Zaman Al Wasl)- Fateh al-Sham Front backed by rebel factions has controlled Dhahiyat al-Assad suburb west of Aleppo city, commander said. Abu Anas al Shami told Zaman that the resistance factions have captured the western suburb,  killing more than 50 regime soldiers and allied...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels said 10 Iraqi Shiite militants were taken captive on Friday west of Aleppo city as rebels launch a large-scale offensive to break regime siege on the eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo city, Jaish al-Fateh said. Zaman al-Wasl reporter said rebel factions led by the...

 (Zaman Al Wasl- Reuters)- Syrian rebels began a major attack in Aleppo city on Friday with heavy shelling of regime-held areas after a weeks-long Russian-backed offensive against the besieged eastern districts, activists and monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Asayish, armed wing of the Democratic Union Party (PYD)  forced Arab and Kurdish students last Tuesday to leave the private schools of Syriac Orthodox church, because it's not teaching Kurdish curriculum only, sources said. Local sources revealed that Asayish broke into...

Syrian rebel groups on Friday have launched a large-scale offensive to break regime siege on the eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo city, activists and AP said.  

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkey has modified the rules of reuniting Syrians inside Turkey, officials of Bab al-Hawa border crossing mentioned. The administration of Bab a-Hawa crossing via Facebook statement said in parents cannot reunite their children over age of 18, adding that application to be...

Syrian rebels launched Grad rockets at Aleppo's Nairab air base on Friday, part of their preparations for a new offensive aimed at breaking the government siege of insurgent-held areas of the city, a rebel official and a monitoring group said. Zakaria Malahifji, an official with the Fastaqim...

(Eqstad)- Property market in cities and towns in northern Aleppo countryside to unprecedented recovery following a long stagnation that has lasted four years. The thing which was enforced by expelling ISIS from the towns and villages in the countryside. Local sources in northern countryside...

(Middle East Eye)- The stench of battle hangs heavy in the air, armoured cars carrying heavy machine guns prowl the rubble-strewn streets where children used to play. At night, soldiers are close enough to be heard over the crack of gunfire and crump of mortar shells. One only has to look out of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Family of the former Islamic State’s Emir of al-Hajar al-Aswad, a southern suburb of Damascus, has left with his family to Raqqa city, the de facto ISIS capital,  sources said. The family of Abu Sayyah Frrameh with 30 women from his relatives have left al-Hajar al-Aswad...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces backed by heavy aerial bombing on Thursday launched major offensive on the town of Soran in Hama province,  activist said. The regime helicopters have droped more than 80 barrel bombs on the town that controlled by Jaish al-Izzah which claimed...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 8 civilians have been killed in regime's heavy artillery shelling on the city of Douma, northeast of Damascus; activists said Thursday. Dozens were also wounded since the beginning of  regime offensive late on Wednesday, that targeted the civil...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- Syrian resistance lost 4 of its officers on Wednesday in Homs northern countryside. Statements released by Faylaq Homs and Tahrir Watan movement clarified that Colonel Shauqi Ayoub, head of planning in Homs Faylaq and lieutenant colonel Faisal Awad, head of signal department...

Turkey on Wednesday said it would continue its military operations in Syria until Daesh is expelled from the town of al-Bab, despite a warning from militants allied to regime leader Bashar al-Assad. Turkey launched Operation Euphrates Shield two months ago to drive Daesh terrorists from its...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian resistance factions operating in southern Damascus suburbs clashed with regime forces and allied Palestinian militia late on Wednesday, killing three soldiers. The clashes took place in the besieged Yarmouk refuge camp and al-Tadhamon district, local reporter...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The death toll of the Russian air strikes on Idlib's school has risen to 35, most of them were school children, local activists and Idlib Media Center said Wednesday.  The deadly air strikes hit a residential area and a school in Haas village in the northern province of...

(Eqtsad)- Om Ali, a diabetic with heart disease lady from a remote village in Western countryside of Damascus, waits at door of health centres begging for treatment and the medication she needs after becoming unable to afford for her life-long drugs. She was offered new medication different...

One in three Germans worry that tensions between the West and Russia over Crimea, Ukraine and Syria could lead to a military confrontation, according to an opinion poll by the respected Forsa institute published on Wednesday. The survey found that 32 percent of 2,504 Germans polled believe it...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 23 civilians, including seven children, have been killed in Russian air strikes on a school complex in Hass town in northern Idlib province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and local activists said.  The Observatory, a British-based war monitor, said...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A number of Kurdish parties and political figures forming the Kurdish National Council objected to mechanisms to elect independent candidates to the council.  Elections for the Kurdish National Council’s 4th conference are expected to take place in two days. ...