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Russian bombers hit Aleppo as rebels repel assault

Rebels said on Tuesday they repelled a Syrian army offensive in southern Aleppo as Russian and Syrian warplanes continued to pound residential areas in besieged parts of the city where thousands of civilians are trapped. They said they inflicted losses on pro-government fighters after...

Rural Latakia: no jobs, unemployment exceeds 70%

Reporting by Mohamed Kassah (Eqtsad)- The Russian military campaign in the Coastal area of Syria and Latakia countryside has started September 2015, led to displacing dozens of families from their home in Jabal al-Akrad, that still until now. 260 families were forced out of their village of...

Syrian rebels approach symbolic Islamic State village

Syrian rebels backed by Turkey and a U.S.-led coalition are closing in on the Islamic State-held village of Dabiq, the site of an apocalyptic prophesy central to the militant group's ideology. Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebel groups have been pushing southwards into Islamic State's territory in...

Bomb kills 20 at Kurdish wedding in Hasaka

 A bomb killed at least 20 people at a Kurdish wedding in the northeast Syrian city of Hasaka on Monday, a Kurdish militia and a monitoring group said, while state media said the casualties had risen to at least 30 dead. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 22 died in the blast,...

U.S.-led strikes kill top 'Nusra Front' commander

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Top Fateh al-Sham Front's commander has been killed Monday in U.S.-led coalition air strikes on northern Idlib province, conflicting reporters said. Ahmed Salama Mabrouk, dubbed: Abu Faraj al-Masri, was an Egyptian citizen who spent most of his sixty years in Jihadi groups....

Blazes destroy wide fields in Tartus

(Zaman Al Wasl)- 24  fires were broken out in the fields of Tartus countryside Sunday, due to neglicance of farmers who burnt the residuals of olive harvest according to Samir Shamma, head of fire brigade in Tartus. Shamma revealed that the biggest fire was in Dahr Drikish which had...

ISIS mines kill 21 Turkey-backed rebels: activists

BEIRUT: At least 21 Syrian rebels fighting alongside Turkish troops in northern Syria against ISIS were killed Sunday by landmines laid by the extremist group, activists said Monday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the toll was the highest loss of life for forces involved in the...

Tragic story behind rescued baby in Idlib

The frail cries of four-month-old Wahida made the rescue worker who carried her out of the rubble in Syria's Idlib break down in sobs. The full story is one of tragedy. "I was in the shop when the airplane began carrying out air strikes," recalls 32-year-old father Yehya Maatouq almost...

Aleppo airstrikes ‘war crimes’

The Arab League has called on the international community to intervene to stop bloodshed in northern Syria’s Aleppo city. In a Saturday statement, spokesman Mahmoud Afifi denounced the ongoing aerial bombardment of hospitals and civilians in Aleppo. “The random airstrikes and barrel bomb...