The United States and Russia have agreed on ways to break a deadlock in finding a political solution in war-ravaged Syria, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said after talks with President Vladimir Putin. Pompeo said that Syria – where the United States and Russia are on opposite sides – was a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The German office for foreigners in Hannover province approved the residency extension for Syrian refugees who have the right to  subsidiary  protection or any kind of residence, so they given a German travel document, over a demand by human rights advocates....

Syrian state-run TV said Tuesday six people were killed when rebels lobbed missiles into a regime-controlled displaced people's camp in the country's northwest. Al-Ikhbariya TV said the dead from the attack on the Nayrab camp southeast of Aleppo city included two children. An...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Air Force officers and military personnel from of the regime’s Military Air Institute have moved to Kuweires airbase in northern Aleppo province to operate the base again after years of siege and shutdown, sources told Zaman al-Wasl. Most of the Air Institute’s...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- About 50 Syrian regime officers have been taking a military staff course in Russia, a military source told Zaman al-Wasl. The officers of the ranks of Major, Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel, were chosen scientifically among a large number of regime officers during...

Syrian families whose loved ones were taken by Daesh (ISIS) extremists are pressuring governments in the international coalition to help them learn the fate of their relatives. The families Tuesday announced the creation of a Paris-based organization to help document the missing, after a...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the Syrian regime of "seeking to sabotage" Ankara's relationship with Russia through its latest offensive in the northwest of the war-torn country. Clashes in Idlib province in northwestern Syria have killed at least 42 fighters in 24 hours, a...

Clashes on the edge of a jihadist bastion in northwestern Syrian have killed 35 fighters in 24 hours, a war monitor said Monday, after weeks of regime bombardment of the region. The northwestern region has come under increasing fire by the regime and its ally Russia in recent weeks, despite...

The U.K., France and Germany jointly condemned the escalating violence of the Assad regime and allied forces in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib on Monday. In a joint statement, the foreign ministries of the three European countries expressed growing concern over the well-being and...

Lebanon's state-run National News Agency says a fishing boat that was illegally carrying eight Syrian refugees to the Mediterranean island of Cyprus has capsized. The report says the incident occurred on Monday off the northern Lebanese town of Chekka. It says that Lebanon's navy detained...

Rights groups Monday urged the international community to pressure all sides in Syria's war to reveal the fate of "tens of thousands" of people gone missing over years of conflict. "Tens of thousands have been forcibly disappeared by the Syrian government; and many have gone missing after...

The head of Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate in a video released Sunday urged supporters to "take up weapons" to defend his group's bastion of Idlib against increased bombardment. The Damascus regime and its Russian ally have in recent weeks upped shelling and air strikes on the...

Syrian state media reported Sunday that insurgents have shelled a government-held town in the country's northwest, killing five children and a woman. State TV said the shelling had caused widespread material damage to the town of Suqailabiyah. State news agency SANA said Syrian troops...

More than a year after the Islamic State group fled, Syrian boys and girls are finally back on stage -- bobbing to the rhythm of drums in the northern city of Raqa. At the first cultural centre to open since the jihadists' draconian rule ended, sunlight floods into the brand new library,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- There is an increased number of killings and kidnappings in the province of Sweida where 32 cases recorded since April, threatening the deterioration of security, which is reflected negatively on the lives of civilians. Sweida 24, news site said 32 cases of violation in...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 26 troops from coastal Tartus province have been killed since since March, pro-regime media activists said. The death toll included 9 army officers. The Alawites-dominated areas are still the main manpower supply for Bashar al-Assad's...

Syrian regime forces expanded their ground offensive in northwestern Syria, pushing Saturday into the last rebel stronghold and regaining control of a number of villages along its southern corner, activists and media said, despite calls for honoring a cease-fire put in place in September....

At least 565 civilians have been killed in attacks carried out by regime forces, Iran-backed terror groups and Russia in Idlib’s de-escalation zone in Syria since last September, according to a rights watchdog on Saturday. The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) said 163 minors and 105...

UN-linked aid groups have suspended activities in parts of violence-plagued northwest Syria, where stepped up bombardment by the regime and Russia is jeopardising the safety of humanitarian workers. "As of 8 May, at least 16 humanitarian partners have suspended their operations in areas...

Turkey's defence minister said Syrian government forces need to halt attacks in northwestern Syria, state-owned Anadolu Agency reported on Friday. Syria's army, backed by Russian air power, launched ground operations this week against the southern flank of a rebel zone consisting of Idlib...