Turkey’s counter-terrorism efforts do not target any specific ethnicities in northern Syria, but focus solely on the terror groups, the defense minister said on Sunday. Hulusi Akar’s remarks came at the 19th Doha Forum held in Qatar where he delivered remarks on international efforts...

Barrel bombs of Syrian regime helicopters killed a child and wounded seven people in northern Idlib province, the White Helmets said Sunday. The attack hit a bakery in the town of Maarshourin, which falls within a de-escalation zone where acts of aggression are explicitly prohibited,...

   (Zaman Al Wasl)-  One person was killed on Sunday when a landmine set off near the border town of Ras al-Ayn, local activists said.   Landmines were planted by the YPG-led Syrian Democratic Forces in the city, days before the Turkish forces and the Syrian...

As the number of people forcibly displaced from their homes continues to climb worldwide, a global summit in Geneva next week will aim to drum up fresh and concrete support for refugees. The Global Refugee Forum will officially open on Tuesday, exactly a year after the UN General Assembly...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian armed opposition have thwarted new incursion attempt by regime forces and pro-Iran militias in northern Idlib province, following a week of heavy losses in weapons and personnel, rebel commander said Saturday. Pro-regime militias seek to advance in the...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime has imposed strict security measures on the eastern enclave of Damascus, freezing security permits that allow residents to enter Damascus, local media group said Saturday. The Ghouta Media Center said the regime had excluded people who originally...

The European Union should spend more than the 6 billion euros ($6.6 billion) already allotted to fund Syrian refugees in Turkey, and speed up the flow of that money, the Turkish foreign ministry’s EU point person said on Saturday. EU funds support the roughly 3.5 million Syrian refugees in...

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) said the Syrian regime and allied Russia have been responsibl the bombing of an IDP camp and the killing of 11 Syrian children.    The report further reveals that the attack caused the displacement of approximately 80 percent...

More than 1,000 ancient relics and mosaics were saved from Islamic State group militants when staff at the museum of the Syrian city of Raqqa managed to hide them underground and in storehouses, Syrian officials and experts said Thursday. The Syrian Kurdish-led administration in...

Over the past two months everyone in Lebanon has become an economist. Walk down the street and you will probably hear snippets of conversation about dollars and exchange rates—and vitriol aimed at bankers. The country is in the third month of a political and economic crisis caused by a drop in...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Two children were killed in a bomb explosion in southern Daraa province, activists said Friday. The bomb that left five more children wounded was one the war remnants in the town of Nassib near the Jordanian border.   War remnant bombs killed...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian armed opposition on Thursday have thwarted major attack by regime forces and pro-Iran militias in the eastern countryside of Idlib province, in retaliation to a surprise rebel attack left 22 elite troops dead, military source told Zaman al-Wasl....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian surgeon Hani Aouira accomplished a new medical achievement after performing a rare surgery on an obese patient in a Swiss hospital. The patient was suffering from excessive obesity, incisional hernia and several other complications, which put his life at risk. Swiss...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is transporting tons of grain that was stored in warehouses and silos near the Turkish border to a former American base in Raqqa province, sources told Zaman al-Wasl.  The place was equipped to be a storehouse for placing the...

The 14th round of Syria peace talks discussed developments east of Euphrates River and in Idlib de-escalation zone in Syria, according to Turkey’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday.   “The fourteenth round of the high-level meetings on Syria was held on 10-11 December 2019 in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian armed opposition made a surprise attack on regime bastion in northern Idlib province, killing at least 22 elite troops and allied militants, military source told Zaman al-Wasl Wednesday. The dawn attack targeted a post for the regime’s elite Tiger Force...

 Russia, Turkey, and Iran are concerned about the increased presence of terrorist groups in Syria's Idlib province, the three countries said after talks in Kazakhstan, pledging to coordinate actions aimed at eliminating the militants. Moscow, Ankara and Tehran "highlighted the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian human rights organizations demanded to reveal the fate of activists, Razan Zaitouneh, Wael Hamadeh, Samira Al-Khalil, and Nazem Hammadi, known as the “Duma Four” and who were abducted during a raid on the offices of the Violation Documentation Center (VDC) from the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The National Front on Tuesday has killed four regime troops in TOW missile attack in northwestern Hama province, military source told Zaman al-Wasl. The Turkish-backed group has targeted regime forces in the Ghap Plain, one of the regime's main manpower supply....

The Turkish Defense Ministry released a video Tuesday showing reopening of mosques and churches in Syria's northern towns of Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ayn. After repairing damage done by the Kurdish YPG militia, Turkey has returned mosques and churches in northern Syria to the service of...