Twice raising the little finger represents "I" and placing a thumb on the index finger and the middle finger makes an "S" to signify ISIS, or the Islamic State jihadist group. At an NGO in Damascus, two young deaf Syrians, Bisher and Ryad, are working to create special sign language...

(Spiegel)- On a cool morning, an elderly man is standing at his espresso machine on a street in eastern Aleppo. It's shortly after 8 a.m., and this part of the city -- destroyed in the war and reconquered by the regime in December -- is waking up. Green grocers arrive and set out their boxes of...

 (SNHR)- The Syrian woman has been notably active in most aspects of the popular uprising toward freedom since 2011. She played great roles in social, relief, media, awareness, violation documentation, political, and other fields. The popular uprising had its direct and its indirect...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces have violated Russian-brokered ceasefire deal in the Eastern Ghouta Suburbs near the capital as ground and aerial bombing has been renewed on Wednesday, local activist said.  Douma coordination said the key town of Eastern Ghouta was rocked by...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Spokesperson of the Syrian Elite Forces, said their forces and its allies the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) took control of the area close to the archaeological Zalbiyet site along the Euphrates River after confrontations with the Islamic State in Deir Ez Zor western...

UN Assistant Secretary-General and Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis Kevin Kennedy is calling for greater efforts to address the needs of more than 7 million women and girls in Syria impacted by the conflict. “Responding to the specific needs of Syrian women is an absolute...

Syrian regime army and its allies took control of the main water pumping station for Aleppo at al-Khafsa near the Euphrates on Tuesday after ISIS fighters withdrew, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a pro-opposition group, said. The army and its allies, backed by Russian air power,...

A ceasefire has been declared in Syria's Eastern Ghouta, a rebel bastion near Damascus, to run from midnight on Sunday to March 20, Russia's defense ministry said Tuesday. "A 'regime of silence' has been introduced from 00.01 on March 6 to 23:59 on March 20 (Damascus time) in the area...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Southern Front rebel group said no invitation has been received by the Kazak government to attend the fourth round of Syria's peace talks on March 14, spokesman said Tuesday. Issam al-Rayyes told Zaman al-Wasl that the alliance of more than 35 rebel groups that...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Syrian activist and journalist presented a legal case before a Turkish court against the pilot Mohammad Fayad Soufan who parachuted into Turkey after his fighter jet ran out of fuel several days ago. Qutayba Yassin, the activist, filed the case on the basis the pilot...

The Syrian regime army has advanced to the outskirts of an ISIS-held village in northern Syria, where a key water pumping facility for Aleppo city is located, activists said Tuesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based activist group for the war, said the army and allied...

Syrian children show symptoms of "toxic stress" and are attempting self-harm and suicide in response to prolonged exposure to war, according to a report released Tuesday. Children do not feel safe at school and are developing speech disorders and incontinence, and some are even losing the...

Six years of violence and bloodshed have spawned a mental health crisis among Syria's children whose impact will be felt for decades, international charity Save the Children said on Tuesday. In a report it called the largest mental health survey inside Syria during the war, the group found...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The negotiation committee of al-Waer neighborhood said meeting with Russian was fruitless as regime extends its aerial campaign on the last-rebel stronghold in central Homs city, local reporter said Monday.  The key ally of Bashar al-Assad and the de facto ruler of...

 Syrian regime forces have taken over positions from a U.S.-backed militia in the northern city of Manbij on part of a frontline with Turkish-backed rebel forces, in line with a deal brokered by Russia, the militia's spokesman said on Monday. "The handover has taken place..," Sharfan...

ISIS has imposed an "Afghan-style" dress code on men in its Syrian stronghold Raqqa to help its fighters blend into the civilian population, a monitor and activists said Monday. "For more than two weeks, Afghan-style clothing ... has been imposed by Daesh," said Abu Mohamed, an activist with...

Syrian militias backed by the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS cut the road between the extremist-held city of Raqqa and Deir al-Zor province in Syria on Monday, a Kurdish military source and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The advance by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime airstrikes killed two people and wounded dozen in the besieged al-Waer neighborhood in central Homs province, local activists said Monday. The regime warplanes conducted 12 raids early Monday as death toll topped to 49 in a month of major offensive on the...

A Syrian city that is a stated target of a Turkish-backed operation in the north of the country Syria is under the protection of a local, Kurdish-allied militia and the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS, the local militia said. The Manbij Military Council says it has controlled the city of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Thousands of Iraqi refugees continue to cross the border to reach Deir Ez Zor and Hasaka provinces. Several civilians, among them children, were killed by landmines exploding during their attempts to flee from Islamic State controlled areas towards the border with Turkey....