A more sceptical academic than Paul McKeigue might perhaps have wondered if the emails flooding into his inbox from “Ivan”, a purported Russian spy, were too good to be true. Ivan appeared to share many of McKeigue’s own personal obsessions, particularly his desire to discredit investigators...

Online taxi booking apps, which recently have been widespread across Syria, helped launch a phenomenon of women-only taxi with services provided by women for women. The idea has recently reached the central city of Homs, despite the poverty that overcame its residents for years....

The giant cargo ship wedged in Egypt’s Suez Canal is forcing Syria to begin rationing its distribution of fuel as shipments are expected to be delayed, the war-torn nation's Oil Ministry said Saturday. A giant container ship remained stuck sideways, blocking the Suez Canal for a fifth...

Syrian army's Fourth Division on Saturday sent reinforcements to the central Homs province amid an unprecedented rise in the Islmaic State attacks in the Syrian desert, sources told Zaman al-Wasl. The military convoy of the elite Fourth Division left early Saturday the town of Qalaat...

 Four Syrian people, two women and two children, have frozen to death in a border region between Syria and Lebanon while they were trying to reach Lebanon illegally, Lebanese media outlets said Friday. The four victims were left behind by Lebanese smugglers in...

The Syrian National Army has arrested ten people operating for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in northern Aleppo province, such a move follows a series of bomb attacks hit the opposition areas. The Third Corps in the National Army released a video recording that includes...

The UN has urged the UK not to go ahead with expected significant cuts in aid to Syria next week, warning that the move could further destabilise the wartorn country and backfire on Britons. The warning from the UN’s chief humanitarian coordinator, Mark Lowcock, comes before a...

The Iraqi army on Thursday said it was redeploying and repositioning troops along the Syrian border in the country's northeast. The move comes a day after the country launched a major operation against remnants of Islamic State group in Makhmour district of Nineveh governorate....

The talk of Syrians offering their bodies for sale in order to secure their livelihood is no longer just a rumor as a local radio station received a call from a number of people confirming that they are in fact selling their kidneys and urging buyers to hurry and take advantage of the...

    Bashar al-Assad has appointed Major General Tayseer Ibrahim Salem as commander of the artillery and missile forces, succeeding Major General Akram Tajour who retired at the beginning of March, military source told Zaman al-Wasl.     Salem was assigned temporarily...

Russia's military said on Wednesday that it had agreed with Turkey to open two crossing points in the Idlib de-escalation zone in Syria and one near Aleppo, the Interfax news agency reported. Russia on Tuesday proposed that Turkey reopen these three crossing points due to the difficult...

Zaman Al Wasl obtained aerial photos of the permanent headquarters of the militias of Suhail Al Hassan, who is considered Russia’s most important man in Syria. Since 2014, Assad’s and Russian media have presented Suhail Al Hassan as an officer with exceptional military prowess, however...

The government of war-torn Syria said Wednesday it will send emergency oxygen supplies to neighboring Lebanon, which has experienced shortages amid a surge of coronavirus infections in both countries. The gesture comes as the health care sectors of the neighboring countries face serious...

Syria is pinning its hopes on the Sultanate of Oman for a return to the Arab fold with President Bashar Assad remaining at the country’s helm. Syria’s membership of the Arab League was suspended in 2011 over its deadly crackdown on protesters at the start of the country’s civil war. Ten...

Airstrikes in northwest Syria near the Turkish border that killed a person and set afire trucks used to distribute aid targeted areas considered the safest in the rebel-held region, a top U.N. official said Monday. The strikes on several locations a day earlier angered Turkey, prompting...

A coronavirus vaccination campaign is expected to start in Syria in April when the World Health Organization (WHO) aims to oversee the inoculation of 20% of the population by 2021’s end, it said Tuesday. The announcement came amid a sharp increase in cases in government-held parts of...

Under Bashar al-Assad’s rule, age is just a number that does not exempt anyone from being accused of terrorism, the regime’s favorite strategy to use against anyone who opposes it. The family of Dr. Rania Al-Abbasi suffered a similar fate, when she was arrested 8 years ago with her husband...

A report by Amnesty International has documented alleged violations committed by mostly Lebanese military intelligence against Syrian detainees including fair trial violations, as well as torture. Detainees described being beaten with metal sticks, electric cables and plastic pipes as...

The Biden administration is mulling over America’s role in Syria’s ongoing conflict as the U.S. tries to break away from Middle East wars, but Vladimir Putin’s top diplomat already has been busy on the ground, trying to win support for a Syria approach that could establish Russia as a broker...

Nearly 43,000 foreign men, women, and children linked to ISIS remain detained in inhuman or degrading conditions by regional authorities in northeast Syria, two years after they were rounded up during the fall of the Islamic State “caliphate,” often with the explicit or implicit consent of...