(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 8 civilians were killed and a dozen wounded Thursday when the militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham stormed the town of Kafr Takharim in northern Idlib province despite a 'surrender’ deal reached the day before with rival jihadist group, according to Zaman al-Wasl...

A French court on Thursday quashed charges of "complicity in crimes against humanity" pressed against French cement company Lafarge, but says other charges will be considered over payments made to armed forces in Syria. The other charges that the Paris appeal court maintained against the...

An Albanian boy who was taken to Syria by his mother when she joined the Islamic State group has been freed from a crowded detention camp in northeastern Syria and is on track to return home with his father in Italy, Red Cross and Red Crescent officials said Thursday. The story of...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday the United States was not fulfilling its pledge to remove a Kurdish militia from a Syrian border region and he will raise the issue when he meets President Donald Trump next week. A month ago, Turkey launched a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Over the past two weeks, public discontent spread as a result of looting and theft of civilian property by fractions affiliated to the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army in Ras al-Ain, a newly-captured town from US-backed Kurdish forces.  Abdul Razzaq, a...

The oil extracted in northeastern Syria is being used by the local authorities for their own benefit, a senior State Department official said Wednesday, apparently contradicting President Donald Trump's suggestion last month that U.S. energy companies might operate them. During a news...

Israel is assisting Syrian Kurds battered by a month-old Turkish incursion, seeing them as a counterweight to Iranian influence and advocating for them in talks with the United States, the deputy Israeli foreign minister said Wednesday. Ankara launched its assault targeting the Kurdish YPG...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham has extended its control on the town of Kafr Takharim in northern Idlib province on Wednesday, following a 'surrender’ deal with rival jihadist group, accoridng to Zaman al-Wasl sources. Fighters of the former al-Qaeda group have...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least six civilians were killed and twenty more wounded in regime airstrikes on opposition areas in northern Aleppo province, activists said Wednesday.     At least 20 others, including 7 children and 4 women, were also wounded in the attack in the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Residents of southern Sweida province have voiced concerns of mounting cases of kidnappings by gangeserts, local news site reported. Sweida 24 said 18 people were kidnapped in October by gangs for ransom from the Druze stronghold in southern Syria, such a high rate of...

Donald Trump has reportedly approved an expanded US military mission to secure an expanse of oil fields across eastern Syria. The US president’s actions raise a number of legal questions about whether American troops can launch attacks against Syrian, Russian or other forces if they...

The U.S. has started construction of two new military bases in oil-rich areas in northern Syria, mostly in Deir Ezzor province. The military bases are being built in the 113th Brigade area and near al-Sur region, according to local sources. While the footage captured by Anadolu...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia had not withdrawn from a planned "safe zone" in northeast Syria despite Turkey's agreements with the United States and Russia. Turkey struck two separate deals with the United States and Russia for the...

Russian-Turkish memorandum on Syria is being implemented with all its terms, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday. Speaking at a news conference in Moscow, Lavrov said there is no reason to look for a "hidden agenda" in the Russian-Turkish agreements. "I don't see any...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels on Tuesday have thwarted a fresh incursion attempt by regime forces and allied militias into strategic Kabina hilltops in coastal Latakia province, killing 12 troops, sources told Zaman al-Wasl. The regime army seeks to take back four hilltops seized...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia had not withdrawn from a planned "safe zone" in northeast Syria despite Turkey's agreements with the United States and Russia. Turkey struck two separate deals with the United States and Russia for the YPG,...

Turkish and Russian troops in armoured vehicles Tuesday began their second joint ground patrol in northern Syria near the town of Kobani, under a deal that has forced a Kurdish militia away from Turkey's border. Nearly a month ago, Turkey and Syrian rebel allies launched a cross-border...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- After escaping the regime’s detention centers, Mohammed Al-Issa, a researcher at German universities, was honored last year by the Immigration Department in Hesse as one of the top 20 academics of foreign origins for his research into the field of radiation cancer treatment....

(Zaman AL Wasl)- Pro-Syrian regime media outlets gloated over Syrian businessmen who, after smuggling their money to Lebanese after revolution erupted in 2011, are suffering heavy losses due to restrictions on withdrawals imposed by the Lebanese Central Bank.  They are...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- With the extension of its areas of control from Tal Abyad to Ras al-Ain, the Turkish-backed Syria National Army sought to establish judicial institutions to control the security and adjudicate on military cases, establishing two courts for military individuals in both cities....