(Human Rights Watch)- Homemade landmines have killed and injured hundreds of civilians, including dozens of children, in Manbij, a city in northern Syria. The antipersonnel mines, often called improvised explosive devices, were planted by the extremist group Islamic State, also known as ISIS,...

 A suspected Syrian regime army helicopter dropped barrel bombs on Turkish-backed rebels on Tuesday, the Turkish military said, in what appeared to be the first direct clash with Syrian forces since Turkey launched a cross-border incursion in August. A helicopter "assessed to belong to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Jaish al-Islam on Wednesday has killed 20 regime troops in the besieged Eastern Ghouta suburbs after targeting the regime bastions in Tel Kurdi area, the group said in statement posted online. 8 rebel fighters were also killed in the attack, 4 from the Islam Army and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime to use Marine Helicopters (MI14) in bombing the capital's western suburbs of Khan al-Shih and Zakia with barrel bombs,  sources said. Sources explained that due to deterioration in the technical status of regime’s helicopters, the only ones left with...

(UN Watch)- Human rights groups have criticized UN chief Ban Ki-moon after he honored the Syrian regime’s envoy for 10 years of service, along with other ambassadors. Hillel Neuer, executive director of the Geneva-based non-governmental group UN Watch asked, “How can the UN secretary-general...

(Middle East Eye)- Russia said on Tuesday it will extend its pause in air strikes on Syria's Aleppo into a ninth day, despite reports of ceasefire violations by both sides on the ground. Defence ministry spokesman Major-General Igor Konashenkov said Russian and Syrian planes had not even...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A well-informed source in Homs told Zaman al-Wasl that big Russian ground forces has been positioned east of Homs province few days ago. The source confirmed that the Russian forces mainly centralized in a ground military base in the archaeological area and touristic...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Kurdish militant was killed on Monday when an explosives-laden motorbike detonated in northeastern city of Qamishli, activist told Zaman al-Wasl. The radical Islamic State claimed the responsibility for the attack that left 3 more militants wounded, according to the group's...

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem will hold talks with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Friday, Russia's deputy foreign minister said Monday. "Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem's visit to Moscow and his talks with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov are expected on...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- Syrian resistance factions thwarted new regime attacks backed up by Lebanese Hezbollah militia Monday on Salah al-Din neighborhood in Aleppo city. The factions killed scores from the attacking forces and took 2 as captives according to Nur al-Din al-Zanki Movement whereas...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Assad regime escalated its bombing on Douma city in Eastern Ghouta, killing 5 people and injuring tens according to preliminary reports, activists reported Monday. Douma Coordination Committee said the missiles launched by regime rocket launchers carried cluster...

Life is returning to normal for residents of Jarabulus in northern Syria, two months after Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army liberated the city in Aleppo province, residents told Anadolu Agency. Muhammed Habes, Jarabulus council president, told Anadolu Agency Monday the once ghost city is now...

 Syrian state media and opposition activists say government forces and their allies have captured a high point in the city of Aleppo where fighting with rebel groups resumed over the weekend. The SANA news agency said on Monday that the government troops took the hilltop of Bazo on the...

(Eqtsad)- Agricultural Engineers in Syria expect this year’s harvest of olive would be the worst, as it could not exceed 700 thousand tons compared to 1.6 million tons last year.  Engineers attributed that to the insect “olive fly”, beside thirst on July and August and negligence...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 11 people were killed and scores injured in a regime and Russian airstrike Monday on the northwestern Idlib province, according to Civil Defense workers. 6 people have been killed while some 21 more people remain under the debris of collapsed buildings following the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A group of Syrian activists, military, civil and political figures have launched “Syrian Salvation Project”, a project to unite the revolutionary work, amid the disappointment rebels have from the international community and the weak representation of the revolution outside...

Reporting by Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl)- Ali Ramadan, a Syrian artist who works on colouring old black and white pictures by using computer and particular software, to turn them into live images as if they were taken today. Ramadan, the technician in Mechanics who lives in Saudi Arabia told...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- A father and his daughter have been killed on Sunday in regime vacuum missiles attack on northern Idlib province while two displaced camps were hit by regime artillery, leaving dozens wounded, media center said. The vacuum missile targeted the town of Maaert al-Numan,...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- Well-informed sources in al-Waer neighborhood Homs city reported that regime partially closed al-Muhandeseen and al-Shoun al-Faniya cross points on Sunday. The sources told Zaman al-Wasl that regime banned entrance of food items to the neighborhood starting from 18 October...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- Syrian resistance factions thwarted regime attack on Sunday on the eastern neighborhood of Aleppo city, local sources reported. Zaman al-Wasl reporter in Aleppo said regime and Russian warplanes renewed raids on Aleppo besieged neighborhoods after three days of halting their...