(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regimen has freed Samar Koukash, a prominent relief worker and former actress, after four years in detention over charges of 'supporting terrorism'. The 45-year-old woman was arrested in 2013 when she went to streets opposing Bashar al-Assad's crackdown and daily...

Syrian regime forces and their allies from Lebanon's Hezbollah reached the outskirts of Palmyra in their push to drive ISIS militants from the ancient town, activists said Tuesday. The advancing forces reached the town's southwestern gateway, located about 5 kilometers (3 miles) from...

Turkey-backed forces will move towards the northern Syrian town of Manbij after completing their operation in al-Bab as originally planned, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday. In a news conference in Ankara before embarking on an official visit to Pakistan, Erdogan also said the...

In an office cubicle at the U.N. refugee agency, a Syrian woman and her three daughters took turns staring into a camera for iris scans. Their biometric registration, a first step toward possible resettlement in the West, is to be followed by interviews and background checks that can take months...