At least 100,000 could die from the COVID-19 pandemic in northwest Syria as overcrowded camps and the decimated healthcare system make the country particularly vulnerable, medical staff on the ground have warned. "In one year, we lost around 76 health facilities in northwest Syria," Dr...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkish-backed forces on Saturday have thwarted Syrian regime attack in the southern region of Idlib province, rebel source told Zaman al-Wasl.   Fierce clashes reported early Saturday as the army's elite units seek to seize the villages of Sfouhn and al-Fatira in...

(Eqtsad)- Egyptian authorities along with the UN refugees agency (UNHCR) in Egypt and other organizations have taken precautionary measures to limit its spread. According to the UNHCR, there are currently over 129,000 Syrian refugees in Egypt, where there are over 536 confirmed cases of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- After escaping the war towards the unknown, Mohamed Al Arabi (a pseudonym) ended up in detention in Manouia prison in  Cypriot city of  Larnaca city for over 7 months without trial or an official charge, leaving his wife and children to fend for themselves....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Local councils in Aleppo’s countryside have doubled the precautionary measures against the novel Coronavirus, launching awareness campaigns about its spread and risks.  Abdul Khalil, head of the local council of Jarablus city, said a number of measures had been...

Syria's Bashar al-Assad and one of the United Arab Emirates' most powerful leaders spoke on the phone on Friday — signalling a major thaw in Damascus' troubled relations with Arab countries, which had mostly boycotted President Bashar Assad and backed his opposition. The official...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkish army trucks entered Idlib province on Friday, carrying US air missile systems, local activists said as Damascus and Ankara make rapid deployments in northern Syria despite a ceasefire deal reached early March. According to the military news sites, the HAWK...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian activists and former detainees have renewed calls on the Syrian regime to release the prisoners to protect them against the novel coronavirus pandemic. Activists say the COVID-19 has been spreading in Syria, as the air corridor between Tehran and Damascus...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two former rebel commanders were killed and one more wounded Thursday in an attack by unknown assailants in southern Daraa province. The gunmen opened fire on Adnan Abazid and Motez Qanat near the town of al-Nakhla east of Daraa city, according to Zaman al-Wasl...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces killed four armed men in the southern Sweida province what sparked tensions in the main stronghold of Druze Community in Syria, Sweida 24 news site said Friday. The faction of Arman Al-Hrayeb denied in statement any assault by its fighters, saying...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The European Commission's anti-fraud office (OLAF) said it had closed an investigation into fraud against the EU budget relating to a “Rule of Law” project in Syria last January, recommending that authorities in the UK, the Netherlands and Belgium consider prosecuting the...

On a deserted street in the old city of Damascus, the new coronavirus has forced salesmen like Ahmad to close up shop indefinitely for the first time in Syria's war. "We've lived through some tough times during the war," says the 59-year-old, sitting on a chair on the pavement outside his...

An international aid group said Wednesday that closures aimed at containing the coronavirus pandemic are preventing it from reaching 300,000 people in conflict zones across the Middle East, as the virus arrived in war-torn Libya and case counts rose in Syria and the Gaza Strip, among the...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Iran's Revolutionary Guards have formed a command center in the northwestern countryside of Aleppo province as regime and Iran proxies keep fortifying positions near the last rebel stronghold in Syria. The joint command room included top commanders of the IRG,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Turkish army on Thursday has established a new observation point on the strategic M4 highway near Jisr al-Shughour city, according to Zaman Al Wasl reporter.  The new outpost was established in the town of al-Kfayr west of Idlib city on the Aleppo-Latakia...

Syria on Wednesday began a nationwide curfew from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. as lockdown measures to counter the spread of coronavirus were extended, residents and state media said. The government had already ordered the closure of shops, markets and public transport, allowing only pharmacies to open...

The unabated shelling and deadly shootouts rocking the Syrian territories for the ninth-year running have claimed the lives of thousands of Palestinian refugees and resulted in the abduction, torture, displacement, and enforced disappearance of thousands more. The Action Group For...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Most of Syrian refugees in France are satisfied with the government measures to stem human movement to combat the spread of the Coronavirus, which has killed more than 1330 people in the country of 67 million. But the quarantine has awakened the bitter...

In a camp in northwestern Syria, Abdallah Yassin listens to a doctor explain how to avoid coronavirus infection, desperately hoping it will never reach his tent of 14 people. "If the epidemic spreads in the camps, it will be a disaster," the 57-year-old grandfather says. Three million...

 Human rights groups warned Tuesday of a "catastrophe" if the novel coronavirus hits the Syrian regime's overcrowded and squalid prisons, where inmates are routinely denied medical care. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have long documented abuses in the prisons of...