(Zaman Al Wasl)- If it is right to say the 7th of February events represent the "mother of battles" that Washington fought directly in Syria because of the large number of fatalities, the Russian side represents what can be described as "the mother of the fighter" and for the same reason,...

The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Saturday demanding a 30-day cease-fire across Syria "without delay" to deliver humanitarian aid to millions and evacuate the critically ill and wounded. The vote was delayed for two days to try to get support from Russia, which...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Syrian Islamist alliance said the commander-in-chief of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham along with three senior commanders are wanted for the the 'revolutionary justice'  on various charges including incitement and participation in the killing of the Syrians. Abu Mohammad...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Well-informed sources in Homs province reported that most of the sectarian militias fighting alongside Assad's estimated to be 10,000 troops, have not been paid for six months, and that about half of them have joined the regime army in the last few weeks . The sources...

UN Security Council unanimously approves resolution demanding 30-day ceasefire in Syria "without delay" AP

Four elderly villagers, including a Kurdish couple, who were recently rescued by Turkish soldiers in northwestern Syria, narrated their ordeal to Anadolu Agency on Saturday. The soldiers found the villagers with their hands tied in a barn at Maskah village in northwestern Afrin on...

Qatar’s emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has decried relentless regime attacks on Syria's Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta as "crimes against humanity".  "Regardless of political differences, what is going on in Eastern Ghouta is a crime against humanity," Tamim said on...

As the Syrian regime escalates its attacks on opposition-held suburbs of Damascus, rebels in outlying towns are retaliating with volleys of mortar shells and rockets into the capital, killing more than 25 civilians in the past two weeks and spreading fear among its 4 million residents....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- US-led coalition airstrikes on a school sheltering displaced people have killed at least 25 in an ISIS-held village at the Iraqi border, the group’s news agency said Saturday. Amaq said Friday's strikes hit a school in the al-Sha’fah village near Al Bukamal town....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 3 people were killed early Saturday in Harasta suburb as regime forces stepped up its bloody offensive on the embattled eastern enclave of Damascus, local activists said.  The Civil Defense rescuing agency said  regime forces have pounded Eastern...

Like most teenagers, 15-year-old Muhammad Najem spends a lot of time posting selfie videos on social media. Unlike most teenagers, Najem makes his videos in Syria as airstrikes rain bombs onto his street and kill his friends. "The children of Ghouta die every day by the bombing of the...

The UN Security Council is struggling to agree a resolution seeking a ceasefire in Syria and has put back a vote until Saturday.  The vote has already been delayed several times since Thursday.  Russia wanted changes to a draft that calls for a 30-day calm to allow for aid...

The U.N. Security Council scheduled a vote Friday on a resolution demanding a 30-day cease-fire across Syria to deliver humanitarian aid to millions and evacuate the critically ill and wounded. The resolution would allow attacks directed at extremists from the Islamic State group and...

Russia is ready to vote for a U.N. Security Council draft resolution on a ceasefire in Syria, local news agencies cited Foreign Minister Lavrov as saying Friday. Lavrov also said, according to Interfax news agency, that the United States and its allies had refused to amend the...

Syrian government warplanes supported by Russia continued their relentless bombardment of the rebel-controlled eastern suburbs of Damascus for a sixth day Friday, killing nine people, opposition activists and a war monitor reported. The death toll from the past week climbed to more than 400....

The president on Friday highlighted the achievements of the ongoing military operation in Syria’s northwestern Afrin region, revealing that 415 square kilometers (160 square miles) of territory was now under control and over 1,800 terrorists had been neutralized. Speaking at a meeting...

The UN special envoy for Syria on Friday reiterated his call for immediate cease-fire amid "horrific" bombings in besieged Eastern Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus. Staffan De Mistura called on guarantor countries Turkey, Russia and Iran for an immediate meeting for re-establishing "tension...

The Turkish army struck a convoy entering Syria's Kurdish-held Afrin region, which Ankara said carried fighters and weapons but Kurdish forces said was made up of civilians entering with food and medicine. In a statement Friday, the Turkish military said a fleet of some 30-40 vehicles of the...

Syrian and allied forces pounded the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta for a sixth straight day Friday, killing at least nine people, a monitoring organization said. "The air strikes and the artillery fire are continuing on several towns in Eastern Ghouta," Rami Abdel-Rahman, the head of...

The U.N. Security Council will vote Friday at 4:00 p.m. local time, on a draft resolution demanding a 30-day ceasefire in Syria to allow for deliveries of humanitarian aid and medical evacuations, diplomats said. A slightly amended text was circulated to council members, but it was unclear...