(Zaman Al Wasl)- “A town of angels invaded by ghosts,” is how an activist from the Ain al-Fijah town, 25 km (17 miles) northwest of Damascus,  described the situation of the town more than a year after the displacement of its people and the expropriation of their land and property through...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The prominent opposition dissident Michel Kilo confirmed that the planned Syrian National Dialogue Congress in Russia’s Sochi at the end of January will not result in anything since its a Russian pretext to keep Bashar al-Assad in power. In an interview with...

Turkey is working with Russia to evacuate around 500 people from the besieged Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. “There are around 500 people, including 170 children and women who need urgent humanitarian aid,” Erdogan said ahead of his...

Turkey-based Yetim Foundation on Sunday delivered winter clothing to 47 orphans from Syria's northern Aleppo city. "Last year in Aleppo, we had transported 47 orphans who were stuck in the basement of an orphanage to a safe area. This year, we extended a helping hand to them by giving...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Southern Front rebel alliance said in statement issued on Sunday it will boycott Russia-brokered Syrian National Dialogue Congress in Sochi at the end of January. The key rebel group in southern Syria said Russia seeks to keep Bashar al-Assad in power, ignoring the...

The Russian Foreign Ministry is preparing the list of participants at the Syrian National Dialogue Congress set to take place in Sochi at the end of January, Russian media reported on Saturday. As per new boundaries set by the ministry, the Syrian opposition must set aside the notion of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The economic and industrial capital of Syria was almost completely absent from the revolutionary scene during 2017.  The city witnessed the displacement of the inhabitants of its eastern neighborhoods in the last week of 2016. The most prominent events for...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Christian-domiated areas in northeastern Hasaka province have been busy in Christmas and the new year celebrations amid concern over fireworks and crackers among children and youths. The installation of lights and decorations began in the Assyrian...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Jaish al-Izza, key Free Syrian Army Unit, called on its fighters to avoid the regime army provocations in the Christian-dominated towns in Hama province before the Christmas. The regime forces that based in Mahardeh and Suqaylabiyah- Eastern Orthodox Christian...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces have breached a 6-month-old ceasefire in southern Daraa city after a ground and aerial bombing on opposition-held neighborhoods, rebel commander told Zaman al-Wasl on Saturday. Abu al-Shayma, spokesman for al-Bunyan al-Marsous operation room,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime may resort to military force in the eastern Qalamoun region near Damascus as a last option to close the region’s file similar to other areas in Damascus suburbs that have faced the same fate, residents say.  Local activist Namir al-Diri told...

A year after it was liberated from Islamic State group control, the Syrian town of Jarabulus is rebuilding — thanks in large part to help from Turkey. The rebuilding of Jarabulus has begun. Apartment buildings are springing up, infrastructure is being restored, and Ankara’s...

Islamic State has been crushed in Iraq and Syria, Theresa May has said. She told troops at a Christmas address in Cyprus that the jihadi group nolonger held any significant territory thanks to efforts by British forces. Standing in front of a Typhoon fighter to speak to 100 servicemen...

After a 2-month-old Syrian boy lost both his left eye and his mother in a regime attack on a besieged suburb of the capital Damascus, the world began to take an increasingly visible stand. Since Turkey’s Anadolu Agency first reported the story of the Syrian toddler who became a symbol...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- An Israeli air strike hit a ballistic missile base north of Damascus late on Friday, local activists said. The new target of the Israeli air force was the 155th Brigade near Qutaifa town in the eastern Qalamoun region where the base is believed to host Scud...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian activists on Friday launched a campaign on social media demanding the regime forces and key ally Russia to stop killing children in Idlib province as more than 107 children have been killed since May. Since the "de-escalation zone" deal went into effect in May,...

Syrian government troops have retaken a string of small rebel-held pockets near the country's capital and in the northwest over the past two weeks, a monitor told AFP Friday. After dealing a blow to Daesh (ISIS) in Syria's east, pro-regime forces have been redeployed to fight rebels and...

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu Friday said the military has completed the partial withdrawal from Syria ordered by President Vladimir Putin, ending over two years of active involvement in the conflict. "Your order to withdraw the contingent of Russian forces from Syria has been...

Key powerbrokers were scrambling Friday over plans to speed up a political settlement in Syria, with UN envoy Staffan de Mistura joining a second day of talks after negotiations in Moscow. A new round of peace talks backed by Russia, Iran and Turkey began in the Kazakh capital Astana on...

A Syrian congress of national dialogue will be held in the Russian city of Sochi on Jan. 29-30, the RIA news agency cited Kazakhstan's foreign ministry as saying on Friday.