Guns mostly fell silent in Syria and Russian air raids stopped on Saturday, the first day of a cessation of hostilities that the United Nations has described as the best hope for peace in five years of civil war. Under the U.S.-Russian accord accepted by President Bashar...

(Zaman Al Wals)- Islamic State beheaded a top tribesman in Tel Abyad town near the Turkish border, saying he was collaborating with the Kurdish YPG militia, pro-ISIS accounts reported on Saturday. Khaled Dahham Ragheb al-Bashir, cousin of Nawaf al-Bashir, head of the powerful al-Baqara tribe,...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Damascus)- Qaboun, the northern suburb of Damascus, is still under severe siege despite cease-fire agreement reached two years ago in February 2014, nothing has been changed, residents and activists say. The 'cessation of hostilities' that come into effect at the...

(Zaman Al Wals)- Islamic State fighters attacked the town of Tel Abyad controlled by the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia at the Turkish border as well as the nearby town of Suluk on Saturday, YPG spokesman Redur Xelil and Turkish security sources told Reuters. The YPG and Syrian...