(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 7 people have been killed in the embattled city of Douma near the capital due to cluster bombs attack, medics said on Wednesday. The unified medical office of the rebel-held city, 7 miles (10 km) northeast Damascus, said women and children were among the casualties....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces late on Monday killed 14 civilians in the northern countryside of Homs as they were fleeing the embattled rebel-held area to Idlib province. Three people of the group were escaped the regime ambush  near Tal Omari village north of Homs on the main road...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The fate of 7350 detainees from the besieged al-Waer neighborhood in Homs is still unknown as the Syrian regime refuses to release them in binding to a U.N.-brokered deal reached last December. The neighborhood's negotiations committee said regime is trying escape their demand...

Damascus aims to secure Syria's border with Turkey and recapture the city of Aleppo with its latest military offensive, a top adviser to Bashar al-Assad said on Tuesday. In an interview in her Damascus office, Bouthaina Shaaban held out little hope for diplomatic efforts to end...

 Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- The rapid advances of Syrian regime forces and allied militias in northern Aleppo province have sparked fears of the United Nations and Turkey of an imminent siege and new exodus of refugees fleeing a Russian-backed assault. The U.N....

Fifteen civilians were killed and another 17 injured on Tuesday when Russian warplanes struck a handful of opposition-held villages in Syria’s Idlib province, local Civil Defense sources told Anadolu Agency. According to the sources, Russian warplanes targeted residential areas in four...

Russian activities in Syria are making it difficult to hold peace talks on ending the Syrian conflict, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday, calling on Moscow to join efforts to bring about an immediate ceasefire. "Russia's activities from Aleppo and in the region are making it much...

Hundreds of thousands of civilians could be cut off from food if Syrian government forces encircle rebel-held parts of Aleppo, the United Nations said on Tuesday, warning of a massive new flight of refugees from a Russian-backed assault. Syrian government forces, backed by...

Some 70,000 Syrian refugees could reach the Turkish border if the military campaign there continues at this intensity, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutolgu said on Tuesday, adding Turkey will not shut its gates to the refugees. Davutoglu made the comments in a speech to his...

Russia should immediately end its airstrikes in Syria as a condition for negotiations between the opposition and the central government in Damascus, Interfax news agency quoted a Syrian opposition member as saying Tuesday. "It (Russia's air force operation) complicates the situation," Monzer...

(Zaman Al Wasl)-  ISIS is preparing for a major offensive against Syrian Democratic Forces, a U.S-backed alliance of Kurds and Arabs, in al-Shadadi town south of Hasakah province, Syria's Local Coordination Committees revealed. LCC said it was informed that a meeting took place in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State took four villages on Monday from a U.S.-backed alliance of Arabs and Kurds in the western countryside of Hasakah province, sources told Zaman al-Wasl.   ISIS fighters who engaged in fierce fighting with Syrian Democratic Forces in Jabal Abdul Aziz region...

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir on Monday held out the possibility of sending Saudi special forces into Syria as part of a U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State. "There is a discussion with regard to a ground force contingent, or a special forces contingent, to...

U.S.-led air strikes have had a substantial impact on the money Islamic State (IS) makes from oil, and have helped force the militant group to cut its fighters' pay by up to 50 percent, a senior U.S official said on Monday. Daniel Glaser, assistant secretary for terrorist...

 Reporting by Ahmad Primo; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces backed by intense Russian air strikes have closed in on Aleppo city in their most significant advance since Moscow intervened in September in support of Bashar al-Assad's ailing government....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia warplanes killed 14 civilians in air strikes on al-Saliheen neighborhood in northern Aleppo city as regime forces make gains in their most significant advance since Russia intervened in September in support of Bashar al-Assad. The devastating Russian air strikes have...

United Arab Emirates said Sunday it is ready to send ground troops to Syria as part of the international efforts to fight Islamic State group. The Emirates News Agency WAM quoted the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Anwar bin Mohammed Gargash, as telling reporters in Abu Dhabi that the...

Tens of thousands of Syrians were stranded at the border with Turkey Monday after escaping a Russia-backed government offensive in Aleppo, as Germany's chancellor prepared to visit Ankara to press for tighter border controls. Turkey has vowed to help the crowds of people, including many...

With rebel forces facing the prospect of a crushing defeat by Syria’s Russian-backed regime, their allies Saudi Arabia and Turkey may send in limited numbers of ground troops, analysts say. Riyadh has left open the possibility of deploying soldiers, saying it would “contribute positively” if...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russian warplanes have carried out at least 20 raids on rebel-held areas in Homs and Hama provinces, killing 5 civilians in an initial death toll, local activists said Monday. The Russia air strikes killed 5 people in Talbiseh and al-Dar al-Kabeera towns as raids focused on...