Away from the frontlines, volunteers are helping in the war against President Bashar al-Assad by cooking, filling sandbags, collecting old tyres and digging trenches, aiming to help ward off his assault on northwestern Syria. It is part of the civilian effort to help defend the last major...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Syrian regime’s top official in Hasaka province has clahsed with pro-Assad National Defense Units and security forces on Saturday over 'nepotism' complaints and mounting corruption in the wheat season as farmers push to sell their crops the regime. Activist Mouhannad...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Dozens of exchange shops closed on Saturday in the rebel-held areas in Aleppo province, as part of a strike by owners to protest the increasing burglary and looting  by unknown gunmen.  Ahmed Abu Yusuf, owner of a currency exchange shop in the border city of...

Action Group For Palestinians Of Syria (AGPS) documented the death of 606 Palestinian refugees under torture in Syrian regime prisons since the outburst of the bloody warfare. 80 Palestinian refugees from Syria were pronounced dead in 2018 alone, up from 13 refugees in 2017. 77...

The Syrian crisis topped the talks held between Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman on the sidelines of the G20 summit, Egypt's state TV said Saturday, citing the presidency. The presidency also said the talks between the two showed matching...

Nearly 100 combatants were killed on Friday in clashes between fighters loyal to Syria's regime, rebels and jihadists in northwestern Syria, a war monitor said. Starting at dawn on Friday morning -- and after bombing by the regime -- fighting in northern Hama province killed 51 government...

A new chemical weapons investigation team has started work on identifying the culprits behind alleged attacks in Syria, the head of the world's toxic arms watchdog said. Member states of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) agreed one year ago to give The...

Its south is a volatile frontline, its northern border an open-air encampment for the displaced and its centre a teeming urban jungle. Syria's jihadist-controlled region of Idlib is home to some three million people who have been variously affected by a surge in regime attacks since April....

The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham alliance led by Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate governs most aspects of public life in the northwestern anti-regime bastion of Idlib. Raising income from key trade crossings, it rules over the affairs of three million people with a civilian government, a security...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Residents of the eastern enclave of Damascus are still blockaded and under harsh scrutiny since visiting the capital needs a security permit that takes 6 weeks on the waiting-list. Local activists and media unit has revealed the suffering of Eastern Ghouta since the...

One Turkish soldier was killed and three others were wounded on Thursday when their observation post in Syria’s Idlib region was attacked by shelling and mortar fire, the Turkish Defense Ministry said. The attacks were launched from territory controlled by Syrian government forces and were...

The United States on Thursday said it was time to scrap a 17-month effort to form a constitutional committee for Syria and come up with other diplomatic initiatives to bring the country closer to peace. The UN drive to set up a committee tasked with drafting a post-war constitution has been...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least five U.S.-backed fighters were killed Thursday in clashes with ISIS (Daesh) militants in eastern Deir Ezzor province, activists told Zaman al-Wasl. The assailants opened fire on the Syrian Democratic Forces in the town of al-Hajin, according to activist Mohamed...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian People's Assembly has approved on Wednesday an amendment of the Personal Status Law, modifying articles issued in 1950. The amendments included several points affecting marital and family relations, most notably raising the age of marriage eligibility...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels launched a counterattack on regime army's units in northern Idlib province, leaving dozen killed and wounded, rebel commander said  Thursday . Captain Naji al-Mustapha, spokesman for the Liberation National Front, said the Front’s fighters had...

The European Union is "deeply concerned" about the situation in northwestern Syria, a statement said on Thursday. In a declaration on behalf of the EU, foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said after more than eight years of conflict, the Syrian population continues to suffer...

 "A deeper understanding" between Russia and the United States is needed to move the Syrian peace process forward, U.N. Syria envoy Geir Pedersen said in an interview published on Thursday. Successive U.N. envoys have failed to stop Syria's eight-year war, which has caused hundreds of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Syrian civilian was killed on Wednesday when a Turkish armored vehicle rammed into his motorcycle in the Turkish-held city of Jarablus in northern Syria, residents said. The crash has sparked people's anger in the Olive-Branch area that held by Turkey-backed Free...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 50 detainees, mostly former rebel fighters, were transferred to the notorious Sednaya military prison in the past few weeks, local media unit in Eastern Ghouta suburbs reported. The Voice of the Capital, or Sawt al-Assema, said the detainees were held by...

"I thought I was dead when they pulled out my toe nails and put my feet in iced water," said a Syrian man, recounting the excruciating torture he endured imprisoned by the Syrian regime for over three years after completing his military service. Muhammad Ahmad Ammar, 29, surrendered to...