(Zaman Al Wasl)- Bashar al-Assad on Saturday has appointed five governors, including the war criminal Major General Ghassan Khalil, state-run news agency said.   The presidential decrees named five new governors for the provinces of Daraa, Quneitra, Sweida, Homs and Hasaka.  ...

 Turkish elite forces have killed five YPG militants in northeastern Syria, the Defense Ministry said on Saturday. "Our commandos do not allow passage to terror groups. Five PKK/YPG terrorists, who attempted to infiltrate into the Operation Peace Spring zone, aiming to disrupt the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Lebanese Internal Security has arrested Syrian activist Fawaz al-Marsoumi in the northern city of Tripoli, local news site said Saturday. No further details were revealed about the arrest of al-Marsoumi who fled his hometown in eastern Deir Ezzor province to Lebanon...

 Russia wants to significantly expand its military bases in war-torn Syria, the Interfax news agency cited a government resolution as saying on Friday. President Vladimir Putin ordered his Defense and Foreign Ministries to hold talks with Bashar Assad's government over obtaining...