The U.N. refugee agency said Friday it was gravely concerned about a deterioration in conditions for migrants held in Libyan detention centres that had led to riots and hunger strikes. Many migrants are taken to the centres after being intercepted by Libya's EU-backed coastguard as they...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria's second largest oilfield has been operating again after almost one year since the US-backed Kurdish forces took the oil-rich area from Daesh in eastern Syria, satellite images showed. The Tanak oilfield, which contains about 150 wells, fell under the control the...

Rebel and militant drone attacks on an airbase in Latakia used by Damascus ally Russia have increased since last month but all were shot down, an activist group said Friday. "Drone attacks against Hmeimim have increased" since July, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- In spite of the period of quietness that overwhemed the southern province of Daraa due the cessation of hostilities, a specter of fear has affected life activities, in general, and economic activities in particular. Abu Qais Al-Hourani, lawyer, claims that since the...

Russia has sent over 63,000 troops to Syria over the course of its involvement in the conflict, the Russian defense ministry said Wednesday. A total of 63,012 Russian personnel have "received combat experience" in the war-torn country, the ministry said in a video about Russia's...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Médecins Sans Frontières withdrew its staff from the National Hospital in al-Azizia in the northeastern Hasaka province after threats from unknown armed group, local media said Wednesday. 10 foreign doctors (English, Sudanese and Pakistani) from the MSF left service at...

The leader of Syria's al-Qaeda affiliate has vowed to fight on in Idlib province, the country's last major rebel stronghold, in the face of a possible government offensive. Abu Mohammed al-Golani of the militant Levant Liberation Committee says state-sponsored surrenders of rebel...

(SNHR)- As five years have passed since the most heinous chemical attack the Syrian people has ever known, the pain, even after five years, is still deeply rooted not only because the criminal is still ruling Syria, but also because he followed his crime with hundreds of other attacks....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- One person was killed and another was wounded in a landmine explosion in northeastern Hasaka province, local activist said Monday. The two brothers, who work in fuel smuggling, were escaping the Asayish, the Kurdish domestic security south of Hasaka city. One the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- It might be traced back the history of Dummar, the northwestern district of Damascus, and its residents’ old, as well as, the ongoing conflict with the Assad Family. Given the neighbourhood’s strategic localization proximate to highly sensitive areas (The Presidential palace...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Syrian refugee has been 'slashed' in mass knife brawl in the Turkish province of Şanlıurfa, relatives told Zaman al-Wasl Sunday. The relatives have claimed that 10 Syrian refugees from the northern province Hasaka were involved in the mass brawl in the border town of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Executive Head of Syrian Democratic Council said the Kurdish-led forces might merge in the regime forces after she revealed her top meeting with Bashar al-Assad that took place in Damascus two weeks ago. Ilham Ahmed told BBC Arabic on Saturday that the US-backed...

Qatar and Liechtenstein delivered a joint message to HE the Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres, expressing their deep condemnation and concern at reports that monitor the Syrian regime's violations, abuses, torture and systematic killing of prisoners whose only charge was...

(Zaman AlWasl)- Huge explosion rocked a base for powerful Tahrir al Sham jihadist group in northern Idlib province, leaving 3 fighters dead, local activists said Saturday. The former all Qaeda’ branch in Syria controls most of Idlib, the last territory out of Bashar al-Assad's control. ...

US-backed forces have repelled a raid by the Islamic State group targeting barracks housing American and French troops in eastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Saturday. The Syrian Democratic Forces and the US-led coalition supporting them were on high alert after...

The United States said Friday it is suspending $230 million budgeted for stabilization projects in Syria, citing the aid pledged by other partners in the coalition fighting the Islamic State group. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has "redirected" the funds originally set aside to help...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 46 regime forces from coastal Latakia province have been killed in a month, pro-regime news feeds reported. Most of slain soldiers have been killed by Daesh and rebels in eastern and southern Syria. The death toll included 16 army officers, two of them...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The US-led coalition airstrikes have pounded regime-held areas in eastern Deir Ezzor province, activist said Thursday. The strikes hit regime bastions in al-Shamiyyah town in the western bank of Euphrates River, activist Taj al-Allow told Zaman al-Wasl. The...

Saudi Arabia said early Friday that it has contributed $100 million to northeast Syria for "stabilization projects" in areas once held by Daesh (ISIS) and now controlled by U.S.-backed forces. The Saudi Embassy in Washington said the money "will save lives, help facilitate the return of...

The Russian military says the number of drone attacks on its main base in Syria has increased. The Russian Defense Ministry spokesman, Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, says in just one month air defense assets have downed 45 drones targeting the Hemeimeem air base. The base in the province of...