Mahmoud Arnaout is another pro-Bashar al-Assad militant who fled to Germany in 2018 after participating in the regime's military operation in the southern suburbs of Damascus. Arnaout, 46, originally from the Yarmouk refugee camp in southern Damascus, lives in the city of...

US President Donald Trump personally wrote to his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad about the case of journalist Austin Tice, who has been missing since 2012, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday. "The US government has repeatedly attempted to engage Syrian officials to seek Austin's...

Eight children under five years of age have died within days in a northeastern Syria camp hosting thousands of relatives of jihadists, the Save the Children charity said on Thursday. Health and nutrition services have deteriorated rapidly in the Kurdish-run Al-Hol camp, where the children...

Syria’s Bashar al-Assad has appointed General Mueen Qassem as head of the army’s communication department, replacing General Ma’an Hussein who was arrested over links to an espionage network.   In late June, the Syrian security backed by Russian Intelligence reports dismantled an...

Elements of the Islamic State group are working to rebuild in western Syria, where the US has little visibility or presence, the top US commander for the Middle East warned Wednesday. In the region west of the Euphrates River where the Syrian regime is in control "conditions are as bad or...

The Raqqa Political Board warned of the expansion of the regime’s control in the eastern province, which is divided between three regional and international parties, saying that it does not recognize any agreements before a political solution is achieved. Mohamed Sobhi from the...

 Syrian President Bashar al Assad said Wednesday that sweeping new US sanctions amounted to a new stage of economic warfare against his government and were part of Washington's long- standing efforts to "choke" Syrians' living standards. In a statement, Assad also blamed the sanctions,...

Jordan will close for a week its only land trade border crossing with Syria after a spike in COVID-19 cases coming from its northern neighbor, officials said Wednesday. They said the interior minister's decision to close the main Jaber border crossing would come into effect Thursday...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least three militants from the Liwa al-Quds militia were killed Wednesday in an ambush by Daesh (ISIS) in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor. The ambush took place west of the oil-rich city when ten ISIS fighters attacked a military vehicle carrying  ...

During a small ceremony at the German Museum of Art of Cultural History, the Bremen state government, in cooperation with the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, awarded Tariq Mazaal the Diaspora prize under the Peace category for his efforts and volunteering work in...

Two new cases of COVID-19 has been recored in rebel-held areas, out of 95 tests, bringing the number to 45 in Idlib and the countryside of Aleppo,  The Epidemiological Surveillance Laboratory said Sunday . Dr. Mohamed Hallaj, director of the Syria Response Coordinators team,...

 The Turkish army on Sunday has set up an observation point in the coastal Jabal al-Akrad area, following clashes between rebels and regime forces that left casualties from both sides last week. According to Zaman al-Wasl reporter, the new Turkish outpost was constructed in the Tel...

Syria's Health Ministry on Saturday has recorded 65 new coronavirus cases, topping the total of COVID-19 infections to 1160. Zaman al-Wasl sources have rebuffed regime tally saying the death toll is in hundreds, saying the epidemic has turned out of control in regime-held areas and the...

Some families say it is better to know and mourn. Others say finally learning what happened is worse than dying themselves. Hundreds of victims of Syria’s torture chambers are only now being discovered, thanks to a new effort to identify bodies from tens of thousands of photos smuggled...

The Pentagon confirmed in a report on the war in Syria and Iraq that the militia of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) continues to recruit children through forcible detention. On Thursday, the Lead Inspector General issued a report on Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), launched by a...

Syria's capital is facing a "terrible" spike in COVID-19 infections, with hospitals packed, patients scouring Facebook for advice and medics fearing the virus is spreading faster than clinics can test for it. Authorities in government-held areas have confirmed 999 cases including 48 deaths...

 A Syrian toddler was killed and seven family members wounded overnight in a blast attack in northern Idlib province. According to Zaman al-Wasl reporter, the blast that shaked the town of Jisr al-Shughour was preceded by a crossfire.   Also in northern Syria, about...

Three health workers in a displaced persons' camp in northeastern Syria have contracted the novel coronavirus, the United Nations said Thursday, the first reported infections in the vast tent city. The Al-Hol camp is home to tens of thousands of people, including the relatives of Daesh....

  At least 52 people have tested positive for coronavirus amid fears that the epidemic has turned out of control in regime-held areas, Syria's Health Ministry said in a statement Wednesday. Limited testing facilities and Syrian regime control over pandemic statistics have led to...

Two regime forces, including an officer, were killed Wednesday when unknown rebel group stormed a checkpoint for the regime army in the northwestern Hama city. According to Zaman al-Wasl reporter, the attack had targeted the notorious Military Intelligence checkpoint in the...