U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov agreed on Tuesday on the need to urgently implement the cessation of hostilities agreement in Syria and for the warring parties to return to the table for political negotiations, a U.N. statement said....

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has accused President Bashar al-Assad's regime of obstructing deliveries of humanitarian aid in Syria, calling on it to show "some measure of decency" during the truce there. Speaking at a media conference in Washington with his German counterpart Monday,...

Aid workers on Monday made the first delivery of desperately needed assistance since the start of Syria's fragile ceasefire, as an international task force met to try to bolster the truce. The task force co-chaired by Moscow and Washington held talks in Geneva to evaluate...

Defense ministers from the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State militant group discussed the possibility of a Syrian ground incursion two weeks ago but they have not made a decision, an aide to Saudi Arabia's defense minister said on Monday. "It was discussed two weeks ago in...

A senior official from Syria's main opposition group said on Monday that a fragile international attempt to halt nearly five years of fighting was in danger of total collapse because of attacks by government forces. The cessation of hostilities drawn up by Washington and Moscow...

Turkish artillery hit as many as 10 Islamic State targets inside Syria on Sunday, a military official said on Monday. Up to 50 rounds were fired between 2 and 3 p.m. (1200-1300 GMT), the official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. The Turkish broadcaster NTV said the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia's warplanes have carried out at least 30 raids on Harbanafseh town in Hama province since the 'cessation of hostilities' agreement took effect Saturday's midnight. Russian jets have also luanched 8 raids early Monday on the Turmen-dominated town, using vacuum and...

The body of Hezbollah commander of special units, Ali Fayyad, has been found in ِSyria, Al Arabiya News Channel reported on Monday. Reports of Fayad's death first surfaced on Feb. 26 when Syrian activists said he was killed in Khanaser battlefront in northern Aleppo province. Fayad,...

(Zaman Al Wasl- Reuters)- Syrian regime forces regained control of a key road to the northern city of Aleppo after making advances against ISIS militants Monday, an activist group and state television reported. Battles continued between government forces and the jihadist group in the area in...

The United Nations and partner aid organizations plan to deliver life-saving aid to 154,000 Syrians in besieged areas in the next five days, the UN Resident Coordinator in Damascus Yacoub El Hillo said in a statement on Sunday. Pending approval from parties to the conflict, the UN is ready to...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed . (Zaman Al Wasl)- Activists on Sunday have circulated on the social media a video showing prisoners on the central prison of Homs protesting against the regime’s attempt to release 200 prisoners to join the paramilitary National Defense Forces in its battles with the...

The United States and its allies conducted 24 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Saturday, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement on Sunday. In Syria, near Tel Abyad, 10 strikes destroyed 23 Islamic State buildings, eight fighting positions used...

The veteran opposition figure, Haitham al-Maleh, to be the acting head of the Syrian National Coalition as former head Khaled Khoja finished his two mandates, sources said on Sunday. Al-Maleh is a Syrian Islamist activist and former judge who joined human rights field since the 1960s.

Pope Francis called on Sunday for a united response to help flows of people into Europe fleeing war and suffering, as the region argues over sharing the burden of looking after them. Addressing crowds in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Francis, who decried the suffering of...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- A spokesman for the YPG-led Syrian Democratic Forces said on Sunday that his U.S.-backed alliance of Kurds and Arabs fighters had driven ISIS from Tel Abyad town on the Turkish border, Killing 70 militants. Colonel Tala Cilo, SDf 's spokesman told RIA Novosti that "All...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia's warplanes on Sunday carried out ten raids on Harbanafseh town in Hama province, rebel commander said, a day after a cessation of hostilities agreement took effect. An Ahrar al-Sham field commander said regime and Russia have stepped up aerial and ground offensive on...

War planes attacked six towns in Syria's northern Aleppo province early on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, a day after a cessation of hostilities agreement took effect. Syrian insurgents said the air strikes were carried out by Russian war planes in support of Syria's...

Syria's fragile ceasefire entered its second day Sunday, with battle-zones across the war-scarred country largely quiet for the first time in five years despite some sporadic breaches. The temporary truce, brokered by Washington and Moscow, is seen as a crucial step towards ending a conflict...

Guns mostly fell silent in Syria and Russian air raids stopped on Saturday, the first day of a cessation of hostilities that the United Nations has described as the best hope for peace in five years of civil war. Under the U.S.-Russian accord accepted by President Bashar...

(Zaman Al Wals)- Islamic State beheaded a top tribesman in Tel Abyad town near the Turkish border, saying he was collaborating with the Kurdish YPG militia, pro-ISIS accounts reported on Saturday. Khaled Dahham Ragheb al-Bashir, cousin of Nawaf al-Bashir, head of the powerful al-Baqara tribe,...