A rebel bastion in the Idlib region of northwest Syria has recorded its first death from the novel coronavirus, a health official said Friday. The rebel stronghold is home to some three million people, many living in close quarters in displacement camps after being forced to flee their...

The stalled Syrian peace talks will resume on Monday in Geneva involving both sides in the conflict. The talks will be held under UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen, the UN said Thursday. Ahmad Kuzbari will represent the Syrian regime and Hadi al-Bahra the opposition Syrian...

The United States blacklisted Thursday senior Syrian government officials and leaders of several Syrian military units as Washington continues to impose sanctions aimed at cutting off funds for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government. The action, which follows the blacklisting of...

Sama Al-Hamad, 6, a little Syrian girl who appeared in a video surfaced by activists innocently asking for her eye back, which she lost in the Beirut explosion on August 4. Sama fled northern Aleppo after the Islamic State took control and came to live with her father in Mar Mikhael,...

The UN special envoy for Syria announced Wednesday that the 45-member committee charged with drafting a new constitution for the conflict-torn country will meet for the first time in nine months on Aug. 24. Geir Pedersen told the Security Council that convening the UN-facilitated,...

Syrian regime authorities have agreed to give Russia additional land and coastal waters in order to expand its military air base at Hmeimim, a Russian government document published on Wednesday showed. The agreement, signed by representatives of the two countries on July 21 and which...

A Russian major-general died and three other servicemen were injured after a bomb exploded in the path of a Russian military convoy near Deir al Zor in Syria, the RIA news agency cited the defense ministry as saying Tuesday. A joint Turkish-Russian patrol in northwest Syria's Idlib region...

Amid a totally destroyed neighborhood and the rubble of an abandoned house in Idlib, the young Syrian artist "Rami Abdul Haq" set up his first artistic opposition after the revolution. The exhibition includes 30 black white paintings that represent symbols of Syrian revolution from activists,...

One of the most famous merchants in Hareeqa Bazzar in Damascus, has put up ten out of his 20 shops for sale. According to Zaman al-Wasl source, a big number of merchants are selling their shops in the area, which during the height of the war, were valued at 100-300 million. The...

The number of COVID-19 deaths among medical personnel in government-held parts of Syria has shot up in recent weeks amid a rise in infections, several sources told AFP. The capital Damascus has been especially hard hit, with doctors warning of a deteriorating situation in overcrowded...

Unknown assailants killed former media activist Rami al-Khatib in Daraa city Tuesday evening, such an attack follows state security chaos in the southern province over the past few months.   According to local activists, the gunmen had opened fire on al-Khatib in the Tariq la-Sad...

A Turkish military vehicle came under attack on Monday as Turkey and Russia held their 25th joint patrol in northwestern Syria, Turkey's National Defense Ministry said. One of our vehicles was slightly damaged in the attack carried out by terrorists during the patrol along the key M4...

The US-led coalition in Syria said Monday a patrol had come under attack and engaged in a firefight near a pro-government checkpoint in the country's northeast. "After receiving safe passage from the pro-regime forces, the patrol came under small arms fire from individuals in the vicinity...

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the conflicts in Libya and Syria with his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan in a telephone call Monday, the Kremlin said in a statement. The Kremlin said the call's main focus was on the crisis in Libya, highlighting the need to make real...

Syrian state media and an opposition war monitoring group reported that a U.S. helicopter gunship on Monday attacked a Syrian army checkpoint in the country’s northeast, killing two soldiers and wounding two others. According to the reports, the attack came after the Syrian army...

After two months from the harvest in the Turkish-held Ras Al-Ayn region, farmers are still unable to sell their crops, amid complaints of the slow marketing process from Tal Abyad to Turkey during the past month. Buyers are exploiting the situation to push the farmers to sell at very...

Jordan will seal off a city near the Syrian border from Monday following the largest daily rise in four months in coronavirus infections, which officials say have come mainly from its northern neighbor. The health ministry said half of the 39 cases recorded in the last 24 hours were from...

In the summer of 2015 Mohammed bin Salman, then Saudi defence minister and third in line to the throne, turned his country’s foreign policy on its head and gave a covert green light for Russia’s intervention in Syria, according to a lawsuit by a former top intelligence official. In his...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A rigged motorcycle exploded in the border city Jarablus in northern Syria, killing one person and wounding seven more people. The blast took place in the city center near the main bakery, according to Zaman al-Wasl reporter. In August 2016, the Turkish army...

Syrian rebel group has shot down two Russian drones in northwestern Idlib province, a military source said Sunday.   Al-Fateh al-Mubin, an operations room of rebels and jihadist factions, shot down two attack drones in the eastern countryside of Larakia and the Jabal al-Zawiyah...