(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 30 fighters loyal to Bashar al-Assad were killed when Daesh (ISIS) launched surprise attack on their bases in eastern Deir Ezzor province. The Fifth Corps, a paramilitary group formed by volunteers and no trained men, has mourned 30 personnel, saying...

Aleppo’s largest square was packed with people of all ages: young men performing a folk dance, children playing, others buying ice cream, popcorn, peanuts and salted pumpkin seeds. A giant sign spelled out in colorful English letters, “I love Aleppo.”  The scene in Saadallah...

Trapped in a basement for three days with his family as Turkey shelled their northern Syrian hometown of Jandairis, Merhi Hassan fled just in time to escape bombardment that almost killed his elderly father. The family piled into a rusted pickup truck with whatever they could scavenge...

The Syrian opposition will not attend a peace conference Russia is hosting next week, a spokesman said on Saturday, dismissing the meeting as an attempt by the Syrian government’s close ally to “sideline” the current United Nations peace process. He was speaking at the end of two...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday Turkish forces would sweep Kurdish fighters from the Syrian border and could push all the way east to the frontier with Iraq - a move which risks a possible confrontation with U.S. forces allied to the Kurds. The Turkish offensive in northwest...

The Syrian opposition delegation at peace talks in Vienna received a pledge Friday from Russia that it would press the Syrian army to enforce a ceasefire in the besieged enclave of eastern Ghouta, an opposition spokesman said Friday. Syrian army and Russian jets have for the last two...

A mass grave containing the remains of dozens of civilians and security personnel apparently executed by extremists has been found in northern Iraq's Kirkuk province, its governor said Friday. Rakan Said al-Juburi told AFP it was the 14th such discovery in the area. "Local...

The Syrian rebel commander stared at photographs of his fighters on the hilly frontline at the Kurdish enclave of Afrin, their pickup trucks stalled in the mud after a torrential downpour of rain. “It’s going to be a tough battle, maybe five or six months,” he said. “[But] we have...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- As Syrian regime renews chemical attacks on the besieged eastern district of Damascus, sources assured to Zaman al-Wasl that most of domestic chemical weapons and missiles used in the attack were manfactured by Iran. Damascus has been repeatedly accused...

Syria's main opposition group signaled it would announce Friday whether it will join next week's "peace congress" in Russia, as the U.N. held separate talks on finding a way out of conflict in the country. Regime officials and the main opposition Syrian Negotiations Commission (SNC)...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- La  Ghouta orientale  a été bombardé une autre fois  par les produits chimiques et le clore concentré. En effet ce dernier a été traité plusieurs fois dont la dernière était ce mois même le 22 après les grandes pertes successives à Ghouta  et plus...

Turkey's health minister said Friday that 14 Turkish soldiers and Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebels were killed and another 130 people were wounded following Turkey's incursion into Syria's Afrin region. Speaking to reporters after visiting wounded soldiers in hospitals, Ahmet...

The PYD/PKK terrorist organization evoked painful memories for a Syrian family by carrying out a rocket attack in a southeastern Turkish town, where their current home is located. Neda Ahmar, the 51-year-old mother of the family, was enjoying a cup of tea with her family when a...

Israel's U.N. ambassador is accusing Iran of attempting to turn Syria into "the largest military base in the world" to destabilize the region, threaten Israel and "terrorize the entire free world." Danny Danon told the Security Council Thursday that classified information he was...

Kurdish authorities in Syria's Afrin district called Thursday for Bashar Assad's government to send troops to help defend them from a six-day-old Turkish assault, turning for help to the very government from which they have sought autonomy. The statement posted on the website of...

Syria's main Kurdish groups will not go to a Syrian peace congress in Russia next week and there can be no discussion of a solution to the war while a Turkish assault on the Afrin region continues, a senior Kurdish official said Thursday. Badran Jia Kurd, adviser to the...

U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that he did not envision a "strategic alliance" with Russia in Syria as Washington looks to end Daesh (ISIS) and curb Iran. "I don't see strategic alliance - perhaps tactical symmetry for a convenient moment, but not a strategic...

Air strikes on a village held by Daesh (ISIS) in the eastern part of Deir al-Zor province killed at least 13 people including seven women on Tuesday, Syrian state media and a war monitoring group reported Thursday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the...

(Eqtsad)- Syrian refugees in the Turkish city of Kilis have been living in a state of panic as the Kurdish militias    retaliate to the Turkish military operation in Afrin by bombing the border town. Two people were killed and 12 others wounded in Kilis after two rockets...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S. and Turkish military commanders have discussed the possibility of creating a "secure zone" along the border with Syria, a Pentagon spokesman said Thursday amid rising tensions over Turkish intervention in the area. "Clearly we continue to talk to the Turks...