Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Eqtsad)- Ice cubes or ice piece, a new unfamiliar reason pushes people in Moadamiyet al-Sham to gather and clash with each other during the Holy Month of Ramadan.  Mowafaq, 44, talked to Eqtsad about his suffering to get a piece of ice: “I spend almost...

Trucks carrying medical and food aid entered two blockaded towns near Damascus on Wednesday, meaning that humanitarian agencies have now reached all besieged areas of Syria this year, the United Nations said. The 38-truck convoy carried aid for some 20,000 people the U.N. estimates are living...

 U.S.-backed Syrian rebels were pushed back from the outskirts of an Islamic State-held town on the border with Iraq and a nearby air base on Wednesday after the jihadists mounted a counter- attack, two rebel sources said. The New Syria Army rebel group had launched an operation on...

Syrian rebels advanced into an Islamic State-held town at the border with Iraq on Wednesday, a rebel commander told Reuters, in a new U.S.-backed offensive aimed at cutting the jihadists' self-declared caliphate in two. The operation aiming to capture the eastern Syrian town of Al-Bukamal,...

At least five people were killed and scores wounded on Wednesday in a bomb attack on a local administrative office in the Kurdish-held Syrian town of Tel Abyad, near the Turkish border, witnesses said. They said a suicide car bomber attacked the building run by Kurdish local authorities in the...

Reporting by Oqab Malek; Translation by Rana  Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- A well-informed source said Syrian regime air force leadership has decided to terminate Suhkoi 22 M3 from the Squadron 685 and will incorporate the rest of aircraft to Squadron Sukhoi 22 M2 in Squadron 54 in al-Dumeir...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels on Tuesday launched a big offensive on regime forces in coastal Latakia province, taking two hilltops in Jabal al-Akrad, activists said as regime forces and allied militias plan to mobilize more troops in the area. Rebels have seized Tellat a-Malek and Tellat...

Turkey has deployed two defense systems to its southern border to counter the threat of rocket attacks launched by Daesh in Syria, a security source said Tuesday. The Serhat and Korkut systems, which are both made by Turkish defense manufacturer ASELSAN, have been sent to Kilis province...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels on Tuesday have pressed more advances in Jabal al-Akrad area in the coastal Latakia province, taking tow hilltops, activists said. Rebels have seized a-Malek and Rasha hilltops after fierce fighting with regime forces and allied militias, according to activists....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 8 people killed late on Monday in regime air strikes on the ISIS-held town of al-Bab northeastern Aleppo city, media center said. 20 more people, including medics, have been wounded in the attack that hit the town's main hospital, Aleppo Media Center said.  

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Hours passed of Yarmouk battle in the countryside of Latakia revealing that rebels have controlled many sites in Jabal al-Akrad and Jabal al-Turkmen added to killing dozens of members of regime’s forces. The opposition’s armed formations have...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has apologized to Russian leader Vladimir Putin over last year's shooting down of a Russian air force jet by Turkey's military, the Kremlin said on Monday, opening the way for Russia to lift economic sanctions. The Russian jet was shot down, with...

Four suicide bombers killed at least five people and wounded 19 more in a series of attacks in a Lebanese Christian village at the border with Syria on Monday, the latest violent spillover of the five-year-old Syrian war into Lebanon. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the...

Translation by Yusra  Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels on Monday have killed 10 regime troops in missile attacks hit their vehicles in Jabal al-Akrad in Latakia province, activists said. Rebels hit the troop carriers near Ayn Alqantara district in Jabal al-Akrd with Tow...

 (The New York Times)- Weapons shipped into Jordan by the Central Intelligence Agency and Saudi Arabia intended for Syrian rebels have been systematically stolen by Jordanian intelligence operatives and sold to arms merchants on the black market, according to American and Jordanian...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Islam Army group said Monday it has downed two regime warplanes, posting footage online. A helicopter was shot down in al-Bhariya village in the Eastern Ghouta suburbs by OSA-AKM, surface-to-air missile, while Mig-29 was shot down near Sayqal Military Airbase 50 miles...

Twenty-five children were reportedly killed in air strikes that hit heavily crowded areas in a town in eastern Syria, the United Nations children's agency (UNICEF) has said. Quoting reports from its local partners in Syria, UNICEF said health workers were reported to have pulled bodies of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- General fear and resentment of locals in pro-regime areas in Latakia countryside are taking over since scores of villages in Jableh countryside underwent armed robbery by masked men. Bayt Yashout News Network posted on Facebook calling for neighboring villages to take...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) on Sunday have captured ground surrounding the ISIS-controlled city of Manbij in Aleppo province, the U.S.-backed alliance said in statement. The Syrian Observatory for human Rights said violent battles are taking place in Sawame area south of...

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- Lebanese Hezbollah militia reclaimed the bodies of three of its mercenaries killed in battles in Aleppo province, including body of senior commander. A social media group track Hezbollah news said the bodies belong to the following mercenaries: Ramzi...