(Zaman Al-Wasl)- Iran's Revolutionary Guard and allied Hezbollah militia have expanding their territory of control in the southern suburbs of Damascus, Building dozen of bases and outpost. Zaman Al-Wasl source says Iran has set up training fields, missile launchers and drone...

Deprived of cross-border aid and already low on medical supplies, northeast Syria is grappling with the threat of a virus outbreak that aid groups and officials fear could ravage the region. Home to sprawling displacement camps hosting some 100,000 people, including the families of the...

A cargo ship operated by the Russian Navy transited Turkey’s Bosphorus strait en route to Syria on Tuesday loaded with ambulances, a Reuters reporter saw. Syria reported its first case of coronavirus on Sunday after weeks of rejecting opposition allegations that the disease had already...

An immediate nationwide ceasefire is needed across Syria to enable an “all-out-effort” to stamp out the coronavirus and prevent it from ravaging a beleaguered population, the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Tuesday. Prisoners and millions of displaced...

The U.N. Special Envoy for Syria called on Tuesday for an immediate nationwide ceasefire across Syria to enable an “all-out-effort” to stamp out COVID-19. In a statement, Geir Pedersen also appealed on humanitarian grounds for “large-scale releases of detainees and abductees” in Syria and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Syrian military convoy has been sent to reinforce regime army bastions in Idlib province despite a ceasefire deal reached early March in northwestern Syria, rebel source said Tuesday. The regime trucks were carrying 200 troops operating in the 25th Special Missions...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces have arrested at least 63 men in eastern Deir Ezzor province in a campaign tracking young people who escaped the military service, local activists said Monday. The arrest campaign have also included wanted people in the oil-rich province which is...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least five Syrian football players suffered from Coronavirus symptoms last December during their participation in the International China Friendly Tournament which held in Beijing, according to a report premiered in January. At the time, doctors told the players that...

 The spread of coronavirus to Syria brings the prospect of a deadly outbreak to a population devastated by nine years of war, with ravaged hospitals and tightly-packed camps likely to accelerate infection, doctors and aid workers said on Monday. The Syrian government announced on...

Testing for the novel coronavirus is to start within days in northwest Syria, the World Health Organisation said Monday, amid fears of a disaster if the pandemic reached overcrowded displacement camps. Some three million people are trapped in the rebel enclave of Idlib in the country's...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed Monday for an "immediate global ceasefire" to protect vulnerable civilians in conflict zones from the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic. "The fury of the virus illustrates the folly of war," he said in a brief speech at UN headquarters in New...

Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad discussed ensuring a lasting ceasefire in the Idlib region during talks in Syria, the Russian defense ministry said on Monday. The two talked about Russia providing humanitarian aid to Syria and enabling the...

Russia and Turkey were forced to cut short their second joint patrol in Syria's Idlib region Monday due to security concerns, the Russian Defence Ministry said in a statement. The patrol is meant to cover the M4 highway which links the cities of Aleppo and Latakia. Their first joint...

War-ravaged Syria on Sunday confirmed its first case of the coronavirus after weeks of rejecting opposition allegations that the disease had already reached a country with a wrecked health system and thousands of Iranian-backed militias and Shi’ite pilgrims. Health Minister Nizar al-Yaziji...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces on Sunday have launched an attack on the southern region of Idlib province in a renewed breach to the three-week-old ceasefire. The Russian-led forces used the heavy artillery and mortar round in the attack on al-Ftira and Sfuhon villages south of...

Syrian President Bashar Assad granted amnesty and reduced sentences for all crimes committed before Sunday, while also offering amnesty to military deserters who turn themselves in within the next few months. Similar amnesties have been issued on several occasions, most recently in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- An armed group operating in southern Swedia province has made a swap deal with the regime army, releasing 8 forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad, local activists said Sunday. The forces of 'Sheikh al-Karama', formed mainly by Druze community fighters, said the regime has...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Turkish army has constructed a new outpost in Idlib province as more military reinforcement keep pouring into the last rebel stronghold in northern Syria, activists said Sunday. The observation point set in the village of al-Mshayrfa on the M4 highway that...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two Syrian displaced are in quarantine in Atmeh Hospital at the Turkish border as medics suspect they have been infected with Coronavirus. Medics say they are waiting the results of tests which have been sent to Turkey. Coronavirus infections have also yet to...

Police in northern Cyprus said Saturday that they had rescued 175 Syrians from the sea after authorities in the island's south stopped them from disembarking the previous day. The eastern Mediterranean island is divided between the internationally-recognised Republic of Cyprus and the...