(Zaman Al Wasl)- Free Syrian Army fighters on Thursday have recaptured Sahm al-Goaln town from Islamic State-linked groups in the western countryside of Daraa as clashes enter its third week in the southern province, activists said. The Yramouk Martyrs Brigade and key ally al-Muthanna Movement...

Turkey has adopted a rule granting temporary protection status to Syrian migrants sent back from Greek islands in the Aegean Sea, a step required under an EU-Turkey deal to combat illegal migration, according to Turkey's Official Gazette. The status would be given to Syrians who...

(Zaman Al Wasl- Reuters)- ISIS fighters have kidnapped 300 cement workers in an area northeast of Damascus where the militants launched an assault against government forces this week, Syrian state television said Thursday. The workers and contractors of Al Badia Cement company were taken from...

U.N. mediator Staffan de Mistura said on Thursday he would travel to Damascus and Tehran and meet other regional officials to seek a common understanding on Syria's political transition, delaying the start of a round of peace talks by two days. De Mistura said he had already...