Reporting by Mohamed AL Hussein; Translation by yusra Ahmed AL HASAKAH (Zaman Al Wasl)- Clashes between Syrian regime and the Islamic State for two days in al-Hasakah, where heavy arms and air-strikes were used. Sources reported that regime forces supported with the...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- 700 rebel fighters have defected Suqour al-Sham brigades to join Ahrar al-Sham Movement in Idlib countryside, filed commander in the Islamist group told Zaman al-Wasl. Sheikh Hussam, who uses an alias, did not reveal the reasons...

(Reuters) - Syria rejected as "fabricated" U.S. accusations that its forces are targeting civilians with air strikes and said Washington would do better to criticize hardline Islamic State militants who have killed American citizens. The U.S. State Department said on...

(AFP)- Once-proud shop owners in Aleppo's picturesque old city market, the merchants of Syria's former economic capital now live on a pittance selling goods on pavements and stalls. After a major rebel offensive on Aleppo in July 2012, the city's historic souk fell prey to a war...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian government forces have killed at least 30 rebels in an ambush in the suburbs of Damascus where troops and allied gunmen have been on the offensive for weeks, activists and state media said Thursday. State news agency SANA said 50 "terrorists" were...

  The Syrian regime and key ally Russia have agreed to support a UN proposal to suspend fighting in the battered northern city of Aleppo, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said. Muallem's remarks, reported by state news agency SANA, followed a meeting between President...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The clashes between Al-Qaeda's Syria wing Nusra Front and Syria revolutionaries’ Front have been renewed on Thursday in Ma’rret Harmeh town in Idlib countryside, field sources said.   Nusra Front, in statement posted online, said...

BEIRUT  (The Daily Star) : The Nusra Front threatened Thursday to execute one of the 26 Lebanese captives being held by jihadis on the northeast border unless Lebanon releases a female terror suspect within 24 hours. “This is the final warning for negotiations to start...

  (Zaman Al Wasl-Arab News)- At least 500 Haj pilgrims from Syria have refused to return home after completing the pilgrimage citing the ongoing political unrest and have appealed for asylum in the Kingdom. Saudi authorities did not prosecute the...

(Reuters) - The websites of British and North American media organizations and retailer Wal-Mart's Canadian unit were hacked on Thursday in a suspected attack by the Syrian Electronic Army, an amorphous hacker collective that supports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Among...

By Zaman Staff; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Opposition agreed to partially re-open water supply to Damascus, until the regime agrees on their demands. Water supply came back to Damascus after three days of complete cut-off, which was as a...

(Reuters) - As winter sets in along the front lines of Aleppo, residents are desperate for the sort of relief United Nations officials hope a new ceasefire push will soon bring to the war-battered Syrian city. The plan, led by the U.N. peace envoy to Syria , Staffan de...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels and Islamist fighters on Wednesday thwarted regime’s attack on Sheikh Miskeen town in Daraa province, killing and wounding dozens, opposition media feeds said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the clashes...

(Reuters) - At a desert base, Gulf state Qatar is covertly training moderate Syrian rebels with U.S. help to fight both President Bashar al-Assad and Islamic State and may include more overtly Islamist insurgent groups, sources close to the matter say. The camp, south of the...

ALEPPO (Zaman Al Wasl)- Key rebel groups of Aleppo province are massing efforts to unite in one military command as fall of the city seems imminent by Syrian regime forces, field source said. A rebel commander told Zaman al-Wasl that a unified command...

(AFP)- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday slammed US "impertinence" on the Syrian conflict, exposing the extent of strains between Washington and Ankara days after his key meeting with US Vice President Joe Biden. Ties between the the US and Turkey have soured...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States led 17 air strikes on Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria since Monday, the U.S. Central Command said on Wednesday. The strikes, part of Operation Inherent Resolve against the militant Islamic force, included 10...

IZMIR, Turkey (Reuters) - NATO is not considering establishing a "no-fly zone" in northern Syria, something Turkey has been calling for to alleviate security and humanitarian pressures on its southeastern borders, one of the alliance's top generals has told Reuters....

BEIRUT (AP) — The death toll from a series of Syrian government airstrikes on the Islamic State group's stronghold in northeastern Syria has risen to at least 95, making it one of the deadliest attacks on the city of Raqqa in the past three years, activists said Wednesday. Some...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian opposition’s National Coalition, in an official statement, demanded Ahmed Tomeh to keep working with his caretaker government since all efforts to form a new one have been failed. The statement of the key opposition...