The United States has nearly finished setting up an air base in Kurdish-controlled northern Syria and was proceeding with the construction of a second base for dual military and civilian use, a Kurdish website said on Sunday. A spokesman for U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said, however, the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 13 people have been killed on Sunday in regime mortar fire targeted Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood in northern Aleppo city, activists said. The clashes have also renewed in the war-torn city between Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and moderate rebels near the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime plans to dissolve two powerful intelligence departments, a move seeks to give immunity to members involved in war crimes as well as before Russia and U.S. agree on Bashar al-Assad destiny, well-informed sources told Zaman Al Wasl. Sources said al-Assad has plans...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A senior rebel commander in southern Damascus suburbs called on rebel groups to defend Yarmouk refugee camp from an imminent fall to favor of the Islamic State. Abu Nafe'e al-Dimashq, commander of Duha al-Islam Brigade, said on Saturday that all rebel factions operating in...

(Middle East Eye)- Last September, Israeli and Russian media reported a deal between the Russian aerospace company Oboronprom and Israeli Aerospace Industries for the sale of 10 IAI Searcher drones to Russia. Since the 2008 war between Russia and Georgia, in which Russia lost more manned...

A total of 135 people were killed in the first week of a partial truce in Syria in areas covered by the deal, a monitoring group said on Saturday, highlighting its fragile nature just days before the United Nations attempts to reconvene peace talks. U.N. envoy Staffan de...

Islamic State is losing a battle against forces arraigned against if from many sides in Iraq and Syria and the focus would turn to stabilizing cities seized back from them, the U.S. envoy to a coalition fighting the group said on Saturday. Addressing a press conference in...

 One of the main Western-backed Syrian opposition groups has elected a new leader after the term of its former chief ended. The Turkey-based Syrian National Coalition says longtime member Anas al-Abda was elected president on Saturday, replacing Khaled Khoja. The coalition said in a...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- An official from the Kurdish YPG militia said Saturday the Turkish army had fired on YPG members near Qamishli city in northeast Syria, close to the Turkish border. Redur Xelil, an official from the People's Protection Units (YPG) said: "There was firing by Turkish troops...

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Saturday that Syrian President Bashar Assad must leave at the beginning of a political transition, not at the end. "For us it is very clear it's at the beginning of the process, not at the end of the process, it's not going to be 18 months," Jubeir...

A total of 135 people were killed in the first week of a fragile truce in Syria in areas covered by the cessation of hostilities agreement, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Saturday. In areas not covered by the ceasefire, which came into force on Feb. 27, 552 people were killed,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Erbin's activists have formed the first human rights association in the embattled Eastern Ghouta Suburbs, local council said on Saturday. Residents have elected seven members, including a woman, to handle the association that will be affiliated to the towns' local council....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Free Syrian Army unit on Friday seized control of al-Tanf border crossing between Syria and Iraq from the Islamic State that was in its control since May 2015, media activists said. The Battalions of Martyr Ahmed al Abdo said it had taken the crossing, about 150 miles...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in a late phone conversation on Friday called for a prompt start to the next round of Syria peace talks, Russia's Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The talks, under the aegis of the United Nations were...

A senior official of a Syrian opposition group in Paris has objected to a resumption of the Geneva peace talks due to take place on March 9, citing unfavorable conditions. Following his meeting with French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, British Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond and German...

  The Syrian opposition said on Friday the government was mobilizing forces on many fronts despite an agreement to cease hostilities, and cast doubt on whether peace talks planned for next week would take place. As rockets fired by government forces were reported to hit near...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State fighters stormed early on Friday Nusra Front's checkpoints in the embattled Yarmouk refugee camp southern Damascus, a day after both sides agreed on provisional ceasefire deal and made a prisoner swap, sources said. ISIS' surprise attack on Nusra Front targeted...

Warplanes struck twice Friday on the outskirts of Syria's Douma, northeast of Damascus, the first raids there since a cessation of hostilities agreement went into effect, activists said. Rami Abdulrahman from the Britain-based the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights which monitors the...

Turkey's state-run news agency says a court has sentenced two Syrian smugglers to four years and two months each in prison over the death of 3-year-old Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi and four other people. Anadolu Agency said Friday the court convicted the two of human trafficking but acquitted them...

 Zaman Al Wasl (Photos)- Thousands of Syrians in rebel-held areas went to streets on Friday in a move recalling the memorable peaceful protests, rising revolution flags and chanting freedom slogans. Activists have circulated online photos for 104 demonstrations from over 100 city, town and...