(Zaman Al Wasl)- Thirteen female detainees have been released due to a prisoner swap deal with the Syrian regime, local reporter said Saturday. The women, who arrived the embattled Eastern Ghouta suburbs, were detained by the notorious Air Force Intelligence.   In its turn, Faylaq...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime’s negotiation representative offers rebel factions in in the southern Damascus suburbs to stay on condition of joining the National Defense Forces, or they must leave the area by 20th of December. A well-informed source reported to Zaman al-Wasl that a meeting...

( SNHR )- On December 9, 2013, a group of gunmen stormed the offices of the Violations Documentation Center in Syria in Douma, Damascus countryside and abducted Razan Zaitouneh and three other activists: Samira Khalil, Nazim Hamada and Wael Hamada. Their whereabouts is still unknown, which...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- ISIS says it has shot down a Syrian regime warplane near the historic city of Palmyra as the radical group launched major offensive to take oil-rich areas in eastern Homs province. The group's Aamaq news agency said Saturday that the militants downed the jet near the...

The Syrian army said it has sent reinforcements to Palmyra, where Islamic State fighters have advanced to its outskirts in some of the heaviest fighting since the group lost the historic city earlier this year. The group had taken over areas to the northwest and southeast of Palmyra, and...

More than 20,000 civilians have left eastern Aleppo on Saturday and over 1,200 rebels opposed to Syrian President Bashar Assad have laid down their arms, Interfax news agency cited the Russian Defense Ministry as saying on Saturday. Read More: Hand-wrapped cigarette, Syrians’ new...

The Syrian regime army said it has sent reinforcements to Palmyra, where Islamic State fighters have advanced to its outskirts in some of the heaviest fighting since the group lost the historic city earlier this year. The group had taken over areas to the northwest and southeast of Palmyra,...

U.S.-led coalition planes destroyed 168 Islamic State oil tanker trucks in Syria, the coalition said on Friday, in the largest strike of its kind and the latest instance of what U.S. officials say has been a successful effort to starve the militant group of revenues. The air strikes targeted...

The United States will send 200 additional military personnel including special forces to the campaign against Islamic State in Syria to create a "tornado" of pressure against the group's Raqqa hub, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Saturday, Carter, speaking in Bahrain to regional...

Syria's President Bashar Assad is on the verge of recapturing all of Aleppo from rebels, but the victory won't be his alone. The battle for Syria's largest city has attracted thousands of foreign forces backing Assad - including Russian soldiers and Shiite fighters from Iran, Lebanon, Iraq and...

The Syrian regime army declared a ceasefire in several areas around Damascus and the northwestern province of Idlib beginning on Friday evening, but did not say how long the pause in fighting would last. There was no immediate comment from rebels on the truce. The areas affected...

(Zaman Al Wasl- Reuters)- At least 25 civilians, mostly women and children, have been killed on Friday in barrel bombs attack targeted the neighborhood of al-Jaloom in Aleppo city, residents and Civil Defense rescuing group said. Two children were also killed in air strikes hit al-Maéadi...

The U.S.-led anti-Daesh coalition destroyed 168 oil tanker trucks belonging to the terror group near Palmyra, Syria, American Central Command announced Friday. The strike Thursday was “the largest air strike of its kind to date”, the military said. "The Coalition continues to forcefully...

(Sky News)- Hundreds of men are reportedly missing in the Syrian city of Aleppo after government forces retook rebel areas. The men, aged mainly between 30 and 50, have not been heard from since they left their areas in the east of the city up to 10 days ago. Government forces have...

Civilians in besieged eastern parts of Aleppo are impatiently waiting to vacate the city amid persistent attacks by the Assad regime and allied militias backed by Iran, according to local sources. On Wednesday, armed Syrian opposition groups lost control of eastern Aleppo’s Bab al-Nairab and...

ISIS extremists have killed at least 49 members of Syrian government forces in 24 hours of fighting near the desert city of Palmyra, a monitor said Friday. They included 15 Syrian soldiers and allied fighters killed in a Friday morning ambush near the Mahr oil field, the Syrian Observatory...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State on Friday made new gains in a gas-rich territory east of Homs province, inflicting heavy losses amid regime ranks and allied National Defense militia, activists said. On Thursday, the hardline group launched major offensive on regime forces near al-Shaer and...

Syrian government artillery bombarded the fast-shrinking rebel enclave in the heart of Aleppo on Friday despite its ally Russia's announcement of a new humanitarian pause, a monitor said. Air strikes halted on Thursday evening following Moscow's announcement but shelling continued throughout...

The Russian military said on Friday it had helped more than 8,000 Syrian citizens flee parts of eastern Aleppo still controlled by rebels in the last 24 hours, including almost 3,000 children. The Russian military said in a statement that 14 rebels had also surrendered to Syrian government...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 11 regime soldiers and an Iranian colonel were killed by rebels in coastal Latakia province, commander told Zaman al-Wasl Thursday. The mostly local fighters have thwarted regime attack on al-Kabbana village in Jabal al-Akrad, killing and wounding dozens. The...