The whereabouts of more than 3,000 Syrians who were abducted by the SDF -- the Syrian offshoot of the YPG/PKK terror group -- are unknown, according to a human rights group. The terror group arbitrarily detains people, Fadel Abdul Ghany, head of the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR),...

 After taking control over the 41st Regiment, Russia continues to prevent civilians from returning to their homes in Western Harasta, the key suburb in Eastern Ghouta enclave near the capital, local media network reported. Sawt al-Asima network confirmed that the security...

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday hosted his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad in Tehran, in the top diplomat's first official visit abroad. During their meeting, the two discussed "bilateral, regional and international issues, as well as the joint fight against...

Strolling through the alleyways of war-torn Syria's capital, Rania Kataf snaps photos of the city's famed houses, capturing their nooks and crannies for posterity. After seeing how vulnerable they had become during the country's devastating civil war, the 35-year-old began creating a...

Nizar al-Hiraki, ambassador of the Syrian opposition's National Coalition to Qatar, has died from coronavirus in Turkey. Al-Haraki, 58, who was the first representative of the Syrian opposition in the Arab countries, died on Sunday evening, source told Zaman al-Wasl. Nasr...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday rejected as “fake news” the reports in Indian media claiming transfer of foreign militants from Syria to India-held Kashmir for allegedly reinforcing the ranks of freedom fighters. “Pakistan completely rejects concoctions based on ‘fake news’, in a...

  The Syrian regime forces have ordered al-Qatirji militia to smuggle more wheat from the Kurdish-controlled eastern areas through the Euphrates river crossings in eastern Deir Ezzor province, local news site reported Sunday. According to the Ain Al-Furat network, the regime...

Russian-backed Fifth Corps said Sunday that huge quantities of drugs had been seized in southern Daraa province. The Eight Brigade, key unit in the Fifth Corps, stated that Lebanese Hezbollah militia is behind the trade of the large amount of narcotic substances seized by one of its...

Mohamed Nasser Al-Hussein, 16, faces great difficulties in his day-to-day life after losing both his legs in a landmine explosion, which makes it harder for him to get to school in his deserted village in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor. Al-Hussein  said that...

The UN special envoy for Syria announced Friday that a new round of talks to discuss constitutional principles for a peaceful Syria will begin next month in Geneva   Geir Pedersen told reporters at the UN that there was "some common ground" after five days of talks. "So,...

A landmine explosion Friday killed a civilian in northern Syria.  The landmine planted by the Kurdish YPG militia in a village in Ayn al-Arab district, detonated Nov. 13 when a farmer was reportedly working in the field, according to sources. Sheikh Nabi Hamo Bozi was...

In 2014, the remaining staff of the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, or ICARDA, fled their beloved gene bank in Tel Hadia, 20 miles south of Aleppo. Syria’s civil war, which had broken out three years earlier, had finally made the staffing of the facility...

Turkish Red Crescent extended a helping hand to 18-year-old Abdullah Abu al-Homsi, who suffers from a physical and mental disability following an attack by the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria. In an interview with Anadolu Agency on the occasion of the International Day for People with...

   Russia seeks to broker a new reconciliation deal in southern Daraa province as the former deal that reached 30 months ago has come under constant violations by regime forces threatening to renew fighting in the cradle of the Syrian revolution. Sources told Zaman al-Wasl that...

A Turkish soldier was killed in Turkish-controlled northern Syria on Thursday during clashes with Kurdish militia forces deemed "terrorists" by Ankara, the defence ministry tweeted. "One fellow heroic soldier fell martyr in clashes" as fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG)...

Although Idlib should be peaceful due to a Russian-Turkish brokered ceasefire in March, the northwest Syrian province remains subject to almost daily assaults by regime artillery and Russian war planes. While the past months' bombardments have been less intense than in previous years, they...

Life in Lebanon has become so difficult for Syrian refugee Ahmad, he says he recently contemplated suicide. The 54-year-old father of three cleans shops at a mall in exchange for rent-free accommodation in a cramped room in the town of Daraya, southeast of Beirut. His daughters...

Pain breaks through the smile that Ameer al-Halbi tries to maintain while speaking with Middle East Eye. "At this point, I still don't know if I'm going to file a complaint. I need to rest, I'm exhausted." On 28 November, the Syrian photographer went to a rally against the...

Syria’s health officials said on Thursday that 1056 students and teachers have been infected by coronavirus since the beginning of the education semester. Hatoon Al-Tawashi, the Director of School Health, said the infections were distributed between 500 students, and 556 for teachers,...

Turkey's presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin and the US special envoy for Syria on Wednesday discussed the latest developments in the region, according to an official statement. Kalin received Joel D. Rayburn and his delegation at the presidential complex in the capital Ankara. The two...