Britain said Iran had sold the oil cargo of tanker Adrian Darya 1 to Syria, breaking assurances it had given over the vessel which had been detained in Gibraltar for a suspected breach of European Union sanctions. The vessel, formerly named Grace 1, was seized by British Royal Marine...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The prominent Syrian activist Ahlam Al-Rasheed has set herself as an inspiring example for Syrian women, defending their rights by holding an effective and influential position. As a result of her pioneering and diverse activities, she was selected, two years ago, as one of the...

In statistics released on the 55th founding anniversary of the Palestine Liberation Army (PLA), Action Group for Palestinians of Syria AGPS found out that 277 Palestinian refugees fighting alongside PLA forces were pronounced dead since the outbreak of the conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian artist Kaisar Abu Zer presented a Master thesis entitled “Euphrates Muliah: Between Music and Literature” at the University of INALCO for Oriental Studies in Paris, and included a literary and musical genre characteristic of Raqqa and other cities of northeastern Syria....

Turkey cannot handle a new wave of migrants from northern Syria, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday, adding that Ankara and Washington needed to establish a “safe zone” in the region as soon as possible. The NATO allies have agreed to establish a safe zone in northeast Syria along...

With migrants only allowed one backpack each on the smugglers' boats that carry them from Turkey to Greece, Ahmed, his wife Hanin and her family packed a few possessions and sent the rest of their belongings to friends. Then they waited. It should have been the defining moment of a...

The neighbors reported a foul smell coming from the house next door. The house, which the Islamic State group had used as a school for its "cubs," had been untouched ever since the militants were chased out of the Syrian city two years ago. Weeds grew around an abandoned car in its courtyard....

The United States' efforts to create a buffer zone in northern Syria have so far been "cosmetic", Turkey's foreign minister said Tuesday, as he accused Washington of stalling. NATO allies Turkey and the US agreed last month to set up the buffer zone in Syria to keep Kurdish forces away from...

Air strikes hit a part of northwest Syria for the first time since a ceasefire was declared 10 days ago, a war monitor and rebel group spokesman said Tuesday. Syrian regime forces and their Russian allies unilaterally agreed a truce on Aug. 31 in opposition-controlled Idlib, where a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Lebanese Internal Security has arrested 76 Syrians, including 43 children, in the past 48 hours, saying they entered the country illegally. The General Directorate of Internal Security Forces said on its official website on Monday that the mass arrest came as a...

(Zaman Al Wasl- The Kurdish-led forces on Monday have released four activists in eastern Raqqa province after a month of arbitrary arrest, local monitoring group reported. Salah al-Katea, Anas al-Abbo, Iyas al-Abbo and Khalid al-Salama were detained by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- German Ministry of Youth and Family Affairs has nominated Syrian refugee Mou’tasim Rifai for one of the most important volunteering awards in Germany, which will be voted for on September 12. Rifai was awarded the Youth Volunteer Service Award the previous year in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Head of the Air Force Intelligence in southern Daraa province was found dead on Monday morning, pro-regime activists said.    Colonel Soleiman Hammoud died of a heart attack in his home, according to the initial reports. Activists doubted the death...

Air strikes hit positions of pro-Iranian forces and allied militias in eastern Syria overnight, killing 18 fighters, a war monitor said Monday. It was not clear who carried out the raids in the region of Albu Kamal near the border with Iraq, according to the Syrian Observatory for...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, speaking hours after joint U.S.-Turkey patrols began in northern Syria, said on Sunday Ankara and Washington have constantly disagreed over establishing the planned “safe zone.” “We are negotiating with the U.S. for the safe zone, but we see at every step...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The stray bullets of Turkish border guards (Jandarma) have killed a displaced woman in a refugee camp in Jisr al-Shughour region northwest Syria, activists told Zaman al-Wasl Sunday. Two more women  were wounded by Jandarma in the Aleppo Camp near the town of...

     (Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-led coalition has carried out fresh airdrops in eastern Syria, tracking suspected ISIS militants, sources told Zaman al-Wasl Saturday. The U.S. helicopters made an airdrop near the Ja’bar citadel north of Tabqa city. Two displaced people,...

Armed Turkish military vehicles crossed into Syria on Sunday and headed southwest with U.S. counterparts to begin planned joint patrols to establish a “safe zone” along a border region mainly controlled by Kurdish forces. Vehicles with Turkish flags joined those in Syria with U.S....

(CNN)- America's top ally in the fight against ISIS, the commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, warned Friday that the terrorist group was resurging in Syria and asked for increased US support for his troops as they seek to keep ISIS from reestablishing itself. Asked if...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-led coalition has carried out airdrops in the eastern province of Raqqa, tracking suspected ISIS militants, sources told Zaman al-Wasl Saturday. The U.S. helicopters made an airdrop near the Ja’bar citadel north of Tabqa city. Two displaced people, originally...