The heavy and indiscriminate bombardments have been a standard since the first days of the intervention of Russian forces in Syria on September 30, 2018, which generated a state of panic and terrorization in the areas that broke away from the Syrian regime’s control, as it aimed to end all forms...

Israel is prepared to open its side of the crossing point with Syria following the return of the UN peacekeepers to the Golan Heights after four years, the army said Saturday. Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman "authorised the reopening of the Alpha gate of the Quneitra Crossing between...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- About 90 Iraqi refugee families have returned home back on Sunday, leaving the Kurdish-held Hawl camp in northeastern Hasaka province, local activists said. The seventh batch of the Iraqi displaced will settle south of the city of Mosul in Nineveh province. The...

A Syrian rebel alliance has not pulled any heavy arms from the country's north, its spokesman told AFP Sunday, denying reports it had begun implementing a demilitarization deal there. Moscow and Ankara reached a deal earlier this month to create a buffer zone around the opposition...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The murder of a teenage girl in the southern province of Sweidaw who was  shot in the head by her father a few days ago brought to mind the issue of crimes of honor that have spread horribly in Arab societies during the last few years. Girls at the spring of their lives...

Zaman al-Wasl has interviewed Icchiku Yamada, a Japanese researcher and founder of the organization “Stand with Syria Japan” who assured that his people have experienced the horrors of war and have suffered from its pains, so they will never stop standing by and supporting the Syrians until...

Pro-Turkey rebels began Sunday withdrawing from areas in northern Syria under a deal brokered by Ankara and Moscow to avert a large-scale military assault on the country's last major opposition stronghold, a monitor said. Fighters from the Faylaq al-Sham group "began pulling out of...

Syrian regime's top diplomat told the world Saturday that his country's "battle against terrorism is almost over" after more than seven years of civil war, as an envoy from another of the planet's most troubled spots - North Korea - prepared to address the U.N. General Assembly. Foreign...

The head of the White Helmets civil defense agency said his organization has been subject to false charges and allegations because of its role as a witness to ongoing massacres in war-torn Syria.  In an exclusive interview with Anadolu Agency, Raed Salah said the White Helmets...

The Jordanian government on Saturday denied reports about reopening a border crossing between Jordan and war-torn Syria.  “The Nasib-Jaber border crossing is still closed and has not been opened to the movement of goods or passengers,” government spokesperson Jumana Ghunaimat said...

Syrian regime's transport ministry said Saturday the main border crossing with Jordan had reopened to trade for the first time in three years, although there was no immediate confirmation from Amman. "The Syrian transport ministry announces the opening of the Nasib border crossing, with...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Association of University Students in Lebanon launched a campaign entitled "My Right to Higher Education" via the Avaz website to demand the right of refugees to higher education and to highlight the main issue faced by refugee students in Lebanon after the reduction of...

Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that leaders of Turkey, Russia, Germany and France are planning to gather next month for a four-party summit on Syria.   Speaking at a joint news conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan following their meeting in Berlin, Merkel...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- New satellite pictures for the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes on Mezzeh airport near Damascus on September 2 showed how the Air Force Intelligence site had been reduced to rubble, refuting regime reports of 'electrical fault’ as reason for the explosions. The...

The United States along with several Arab and European countries called on a UN envoy Thursday to urgently set up a committee on drafting a post-war constitution for Syria and report on his progress by October 31. The foreign ministers of the seven countries met on the sidelines of the UN...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State militants have killed 10 Syrian regime troops in an ambush in its last desert strongholds in southern Syria, local activists said Thursday. The ambush late Wednesday in the southern province of Sweida was the second in two weeks since 12 forces had been...

Israel announced Thursday that it had made all necessary preparations to reopen its main border crossing with Syria to UN troops following a four-year closure.  “The crossing is ready to be opened as it was before,” Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman told reporters during a...

Syrian rebels forced from their towns when government forces retook eastern Ghouta near Damascus are starting over in the far north, aiming to build hundreds of homes for displaced fighters and civilians on opposition-held land near the Turkish border. Jaish al-Islam, one of Syria’s most...

Druze leader and head of the Lebanese Socialist Party Walid Jumblatt on Wednesday accused the Syrian regime of using the Daesh terrorist group to sabotage an agreement -- signed Sept. 17 in the Russian city of Sochi -- between Turkey and Russia. “Hundreds of Daesh fighters have been...

U.S. President Donald Trump tore into Russia and Iran for bolstering the Syrian regime Wednesday, saying Bashar al-Assad's allies have enabled his "butchery." Trump told the UN Security Council the "Syrian regime's butchery is enabled by Russia and Iran" during a session devoted to...