The Syrian regime army has regained full control of two central villages from ISIS after an attack that killed dozens of people, activists said Friday. Troops and allied militiamen retook the Hama province villages of Aqareb and Al-Mabujeh a day after the extremist assault, the Syrian...

( The Guardian )- US jets have attacked a convoy of Iranian-backed militiamen in south-eastern Syria in the first clash between the American military and forces loyal to Tehran since the US military returned to the region almost three years ago. The airstrikes occurred near the Syrian town...

In the first concrete results from talks this week on ending Syria's conflict, the United Nations said Thursday the warring sides had agreed to set up expert committees to discuss "constitutional issues." Representatives of Syria's government and opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC)...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-backed Kurdish forces have been banning the indigenous people from returning to their home in territories under their control unless being guaranteed by Kurdish or Arabic personalities, local activists said. The discriminative policy has sparked fears of the...

Syria peace talks hosted by the United Nations in Geneva spawned a new series of meetings on Thursday with no hint of tangible progress towards a deal to end the six-year-old civil war. U.N. mediator Staffan de Mistura had promised a refreshingly brisk pace of business-like meetings...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)-  Islamic State fighters on Thursday have renewed the attack on regime forces and allied militias in the northwestern Hama province, killing 20 people, residents told Zaman al-Wasl. The attack took place 11 miles (17 km) east of al-Salamiya, the strategic town ...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian Kurdish PYDmilitia has turned most of the grain silos in Hasaka province into military barracks for its numerous militias or camps to train hundreds of people for money. A local source told Zaman al-Wasl that the PYD militants had turned grain silos in the Alia and...

The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have seized 350 square km (135 square miles) in the past week, tightening "their noose" on Islamic State in an advance to isolate its base of operations at Raqqa, a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition said on Wednesday. Some 3,000 to 4,000...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces arrested Wednesday about 1100 people were fleeing Qaboun, north of Damascus despite an agreement to evacuate the opposition-held district reached Sunday. Regime-run TV quoted the Damascus provincial governor as saying that Qaboun "is...

Standing outside the UN's headquarters in Geneva, Amina Kholani chokes back tears as she relives the nightmare of visiting relatives in Saydnaya, one of Syria's most notorious prisons. The infamous centre was back in the spotlight this week after US claims that Damascus built a crematorium...

The Syrian opposition is seeking an extension of the current round of U.N.-hosted peace talks underway in Geneva. Salem Meslet, an opposition spokesman, said on Wednesday it's "not right" that this round is expected to last just four days, and says the opposition plans to ask for more...

( The New Arab )- Pro-Syrian regime media outlets are notorious for writing articles based on baseless conspiracy theories.  They shamelessly deny massacres and pin the "terrorist" label on people and organisations without even considering to verify their claims - or their dangerous...

By Tareq Haj Bakri GENEVA (Zaman Al Wasl)-    Munther Makhous, v eteran opposition figure and  a member of the delegation of the High Committee for the ongoing Geneva  talks  confirmed to Zaman al-Wasl that a group of people from the High Committee for...

A car bomb exploded in Syria's sprawling Rukban refugee camp near the border with Jordan Wednesday, two rebel sources and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The blast came two days after a double car bomb attack at the same site. ISIS claimed responsibility for Monday's...

( SNHR )- On February 18, 2017, the Syrian regime initiated an extensive military campaign against the opposition-held parts of Damascus’s eastern neighborhoods (Mainly al Qaboun and Tishreen neighborhoods), in which “Pheel” rockets, mortar shells, and chemical weapons were used. ...

Zaman al-Wasl obtained three recordings documenting the communication of a Russian pilot with the control tower  in northern countryside of Homs , which is likely to be the watchtower of the Hemeimim base in Lattakia. Three recordings show that Russian air communications code...

( The Wall Street Journal )- The U.S. military is preparing to provide Kurdish forces in Syria with antitank weapons in their fight against Islamic State, U.S. officials said Monday, a move that would allow them to target armored Islamic State trucks used in suicide bombings but could also give...

Investigators from the global chemical weapons watchdog found that two Syrian women were exposed to sulfur mustard in an apparent attack in Aleppo province last September, a report to the United Nations Security Council said. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)...

Syria's opposition pledged not to walk away from a new round of peace talks in Geneva on Tuesday despite rebel defeats in Damascus and US charges of regime atrocities at an infamous prison. The sixth UN-backed round of talks got under way after Syria's government secured the evacuation of...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- A woman killed and 8 more people wounded in renewed aerila bombing on northern countryside of Homs province despite a regional deal to de-escalate conflict in Syria last week, local reporter said Tuesday. The regime arm struck  the  town of Kafrlaha with...