A Canadian jihadist detained in Syria told AFP on Sunday he has been "hung out to dry" by the Islamic State group like other foreign fighters and appealed to his government for help. Mohammad Ali, 28, was captured by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) some nine months ago...

German laws consider working outside the legal framework "without a contract" as a crime punishable by a fine of up to 5 thousand Euros, and a double fine of the immediate deportation from the country if the worker is foreign, as well as the difficulty of transferring residence from asylum To...

Their home countries don't want them and holding trials in Syria isn't an option: now suspected foreign jihadists could end up facing tough justice over the border in Iraq. Both countries have suffered for years at the hands of the Islamic State group and Iraqi courts have already meted...

Armenia has sent a team of experts to Syria on a Russia-backed mission to help clear mines and provide medical assistance, the Armenian Defense Ministry said Saturday. The ministry's spokesman, Artsrun Hovhannisyan, said the team of 83 includes de-mining experts, medical personnel and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Bombardment by militias loyal to Bashar al-Assad killed at least 6 civilians, including two children and a woman, in Idlib province, activists said Saturday. The heavy artillery fire targeted the town of Khan Sheikhoun in the southern countryside of Idlib. Idlib...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Qasem Soleimani, the Commander of Iran's al-Quds Corps, has used to stay in a heavily-guarded building in Mezzah, the western district of Damascus, Intelligence source told Zaman al-Wasl. Satellite images show the locations of Iranian militias....

The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is poised to attack the last Islamic State (IS) enclave in its area of operations once civilians still inside have been evacuated, an SDF official said. The besieged Islamic State enclave centered around Baghouz on the eastern bank of the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces have closed Morek crossing, the strategic passage between Hama and Idlib provinces, activists said Friday. Before surprise shutdown, the regime has imposed royalties on buses carrying people of rebel-held areas in Idlib to regime-held areas in Hama....

A 11-year-old Syrian boy died Friday after he was found hanged in a storage tent in a refugee settlement in Marjayoun’s Marj al-Khoukh. The boy, M.H. was found hanging from a rope. He was dead by the time his cousin found him and took him to the Marjayoun Governmental Hospital....

Kurdish officials told AFP on Friday there was no progress on repatriating dozens of French nationals, including accused Islamic State fighters, women, and children, from prison camps in northern Syria. France announced last month it may bring back some 130 nationals held by the autonomous...

They survived the Islamic State group's crumbling "caliphate" by a thread, but skeletal babies streaming into this displacement camp in northeastern Syria now face a race against malnutrition. Truckloads of gaunt women and children fleeing IS's last stand in the Euphrates Valley disembark...

A U.N. watchdog urged Syria on Thursday to grant full rights to its displaced children, adding that thousands had been killed, tortured or enslaved during the country’s civil war. Rights experts said all children living in opposition-held areas and returning as refugees should be given...

A Kurdish-led force arrested 63 suspected militants in the Syrian city of Raqqa Thursday during an operation against jihadist sleeper cells, it said in a statement. The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said those detained belonged to "terrorist cells directly responsible for spreading...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Hamad al-Nada toured all the bakeries of the southern and northern Al-Hasakah city in search of a bundle of bread but in vain, due to the fact that 30 private bakeries in Hasaka city stopped working, for the second day in a row because they were not supplied with flour by the...

More than 40,000 displaced people in southeast Syria will receive "life-saving humanitarian assistance" this week, as the United Nations and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) sent a humanitarian convoy to Rukban refugee camp. The convoy arrived at the remote, makeshift camp near...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- A group of Syrian rebels formed Saraya al-Janoub faction in southern Daraa province, such a development follows reconciliation deals and post-war talks. Saraya al-Janoub seeks guerrilla war tactics after the heavy army deployment in southern Syria. In...

The US Senate has passed legislation defining United States security policy in the Middle East, introducing a measure that would allow state and local governments to sanction those who support boycotts, divesture and sanctions against Israel. Tuesday's Senate vote, which was 77-23,...

In the religious capital of Iran, the Islamic revolution still holds a powerful sway even as once-unthinkable signs of modernity creep into the city of Qom to challenge the faithful. Qom, a couple of hours drive south of Tehran, is one of Shiite Islam's holiest sites, home to dozens of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A well-informed military source told Zaman al-Wasl that Iran is building new missile facility near Damascus in a base controlled by Maher al-Assad, Bashar's brother, and the de-facto commander of the elite Fourth Armored Division. The construction of the secret hangars...

Umra Abbas Ammour, 60, dreams of safety as she and her family flee militants in eastern Syria, but hours after reaching U.S.-backed forces her son, daughter and young granddaughter are all dead. In recent weeks, thousands have escaped the last pocket of land held by Daesh (ISIS) near the Iraqi...