(Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkish and Russian forces on Tuesday have carried out a new joint patrol along a strategic M4 highway in northwestern Syria, said Turkey’s Defense Ministry. "Fifth combined Turkish-Russian land patrol was conducted today by air and ground vehicles on M4 motorway in...

Syrian air defenses have opened fire and shot down several missiles launched by Israeli warplanes Monday night near the central historic town of Palmyra, state media said. Syrian state TV gave no further details about the attacks saying they are still ongoing. Israel has in the...

Four children and their mother were killed when an old unexploded bomb went off in northern Jordan on Monday, according to Jordanian police. "A hand grenade exploded in Al-Mafraq province which led to the death of four children and their mother," police spokesman, Amer al-Sartawi, said....

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that the Syrian government was violating a ceasefire in the northwestern Idlib region, warning that Damascus would suffer "heavy losses" if it persisted. Turkey and Russia, which back opposing sides in Syria's war, agreed on March 5 to halt...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Five civilians were killed by unknown assailants in a desert area west of Deir Ezzor city, activists said Monday. Activists have accused Daesh militants of carrying out such crimes against civilians in the Syrian desert, known as al-Badiya. Early April, seven...

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Monday to discuss regional developments in light of the novel coronavirus. On his first official meeting with Zarif in a year, Assad expressed condolences to Iran, the regional epicentre of the...

Syria's Kurds have set up a specialised hospital for coronavirus cases, the Kurdish Red Crescent said Monday, after the first COVID-19 death was reported in the northeastern region. The United Nations on Friday said a man aged in his fifties had on April 2 become the first fatality from...

Taher al-Matar's home in northwest Syria is in ruins but he has gone back to live there anyway, driven by dire conditions in camps for displaced people, where he fears any outbreak of the coronavirus would be devastating. Even though he worries a fragile ceasefire in the Idlib region may...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Four opposition fighters were wounded Monday when regime forces launched a missile attack on their stronghold in northern Idlib province. According to Zaman Al Wasl reporter, the elite 25th Division had fired 22 Grad missiles on an array of Jabal al-Zawiya villages....

When Anwar al-Bunni crossed paths with fellow Syrian Anwar Raslan in a DIY store in Germany five years ago, he recognised him as the man who had thrown him in jail a decade earlier. On Thursday, the two men will face each other in a German court, where Raslan will be one of two alleged...

After nine years of war, Syria is broken into three rival parts unable to work together and ill-prepared to cope with the coronavirus, an enemy that knows no conflict lines. Medical personnel in Kurdish-run northeastern Syria have resorted to making protective gear out of garbage bags. The...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The US-led International Coalition has been recruiting local fighters in northeastern Hasakah province, activists said Sunday. The separate move to form its own local force came after five years of joint operations with Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A new Turkish observation point was set in the Jabal al-Zawiyah region on Sunday, topping the number to 57 as reinforcements keep pouring to the last opposition stronghold in northern Idlib province. According to Zaman al-Wasl correspondent, the military point was...

The lanes of Lavardac, a tiny village in the southwest of France, are largely silent during the nationwide lockdown, but a rhythmic whir can be heard from the upstairs window of one unassuming house. It is the sound of sewing machines being used to make fabric coronavirus masks for the...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Two US-backed fighters and a displaced child were killed by an improvised explosive device in eastern Deir Ezzor province, local activists said Saturday. The IED targeted a military vehicle for the Syrian Democratic Froces (SDF) in the town of Sweidan east of Deir...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two Syrian army Colonels were shot dead by an armed group in southern Daraa province, such an attack enrolls in a series of guerrilla war adopted by opposition fighters, local activists said Saturday. The two Colonels had been ambushed in Al-Herak town in the eastern...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Militant Tahrir Al Sham group on Saturday has suspended its decision to open a crossing point with regime-held areas in northern Idlib province such a move came in response to the residents outrage. According to Zaman al-Wasl correspondent, Tahrir Al Sham has deployed...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian sactivists have surfaced a photo for a newly-released Syrian prisoner, showing a shocking physical condition he had passed through in six years in the regime security chambers. When Abdul Hamid al-Haj Ali arrived his hometown in southern Daraa province, most of...

A group of 47 unaccompanied children evacuated from refugee camps in Greece landed in Germany Saturday, German officials said. The Interior Ministry said the minors landed in Hanover on a flight from Athens. They were all tested for the coronavirus before departure and will remain in...

Syrian regime's health ministry on Wednesday has confirmed five Coronavirus cases as    medics and opposition activists suspect there are many more So far, 38 people tested positive for the Covid-19 with two confirmed deaths. The World Health Origination warned...