(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 41 troops from the coastal region killed in July as regime forces and allied militias wage major offensive to recapture northwestern Syria, pro-regime activists said. The death toll included 21 troops from Tartus province and 20 more from Latakia, the...

A Syrian refugee who survived an arson attack on his home has filed a complaint against German police for their failure to consider xenophobic or far-right motives for the attack, but treating him as a suspect. Sebastian Scharmer, a lawyer representing Hussam Y., told local media Wednesday...

British foreign minister Dominic Raab criticised Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for resuming military operations in a Russian-led campaign in northwest Syria, describing the situation there as "appalling." "Appalled by situation in Idlib and how Assad backed by Russia revoked a...

Turkey said Thursday the deal it has reached with Washington to set up a so-called safe zone in northeastern Syria is a good start but warned against delays in implementation. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu's comments came a day after the U.S. and Turkey announced they agreed to...

The humanitarian adviser to U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen Thursday regretted the collapse of a ceasefire in the northwest, saying that fresh violence threatens the lives of millions after more than 500 civilians were killed since late April. Najat Rochdi, senior humanitarian...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Empty Stomachs hunger strike campaign has appealed to individuals, peoples, NGOs, trade unions, parliaments, international and human rights institutions to do their part to lift the veil of silence on the most horrible crime of the 21st century. Since the...

Turkey's Family Ministry has taken over the treatment expenses of a 17-month-old Syrian baby girl who was abandoned at three months with a birth defect on the Turkey-Syria border.  The abandoned baby girl was found by the Istanbul-based Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) when she was...

Security forces on Thursday arrested nine Syrian citizens in western Turkey for their suspected links to the Daesh terror group. The security forces learned that there were Daesh suspects in the Aegean province of Izmir after they examined the digital documents seized in operations in other...

Regime forces captured two villages from jihadists and allied rebels in northwest Syria on Thursday following deadly clashes, days after ditching a ceasefire for the area, a war monitor said. The villages of Al-Sakhr and Al-Jaysat in Hama province came under regime control, the Syrian...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- An Arabic mare was fitted with prosthetic limb by local veterinarians in the northern town of Atareb after being wounded in regime shelling three months ago. The leg of the 4-month-old 'Sham al-Agha' horse was amputated in the regime bombing on the western...

Damascus said Thursday it rejects a U.S.-Turkish plan to establish a buffer zone in northern Syria, blaming Syria's Kurds for the proposal, state media said. "Syria categorically and blatantly rejects the agreement between the American and Turkish occupiers on the establishment of a...

A top Syrian Kurdish official gave a guarded welcome Thursday to a US-Turkish agreement to establish a joint operations centre for the north but said the details remained unclear. "This deal may mark the start of a new approach but we still need more details," Aldar Khalil told AFP. "We...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A military source revealed to Zaman Al-Wasl that the 3rd August explosion in Shayrat airbase was not due to from a private source that the explosion a “technical fault during the transport of expired ammunition” but during a training on new bomb to be used in the ongoing...

   (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian security services arrested about 20 young men wanted for conscription and three former rebels in Douma town, northeast Damascus despite reaching a reconciliation deal, local news site said. The arrest of former Jaish al-Islam fighters has accompanied...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian security services arrested three former rebels in Douma town, northeast Damascus despite reaching a reconciliation deal with regime in 2018, local activists said. The arrest of former Jaish al-Islam fighters has accompanied with a wide-scale raids tracking wanted...

The U.N. political chief said reports suggest that more than 100,000 people in Syria have been detained, abducted or gone missing during the eight-year conflict, with the government mainly responsible. Rosemary DiCarlo urged the warring parties Wednesday to heed the Security Council's call...

 Turkey's Defense Ministry said Wednesday it agreed with the United States to establish a joint operation centre in Turkey to coordinate and manage a planned safe zone in northern Syria. Turkey and the United States, allies in NATO, have been deadlocked for months over the scope and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A car bombing claimed by the Islamic State group killed five people, including three children, in a Kurdish-held town in northeast Syria Wednesday, an activist group said. The explosive-rigged vehicle detonated in Al-Qahtaniya, a town in Hasaka province, said the...

Turkey's Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said Wednesday that talks with the U.S. aimed at averting the need for a Turkish military intervention into northern Syria had been "positive," according to state news agency Anadolu. "We witnessed with satisfaction that our partners grew closer to our...

Regime loyalists captured a town and a village from militants and allied rebels in northwest Syria Wednesday, after fierce clashes that killed nearly 30 combatants overnight, an activist group said. The town of Al-Zakat and the Al-Arbaeen village in Hama province came under regime control...