Syrian activists say regime military helicopters have dropped leaflets over parts of the northwestern rebel-held province of Idlib, calling on residents to reconcile with the regime. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights posted a copy of the leaflets. They say the Syrian...

Russia, Iran and Turkey told a meeting of the Syria humanitarian taskforce on Thursday that they would do their utmost to avoid a battle that would threaten millions of civilians in rebel-held Idlib, U.N. humanitarian adviser Jan Egeland said. He estimated that there were 4 million or...

Syrian regime forces shelled rebel and militant positions in the northwestern province of Idlib on Thursday, an activist group said, as reinforcements arrived ahead of an expected assault. The province is the largest piece of territory still in rebel hands, and President Bashar al-Assad...

Turkey's state-run news agency says a boat carrying migrants has capsized off the Turkish coast in the Aegean sea, killing seven children and two women. Anadolu Agency says four other migrants were rescued from the rubber boat that sank early on Thursday off the resort of Kusadasi....

Asma Assad has begun treatment for breast cancer, the presidency said Wednesday, wishing her a speedy recovery. Such public announcements are uncommon in the Arab world, where cancer is considered a taboo. The presidency posted on its Facebook page a photo of  Bashar Assad...

An anticipated Syrian regime offensive against rebels in Idlib province could displace more than 700,000 people, far more than were uprooted in a recent battle in the southwest of Syria, a U.N.-led group of health agencies said in a monthly report. Many of Syria's battles have ended with...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- As hundreds of Syrian refugees seek a voluntarily return to Syria , the Lebanese General Security announced its will to create centers to register refugees after earlier outlining conditions for returnees who are in violation of residency requirements, including lifetime bans...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A pro-Tahrir al-Sham rebel group on Wednesday has launched an arrest campaign against people who seek reconciliation with the regime forces in northern Idlib province, local sources said. The security units of the National Liberation Front have raided the earstern...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least eight regime troops were killed Tuesday when rebels attacked their bastion in coastal region, sources said. The surprise attack took place near the village of Rabea'h in Latakia province. Eights more troops were wounded in the attack. Last Friday,...

Azza Abo Rebieh got her guards to give her pencils and paper, then began sketching the faces and habits of fellow inmates in Syria’s notorious detention system. This is Hiam, a 65-year-old woman smoking a cigarette and sipping matteh, a warm herbal drink popular in Syria. It is a...

The Syrian regime Tuesday condemned the United States' reimposition of sanctions on Iran, describing the move against its longtime ally as "illegal" and driven by "arrogance." A first wave of renewed U.S. sanctions came into effect Tuesday, hitting Tehran's access to U.S. banknotes and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Unknown gunmen on Tuesday have kidnapped Head of Health Directorate in opposition-held  areas in coastal region, local sources  said.   Dr. Khalil al-Agha, one of the medics who joined the Syrian revolution. He gained reputation for his work in field...

Israeli Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz Tuesday welcomed the killing of a leading Syrian weapons scientist but declined to comment on reports his government was behind the fatal bombing. Gen. Aziz Asbar, head of a Syrian government weapons research center, was killed along with his...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Kurdish PYD militia on Sunday has arrested wives of former Daesh member in northeastern Raqqa province, in a move raises concerns over women of ISIS fighters who have been exposing to a series of abuses by the Kurdish militias, local activists said. All women...

Syrian regime forces bombed late Sunday a desert area under the control of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group near the province of Sweida in southern Syria, a war monitor said. "The bombing and fighting between the regime forces and IS have intensified during the evening and are...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Three Syrian workers have died when a huge fire broke out at a bakery in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, media outlets reported Sunday. The blaze took hold at the bakery in the al-Bus area. Footage from the scene showed near total devastation. The...

The head of a Syrian research facility that Western countries say was part of a chemical weapons program was killed when his car was blown up, the pro-Syrian government newspaper al-Watan said Sunday. Aziz Asber was the director of the Syrian Scientific Research Centre in Masyaf, near...

Daesh (ISIS) has executed one of dozens of Druze hostages abducted from southern province of Swaida last week, a journalist in the area and an activist group said Sunday. Daesh killed the 19-year-old male student Thursday after kidnapping more than 30 people, mostly women and children,...

U.N. peacekeepers returned Thursday for the first time in years to the frontier between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, conducting joint patrols with Russian military police in a reflection of Moscow's deepening role in mediating between the decades-old foes in the volatile...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The U.S.-backed Syrian forces on Saturday took full control of a desert territory at the Iraqi border in northeastern Syria, local activists said Saturday. The border line with Iraq and Deir Ezzor desert are under the control of the Syrian Democratic Forces, such a gain...