to rising tensions in the northern part of the city between the regime's forces and the Democratic Union Party (PYD) militias on Thursday May 08,2017.  In a statement to Zaman al-Wasl, Abdul Malik al-Ali, a local activist,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The powerful Tahrir al-Sham group on Thursday has stormed Free Syrian Army positions in Maarrat al-Nu’man in northern Idlib province, leaving several people killed and wounded, residents told Zaman al-Wasl.   Fighters of the former al-Qaeda affiliated branch seized...

At Raqqa's eastern edge, a handful of Syrian fighters cross a river by foot and car, all the while relaying their coordinates to the U.S.-led coalition so they don't fall victim to friendly fire. This is their only way into al-Mishlab, the first district the Kurdish and Arab militias have...

  The United States shot down a pro-Syrian government drone that fired toward U.S.-led coalition forces in Syria on Thursday, a U.S. military spokesman said, in a major escalation of tensions between Washington and troops supporting Damascus. The armed drone "hit dirt" and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian military police have arrested 10 people carrying fake officers identities ub Damascus to escape conscription and to cross the countless army checkpoints easily, pro-regime news feeds said. Last week, 173 more people were also arrested for using fake security...

Syrian government warplanes struck ISIS positions west of Raqqa city on the southern bank of the Euphrates river, state media said on Thursday. Separately, U.S.-backed Syrian militias have been pushing into the edges of Raqqa city in the first days of their assault to seize Islamic State's...

Russia, Turkey and Iran have postponed a planned round of talks on Syria in Kazakhstan, which Moscow had proposed to hold on June 12-13, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. A spokesman for the ministry said it was unclear when the next round of negotiations, which have also...

U.S.-backed Syrian forces aiming to oust Islamic State from its Syrian stronghold Raqqa captured a ruined fortress on the edge of the city on Wednesday and a U.S. coalition official said the attack was set to accelerate. The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which includes Arab and...

A military alliance fighting in support of President Bashar al-Assad threatened on Wednesday to hit U.S. positions in Syria, warning its "self-restraint" over U.S. air strikes would end if Washington crossed "red lines". The threat marks an escalation of tensions between the United States...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 8 civilians have been killed in suspected Russia air strikes on eastern Deir Ezzor province, local activists said Wednesday. The strike hit a van in al-Quriya village in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor. The Syrian Kurds, Iraqi militias and the...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- UN and Syrian regime delegates met with ISIS commanders in southern district of Damascus to seal an agreement allowing fighters of the radical group to leave the capital toward Syrian desert, well-informed sources said Wednesday. The long-awaited deal is due to...

U.S.-backed fighters gained ground against ISIS in the streets of Raqqa Wednesday, their command said, a day after breaking into the extremist's Syrian bastion. The Syrian Democratic Forces have spent months advancing on the northern city and finally thrust into the eastern neighborhood of...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The U.S.-led coalition airstrikes have killed 20 ISIS fighters in the town of Albukamal on the Iraqi border as the radical group faces major attacks by the Syrian Kurds, Iraqi militias and the regime forces in eastern Syria, local monitoring group said Tuesday. The U.S....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 17 people have been killed in the last 24 hours in southern Daraa province as regime forces and allied militias wage major offensive, residents said Tuesday. The regime ground bombardment on Tafas town killed five civilians, including two children. On Monday, 12...

The U.S.-led coalition battling ISIS waged a fresh strike on Tuesday against forces supporting the Syrian regime that it said threatened U.S. and partnered forces based in southern Syria, in the latest sign of growing tension there. "Despite previous warnings, pro-regime forces entered the...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels on Tuesday have killed 7 YPG militants in surprise attack in rural Aleppo province, local reporter said. The rebel factions launched a surprise attack on the bastion of the powerful Kurdish militia at the interface of Tel Refaat town, killing seven....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The death toll of Monday's Russian airstrikes on rural Hama province rose to 15, mostly fmembers of displaced family, local activists said. The Russian airstrikes hit the ISIS-held village of Aqrabat on Monday inthe eastern countryside of Hama province. Aqarabat...

A man armed with a hammer shouted "this is for Syria" before attacking police officers on Tuesday outside France's Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, the interior minister said. The assailant wounded one officer before he was shot and wounded by other officers. The Paris prosecutor's office...

Syria's state news agency and an opposition monitoring group say airstrikes on the northern city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of ISIS, have killed at least 12 people. State news agency SANA reported on Tuesday that the airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition killed 12, including women and...