(Zaman Al Wasl)- Bashar Al-Assad has appointed Maj. Gen Akram Ahmed Hawija as the new commander of the 7th Mechanical Division, succeeding Maj. Gen Hikmat Suleiman who was referred to retirement . Hawija, originally from Qerdaha, Assad's hometown, was the head of the security...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkey is due to open a commercial border crossing with Ras Al-Ayn region northeastern Syria, seeking to supply the residents with basic products and goods, local activists told Zaman al-Wasl Wednesday. A source from the local governing council said that Turkish...

Dr Zaher Sahloul has been here before. He has worked in hospitals where medical staff die because they are not protected, where wards are so overloaded with critical patients that the corridors fill with beds, and where doctors have to make decisions about who lives and who dies because they...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkish commandos has killed 8 Kurdish militants were trying to infiltrate the ‘Operation Peace Spring zone in northeastern Syria, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday.  The escalation followed a week of skirmishes between the YPG-led forces and Turkish-backed...