(Zaman Al Wasl)- Hamouda, 5-year-old child boy, is not aware that the United Nations has a law called the Child Protection Act which concerns him and his rights as a child. Hamouda, who has haemophilia, lives his childhood different to other children elsewhere. He is one among many of...

(Zaman Al Wasl) After years of operating freely, the local council in Azaz city in Aleppo’s northern countryside issued a decision to close all the shops and offices that produce forged documents such as identity cards, passports and educational certificates giving the shop and office owners a...

An infant in opposition-held Eastern Ghouta -- a suburb of Damascus -- died on Friday due to lack of health care. Walid Awwata, doctor of the baby, said that the 45-day-old Mohanned was diagnosed with bilateral hydronephrosis. Bilateral hydronephrosis is a condition that...

Daesh (ISIS) has seized territory in Syria's Idlib province after clashes with rival extremists, nearly four years after being expelled from the region, a monitor said on Saturday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Daesh had captured the village of Bashkun after...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- An ISIS blast bomb killed at least 15 Kurdish fighters in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor province, the extremist group's news agency said. Amaq said ISIS fighters have attacked a PYD bastion in the village of Deranj near al-Omar gas field.    The...

More than 465,000 civilians have been killed in Syria’s six-year civil war, a refugee rights group said Saturday. Abdullah Resul Demir, deputy chairman of the International Refugee Rights Organization, said the fatalities had been caused during fighting or in prison. “The...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- It is regrettable that the Syrian people rose up and paid a heavy price for their revolution for others to reap the fruits of their sacrifices without effort. In return for a few limited gains, certain groups in Syria are expected to help the tyrannical regime remain in place....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Senior commander in the US-led Syrian Democratic Forces has defected and joined the Russian troops in Deir al-Zor province, Furat Post Network said on Friday. Yasser al-Dahla is the commander of Thi Qar brigade that based in the northern countryside of Deir al-Zor....

A high-level defector from Kurdish-led forces that captured the Syrian city of Raqqa from Islamic State has recanted his account of the city’s fall, saying thousands of IS fighters - many more than first reported - left under a secret, U.S.-approved deal. Talal Silo, a former commander...

Syrian migrant Bashar Wakaa and his heavily pregnant wife are days away from the birth of their third child, stranded on the Greek island of Lesbos in a muddy, garbage-strewn olive grove with no running water or toilets. Nearby, three Syrian men share a flimsy tent designed for two....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Israeli missile attack on a military research facility west of Damascus on Monday has completely destroyed the production units of Jamraya’s research center, sources told Zaman al-Wasl. The attack targeted missile factory subordinated to Institute 2000 which...

Mansour Omari had been held nearly a year in an underground Syrian prison, tortured and starved, when his name was called by the guards. He was going to be released. The other prisoners hugged him and wept. In the dark, they whispered, "Don't forget us." Omari would not forget. When he...

Syrian opposition negotiators in Geneva receive a steady stream of visitors, all bearing the same request: freeze the demand that President Bashar al-Assad resign as a precondition for a peace deal. With an eighth round of UN-backed peace talks dragging on, the opposition is in a tight...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 28 fighters from Tahrir al-Sham were killed by Daesh (ISIS) after fierce fighting took place between the two jihadist groups in Hama province on Thursday, commander told Zaman al-Wasl. The desert area in the central province has become the last ISIS stronghold...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Eight Syrian refugee children, mostly family members, lost their lives when a fire tore through their camp in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley on Thursday, head of Syrian refugees affairs commission told Zaman al-Wasl. Abdul Rahman Akkari told Zaman al-Wasl in a...

UN envoy on Syria Staffan de Mistura on Thursday warned against sabotaging ongoing Syria peace talks in Geneva after the regime delegation announced it would return to the talks five days late without providing a reason. The UN-backed Syrian peace talks continued in Geneva on Tuesday...

Researchers have strong evidence that bombs in Syria were targeting civilians, including women and children. In the past seven years, barrel bombs have killed civilians almost exclusively, scientists in Belgium report Wednesday. Civilians comprised 97 percent of the deaths from...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia's military said Thursday it had accomplished its mission of defeating Daesh (ISIS) in Syria, and today there are no remaining settlements in the country under Daesh control. "The final stage of the defeat of the terrorists was accompanied by the unprecedented...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime officials on Wednesday met with the negotiation committee of Ruhaiba seeking to reach a reconciliation deal ending the armed presence in the key town in Eastern Qalamoun region, sources told Zaman al-Wasl. The meeting took place in the capital, military...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Trafficking trade has grown after the shutting the border crossings and constructing a four meter high cement wall along the Turkish border has not stopped smugglers’ work, Syrian refugees say.  Abu Muhammed, who recently arrived to Turkey, told Zaman...