Activists and Syrian state media are reporting that shelling and airstrikes in different neighborhoods of the divided northern city of Aleppo have killed at least eight civilians. Syria's state news agency SANA said Thursday four people were killed and four others wounded when rocket shells...

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- After four months of Zaman al-Wasl's  exclusive report about oil ties between French Lafarge Cement company and ISIS, the veteran Le Monde published Tuesday a report assuring the involvement of Lafarge based on Zaman al-Wasl documents despite...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels took 4 villages from the Islamic State in the northern countryside of Aleppo city, local reporter said. Hor Killis Operations Room, an alliance of rebel factions operating in Aleppo, said seizing the villages that overlook on the strategic al-Raie town will pave...

Reporting by Oqab Malek; Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman al-Wasl)- A military source said the Russian presence in Qamishli airport near the Turkish borders has been manifested in a group of officers and Russian military troops working on reconnaissance stations special for air, radar, and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime has released a veteran Syriac figure after two years and half in dentition, official told Zaman al-Wasl. Engineer Gabriel Koriya, head of the political office of the Syriac Democratic Organization was freed from Adra prison. Such a step that met with relief with...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 4 people, including children, have been killed early Wednesday in regime air strikes on al-Bara village in northern Idlib province, activists said. Two more people have been killed in brawl erupted between the village residents and displaced families, source said. In...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia's air strikes on the ISIS-held city of Raqqa killed 18 civilians and wounded 20 on Tuesday, local monitoring group said. Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) said Wednesday the death toll from Russian strikes have risen to 18 since 10 people were killed...

The U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS in Syria and Iraq said Wednesday it was tightening the noose around militants in the Syrian city of Manbij near the Turkish border but expected them to fight to the end to defend their stronghold. A U.S.-backed alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters...

Zaman Al Wasl to publish on Wednesday a new list for 500,000 Syrians who are wanted for regime army to do their military service. The list has been issued by regime's military court. The regime army, one of the region's largest, has been over stretched by a Five-year long insurgency where it...

Russia called on Tuesday for a swift resumption of stalled Syrian peace talks, saying it was the only way to halt "massive violations" of human rights perpetrated in the five-year-old conflict. Russia, a strong ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, launched air strikes in September to...

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- Spokesman of Ahrar al-Sham Movement Abu Yousef al-Mujajir confirmed exchange of captives deal with Syrian regime and rebel factions on Monday. Al-Muhajir told Zaman al-Wasl the exchange of captives included release of two captives of pro-regime Quds...

(Reuters) - Six Jordanian border guards were killed by a car bomb in a remote area of the frontier with Syria on Tuesday during an attack launched from Syrian territory, security officials said. The explosives-laden vehicle blew up a few hundred meters from a camp for Syrian refugees in a...

United Nations war crimes investigators called on world powers on Tuesday to pressure the warring sides in Syria to return to the negotiating table to hold the conflict and civilian suffering. Paulo Pinheiro, chair of the U.N. independent commission of inquiry on Syria, said that the Syrian...

 The Islamic State group launched a counter-attack against fighters trying to capture the Syrian city of Manbij on Monday, inflicting heavy casualties on the U.S.-backed forces, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the militants said. The monitor said the militants won back three...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Vice President of the Syrian opposition's National Coalition demanded investigation of Syrian civilians killed on the borders with Turkey on Sunday confirming victims who wanted to flee the war and oppression were massacred with live bullets. Samira Masalmeh’s demands came...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 5 family members have been killed on Monday in regime air strikes on Tariq al-Bab neighborhood in Aleppo city, activists said. The aerial bombing has targeted most districts of rebel-held Aleppo, leaving several people wounded. In relevant development, at least...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 14 Hezbollah militiamen killed this week by the powerful Conquest Army in the southern countryside of Aleppo province, Hezbollah militant said in leaked audio recording . The remarkable death toll from al-Qarasi battlefield came as Islamist rebels inflicted...

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- A recent map shows the spheres of influence on roads in Syria between the conflicting parties where the regime has control over the biggest part of main roads and on average exceeding 50% whereas rebels control 13%. The map published by Jusoor...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two civilians killed and 4 more wounded in an IED attack targeted powerful Ahrar al-Sham movement in northern Idlib province, local media center said Monday. The explosive device detonated near Ahrar's headquarters in Harem town in the northern countryside of Idlib, the town's...

Writing by Oqab Malek; Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- A military source said Syrian Mig-21 was downed on Sunday due to technical failure and lack of experience of the pilot who was killed in the crash. Pilot Major Ayham Khadra from Kalamakhou in Qardaha city, home town of Bashar...