A top Syrian Kurdish politician suggested Wednesday that the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces and the Iraqi government could mount joint operations against Daesh (ISIS) in the area on the border of the two countries. Aldar Xelil warned of a militant revival in eastern Syria, where...

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the UNICEF called for international action in response to explosive hazards in Syria where at least 910 children were killed by explosive devices in 2017. "More than 8 million people are exposed to explosive hazards in Syria, including over 3...

A joint statement by the foreign ministers of the U.K., France, Germany and the U.S. on Wednesday condemned the “use of chemical weapons by anyone, anywhere.” The statement was released on the anniversary of a deadly chemical attack on Syrian people in Khan Sheikoun by Syrian regime...

 The White House said Wednesday that the U.S. military mission in Syria was "coming to a rapid end" but indicated no timetable for a withdrawal. Days after Trump shocked aides and allies by declaring that the roughly 2,000 troops helping combat Daesh (ISIS) would be coming home...

Turkey, Iran and Russia pledged Wednesday to accelerate efforts to bring stability to Syria, underlining their joint commitment to the country a day after President Donald Trump raised the prospect of withdrawing U.S. troops. A statement by the three countries after a summit meeting in...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels and Daesh killed at least 214 troops from central provinces of Homs and Hama provinces last March as most of the slain fighters were killed in eastern and southern suburbs of Damascus.  Pro-regime social media pages that covers the daily...

Syrian rebel group Jaish al-Islam released five prisoners Wednesday as part of a deal over the eastern Ghouta town of Douma, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The UK-based war monitor said the insurgents had kidnapped them from the nearby town of Adra around five years ago....

British members of parliament from the opposition Labor party visited northern Syria Wednesday to express solidarity with the region's embattled Kurdish minority. Their visit came at a time when Kurdish-controlled areas faced the threat of military operations by neighboring Turkey and...

A police force drawn up by Syria’s interim government is helping restore security in the liberated city of Afrin. Police Commander Mohamed al-Bushi told Anadolu Agency on Monday that police would eventually assume responsibility for security in Afrin once the Turkish military and the...

Syrian rebel factions in the region of Eastern Qalamoun, an opposition-held pocket north east of Damascus, announced their refusal to strike an evacuation deal similar to that seen in Eastern Ghouta, that would cede territory back to the Assad regime, al-Araby al-Jadeed reported. The group...

President Donald Trump signaled Tuesday countries that want the U.S. to remain in Syria may have to pay for the continued military presence, singling out Saudi Arabia.  The Kingdom's officials have indicated they want the U.S. to stay, Trump said, adding he has told them they may...

The 14th convoy carrying civilians and opposition fighters from Syria’s besieged suburb of Eastern Ghouta arrived in the Al-Bab district of Aleppo on Tuesday. According to Anadolu Agency correspondents based in the area, the evacuees are ongoing from the towns of Arbin, Zamalka, Ain...

President Donald Trump said he wants U.S. troops to leave Syria soon and will make a decision “very quickly” on how much longer they will stay, as his administration’s policy on its seven-year civil war remains in limbo. “I want to get out, I want to bring the troops back home, I want...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least seven people killed and dozen more wounded in Russian airstrikes hit northern Idlib province, local media unit said Tuesday. The Russian raids targeted a marketplace in the town of Ariha, leaving two people dead. Five more people killed in the villages of...

The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) on Monday said it provided food and blankets to 210 Syrian families in Lebanon. According to a statement by TIKA, the families in Harisa region, north of Beirut, were given about 7.5 tons of food and 420 blankets. The...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The negotiation committee of Al-Dumayr town in eastern Qalmoun has met with the regime’s counterpart on Monday as Damascus eyes on the eastern territory of the capital to be freed of rebel groups, activists told Zaman al-Wasl. Al-Dumayr’s rebels who involved in the...

Russia's defense ministry said Tuesday that more than 40,000 civilians who had fled Syria's eastern Ghouta have returned, Interfax agency reported. The government offensive on Ghouta has been one of the deadliest of the war, killing more than 1,600 civilians, according to the Syrian...

About 130,000 people fled a Damascus suburb during a weeks-long Syrian regime offensive, the United Nations said Monday. Spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the UN and its partners are working to alleviate the humanitarian crisis brought on by the offensive on Eastern Ghouta, but said...

Young icons of resistance during the plight suffered by civilians victim of regime attacks in Syria’s besieged eastern Ghouta district have started a new life in Turkey.  Baby Karim, who inspired a campaign of support in Turkey after he lost one of his eyes as well as his mother in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 117 regime troops from northwestern Hama province killed in March by rebels and Daesh, pro-regime news feeds said. Most of the slain fighters were killed in eastern and southern suburbs of Damascus.  The regime army backed by Russia launched on...