At least 16 Syrian people were tested positive for the novel coronavirus upon their return from Sudan, UAE, Russia and Kuwait, the  regime health ministry said Sunday . It brings the total recorded infections in Syria to 86 and four deaths. The war-torn nation has limited...

The Syrian government has announced the largest single day jump of recorded cases in the country, where so far testing has been limited. The health ministry said Saturday that 11 people tested positive upon their return from Kuwait, and that they were among Syrians repatriated from the...

Egyptian security forces killed 21 suspected militants in North Sinai, part of a group that the interior ministry said was planning attacks over the Eid holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, state television reported Saturday. Two officers were wounded in an exchange of fire during the...

Hundreds of thousands of Syrians, who became homeless due to aerial bombardments by the Bashar al-Assad regime, welcomed Eid al-Fitr in the shadow of homesickness, migration and high cost of living. Millions of Syrians, who have been internally displaced or became refugees since the civil...

Every day, I wake at the crack of dawn. I walk to my local hospital, put on my scrubs and my PPE. I sweat in it – mopping floors, disinfecting surfaces, cleaning everything that might be touched by a hand. I am aware that if I miss a spot, the virus might stay on the surface, and someone might...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Many of the Syrian opposition believe that the Syrian regime and key ally Iran had paved the road for Daesh since 2003. A recent study by the Syrian Center for Legal Studies and Researches and the Center for Democratic Republic Studies, addresses the relation...

A Syrian doctor living in Germany is being investigated on suspicion of carrying out crimes against humanity at a military hospital in the war-torn country, a report in Spiegel magazine Friday said. Federal prosecutors suspect the man of beating and torturing men arrested by the Syrian...

Iran is slowly pulling out of Syria in response to Israeli strikes, as well as growing domestic discontent linked to the economy and its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the Israeli military said Thursday. Israel and Iran have for years been engaged in a shadow war that has recently...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The rift between Syria’s telecom tycoon Rami Makhlouf and his maternal cousin Bashar al-Assad has marked a turning point in the boiling political scene in the war-torn country. Syria experts say the row could mark the first major rift in decades within the family that...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two motorbike bombs have killed three civilians, including a child, in the Kurdish-held areas in eastern Deir Ezzor province, local activists said Thursday. Fifteen more were wounded when the booby-trapped motorbikes exploded in the town of al-Bsairah in the eastern...

The International Committee of the Red Cross warned Thursday of a worsening crisis in northeast Syria, where water cuts, food shortages and depleted health services are proving as dangerous as coronavirus. Home to sprawling displacement camps hosting tens of thousands of people, including...

(Zaman Photos)- Abdul-Mu’ti Saeed, a 53-year-old displaced interior designer, has turned a wild cave in northern Idlib province into a cultural space, decorated with traditional antiques he brought from his home in Aleppo region.

In a Damascus flea market, Sham Alloush rummaged through a pile of clothes for something nice to wear for Eid al-Fitr that wasn't too expensive. "The flea market is the only place I can buy something new to wear for the Eid holidays," the 28-year-old, dressed casually in large sunglasses...

At a soccer stadium in Syria's Idlib re-purposed to shelter people displaced by war, children are being offered a service highly sought after since the coronavirus pandemic set in: a haircut. The camp is one of several in Syria's war-torn northwest region where makeshift barbers are being...

Turkish and Russian military elements performed the 12th joint patrol along a key highway in Idlib, northwestern Syria, the Turkish National Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. “Within the framework of TUR-RF Agreement/Protocol, the 12th TUR-RF Combined Land Patrol on M-4 Highway in Idlib...

 Observers say the regime of  Bashar al-Assad is using the coronavirus crisis to exploit prevention measures to consolidate its control. Syria’s health ministry has so far reported 59 cases of COVID-19, with three deaths, accounting only for people in areas under Assad’s control. But...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Crop fires have destroyed more than 1500 hectares in northeastern Syria, local activists said Wednesday. The massive fires flared in 12 areas in Hasakah and Deir Ezzor provinces as efforts failed by local farmers to extinguish the fire that hit the unharvested barley...

The Syrian government decided Tuesday to seize assets belonging to Rami Makhlouf, a cousin of President Bashar al-Assad and one of Syria's richest men, and his wife and children, according to a government document seen by Reuters. The document, stamped May 19 and signed by the Syrian...

Representatives of opposing sides in Syria's war have agreed to reconvene in Geneva for stalled negotiations on the constitution, according to Geir Pedersen, the United Nations special envoy to the country. A lull in fighting could provide an opportunity to start healing "deep, deep...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- About 100 bodies have been exhumed from a mass graves in eastern Raqqa province, the First Response Team said Tuesday. Yaser al-Khamis, head of the local rescue group, said the corpse toll of the new mass grave in Tel Zaidan is expected to reach a...