Syrian regime forces encircled a key rebel area northwest of Damascus Thursday that serves as the capital's main water supply, a monitoring group said. Clashes have rocked the Wadi Barada region for more than a month, despite a fragile nationwide truce aimed at smoothing the way for...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he believed Russian-backed peace talks in Kazakhstan aimed to produce local "reconciliation" agreements with rebel groups whereby they would give up their weapons and receive a government pardon. Assad said in an interview with a Japanese TV station that...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Democratic Union Party with the help of American forces seems to intend to build a new military base in the northern province of Hasaka, after evacuating the training camp of Tal-Baidar. Activist Mahmoud al-Ahmad reported that the Democratic Union Party (PYD) are intending...

Residents of government-held areas of the Syrian city of Deir az-Zour have expressed fears of massacres as the Islamic State group continues its advance on the city. Besieged by IS since early 2015, the regime-controlled third of Deir az-Zour city is home to an estimated 100,000 people....