The Syrian regime has announced an amnesty for men who deserted the army or have avoided military service, giving them several months to report for duty without facing punishment, it said Tuesday. The fear of conscription, and potential punishment for ducking it or for desertion, is...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two toddlers passed way in the deserted Rukban camp on the Syrian-Jordanian border as the stranded refugees have been blocked from getting urgent medical care, medics told Zaman al-Wasl Monday. The UNICEF medical point, Jordanian authorities and the Syrian regime have...

Tens of thousands of Syrians in areas recaptured by government troops this year remain starved of humanitarian aid, with the relief agencies helping them for years now unable to reach them. As towns switched from opposition to regime control, international aid groups were forced to halt their...

Syrian rebels have completed withdrawal of heavy weapons from front line in Idlib: Anadolu Agency

The Syrian opposition and other anti-regime groups on Monday completed the withdrawal of all their heavy weapons from Idlib frontlines in northwestern Syria.  According to an Anadolu Agency correspondent in the scene, the forces removed heavy weapons from Idlib de-escalation zone’s...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 5 U.S.-backed forces killed by an improvised explosive device in the eastern province of Raqqa, activists said Monday. Daesh claimed the responsibility for attack that rocked a bus carrying members in the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the western...

In the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk on the edge of Syria’s capital, bulldozers and trucks are clearing tons of rubble from streets gutted by war. The built-up residential area was once home to 160,000 residents, both Palestinian refugees from the 1948 War around Israel’s creation as well...

Bashar Assad said Sunday that the Russian-Turkish deal to avert a military offensive in the northwestern province of Idlib is a "temporary one" that prevented bloodshed but that his regime's goal is to restore control over all of Syria. His comments were made during a meeting of the...

The withdrawal by rebels of their heavy weapons from a planned buffer zone in northwestern Syria is due to last several days, a Turkish-backed alliance of fighters said Sunday. The National Liberation Front (NLF) announced Saturday that it has begun withdrawing heavy arms from the zone...

A new report by the Syrian Network for Human Rights revealed that Syrian regime forces had used 26,577 barrel bombs since the start of the Russian intervention on September 30, 2015. Barrel bombs have been one of the most-used improvised weapons since March 2011. The first documented...

(Zmaan Al Wasl)- A well-informed military source said Russia had stationed the S-300 surface-to-air missile system in an air defense battalion in Tartus province, where Syrian officers are not allowed to operate the system now in the near future. Four Antonov An-124 Ruslan aircrafts...

Syrian Turkmens taking refuge in the Turkish security zone in Idlib say they face daunting difficulties in makeshift camps. Anadolu Agency spoke to Turkmen families who had been forced to flee their homes due to regime attacks in last May.  The immediate danger to widow...

 At least five civilians were killed and 27 others were injured after a car bomb exploded in a petrol station inthe northern city of Azaz on Saturday. The large explosion sent up large pillars of smoke as fires engulfed the area. The wounded were rushed across the border to...

Syrian rebels said Saturday they have begun withdrawing heavy arms from a planned buffer zone in northwestern Idlib province, ahead of a deadline to set up the demilitarised area. The Turkey-backed National Liberation Front (NLF) "has started pulling out its heavy weapons from the zone", the...

With his signature Friday, President Trump cleared the way for Congress to begin a monthslong review of his evolving strategy in Syria. The creation of a 12-member Syria Study Group was tucked inside an unrelated bill Trump just signed into law, the reauthorization of the Federal...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 19 troops from coastal Tartus province were killed in September, pro-regime news feeds said. Most of slain soldiers have been killed by Daesh and the US-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in eastern and southern Syria.   The death toll included two...

Slovakia may accept several dozen orphaned Syrian children, Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini told Reuters on Friday, making a slight break from other central European allies who have refused refugees. A massive influx of asylum seekers from the Middle East and Africa three years ago...

Mohammad Al Arabi's borrowed ute arrives before dawn at Beirut's Burg Hammoud sports stadium. His wife and three boys sit in the low-slung tray of the white Toyota, wedged between a tall load of suitcases, plastic bags stuffed full with clothes, a microwave, a rug and even a giant pink...

A German state official apologized Friday for an incident of mistaken identity that left a Syrian man imprisoned and then dead. In July, the 26-year-old man was arrested for failing to pay a fine for theft. But police officers did not thoroughly check his identity, said Herbert Reul,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Daesh militants launched counter attack on the US-backed forces in eastern Deir Ezzor province Friday, leaving 8 fighters killed, local activist told Zaman al-Wasl. The surprise attack began with a car bomb near the town of al-Hajeen. Three fighters from the Syrian...