Syrian engineers were expected to carry out urgent maintenance Wednesday on the country's largest dam, where U.S.-backed fighters have been battling ISIS who still control most of it. The maintenance work, which entails opening a spillway to relieve the pressure of water on the dam, will...

The Shi'ite populations of two pro-Syrian government towns are to be evacuated in exchange for the evacuation of Sunni rebels and their families from two opposition-held towns in a mediated deal between the warring sides, a pro-government source and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian moderate rebels took 15 hilltops and checkpoints from ISIS in the Syrian desert east of Damascus in the past two days, commander told Zaman al-Wasl Tuesday.  Jaish Asoud al-Sharqiya, or the Army of East Lions, mostly tribesmen, has captured Tel Dakwah on...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Clashes renewed Tuesday between regime army and rebels in the eastern district of Damascus as regime forces launch offensive to take the industrial zone near Qaboun neighborhood. The rebel factions led by Failaq al-Rahman have thwarted the attack, leaving dozens of army...

Syrian engineers worked on Tuesday to open spillways and ease pressure on a major dam across the Euphrates River, amid a pause in a U.S.-backed assault to capture it from ISIS, a Reuters witness said. The Tabqa dam is a key strategic target in the military campaign to isolate and capture the...

Clashes raged around a key northern Syrian town on Tuesday after ISIS launched a counter-attack to fend off a US-backed advance near the extremists' stronghold Raqa. Backed by air power from an international coalition bombing ISIS, the Syrian Democratic Forces are laying the groundwork for...

Syria has received 50,000 tons of Russian wheat as humanitarian aid, Syrian and Russian government sources said on Tuesday. The two cargoes arrived in March, they said. However, no Russian wheat from the commercial deals signed with state grain buyer Hoboob have arrived yet, the Syrian...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 5 people killed and 10 more wounded in Russian airstrikes hit the northern city of Jisr al-Shughour overnight, volunteer rescuing group said. The civil Defense said Russia  have conducted 16 raids on the rebel-held city that neighbors the Alawites-dominated...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels pressed new gains on Tuesday, taking a village and two checkpoints northeast of Hama city after a week of surprise offensive allowed them to take remarkable territory in the northern countryside of the central province, activists said. The attack is being led by...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Fierce fighting reported between ISIS and Kurdish militias in the southern countryside of Hasaka province as tens of families have been fleeing their villages near al-Shadadi town, activists said Tuesday. Malaz Yousef, Hasaka-based activist, said the Islamic State launched...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- About 20,000 fighters loyal to Bashar al-Assad have been mobilized in government-held area in al-Ghab Plain and Latakia province to launch major offensive on the northern city of Jisr al-Shughour, well-informed source told Zaman al-Wasl. The ongoing battles northeast Hama have...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The U.S.-led coalition airstrikes on Monday killed 6 people, including senior commander from Haya't Tahrir al-Sham in Idlib province, sources told Zaman al-Wasl. The strike targeted a car carrying Abu Jaber al-Hamwi, senior commander in the powerful alliance that...

The Tabqa Euphrates dam is not damaged or malfunctioning and engineers inspect its operations fully, a Syrian rebel spokeswoman said on Monday after ISIS militants said it was at risk of collapse. The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces are fighting to repel ISIS from the dam, 40 km (26 miles)...

Syrian rebels who drove Islamic State from the town of al-Bab in northwest Syria this year discovered an extensive network of tunnels dug by militants as part of their defenses, a tactic that has slowed the military campaign against them. "The tunnels complicated the fighting a lot and...

The health situation is deteriorating in Syria's eastern Ghouta region near Damascus, where 300,000 people are besieged and none of the three hospitals is functioning, the World Health Organization said on Monday in a call for access to deliver aid. "Time is running out for the people...

The northern Syrian city of Raqqa is expected to join a decentralized system of government being set up by Syrian Kurdish groups and their allies once it is freed from ISIS, a leading Kurdish politician told Reuters Monday. Raqqa, ISIS's main urban base of operations in Syria, is the focus...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Most Syrians, if not all, look at the Iranians who fight on the Syrian soil with hostility and hatred, considering that Iranians are of one color and class, a type that fights and supports the Syrian regime and supplies it with various means to kill, displace and destroy. But...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Ahrar al-Sham on Monday has downed a helicopter carrying regime troops in the mountainous Jabal al-Krad area in Latakia province, the powerful Islamist group said in statement . The fate of the crew is still unknown, pro-regime media said. The helicopters was shot down near...

U.S.-backed Syrian militias said they temporarily halted military operations near the Tabqa Dam on the Euphrates Monday to allow engineers access to carry out work. The Syrian Democratic Forces, an alliance of Arab and Kurdish militias supported by the U.S.-led coalition, has been...

Syrian state TV says another group of rebels with their families are leaving the last opposition-held neighborhood in the central city of Homs under a Russia-brokered deal with the Damascus government. The TV says Monday's round of evacuations from al-Waer neighborhood is the second one...