The U.N.'s top human rights official is calling the Syrian government's siege of the capital's suburbs "an outrage" and says food and medical supplies must be allowed to reach civilians inside. Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein said Friday in a statement that residents of the Eastern Ghouta suburbs of...

A new round of UN-led talks aimed at ending Syria's six-year war will take place in Geneva from November 28, UN envoy Staffan de Mistura said Thursday. The talks will follow up on a meeting next week in the Kazakh capital of Astana between Russia, Iran and Turkey that is also aimed at...

GENEVA (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad and his family have no role in the future of Syria, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday ahead of peace talks aiming at a political transition scheduled to resume next month. Tillerson said that the Trump administration...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces are responsible for a deadly sarin gas attack on the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhun that killed scores of people, a UN investigative panel said Thursday. The joint UN-Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) panel said in a...

 (Reuters) - Iraqi forces launched an attack to drive Islamic State from the last territory it holds in Iraq on Thursday and the Syrian army and its allies said they planned to march on the jihadist’s last Syrian stronghold. The separate assaults across the Iraqi-Syrian frontier...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 15 regime forces killed in an ambush set up by Faylaq al-Rahman group in the embattled Eastern Ghouta Suburbs near Damascus, spokesman said on Thursday. Wael Alwan said Faylaq al-Rahman fighters have foiled regime attempt to advance into Ein Tarma and Jobar...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 6 people have been killed in regime artillery shelling on Douma city, northeastern the capital, local activists said on Thursday.  The ground bombardment extended to Saqba and Jobar neighborhood in the embattled Eastern Ghouta suburbs. More than...

 Iraqi forces launched on Thursday an offensive to recapture the last patch of Iraqi territory still in the hands of Islamic State, on the border area with Syria, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said. “Daesh members have to choose between death and surrender,” he said in a statement...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 90,000 Syrian militants have been operating in Iran-backed Shiite militias in Syria, according to a leaked document issued by the Syrian Defense Ministry early 2017. The document that obtained by Zaman al-Wasl includes list of the Iranian militias fighting...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two Islamist judges wounded in explosive device attack in southern Daraa province, field activists said on Wednesday. The attack that targeted the Justice Court in Daraa comes as clashes renew between an ISIS affiliated group and southern rebels. On Tuesday, a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The fate of dozens of Syrian activists who arbitrarily arrested by the Islamic State in Raqqa remains unknown even after the city liberation on Friday.  Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently, prominent local monitoring tracks Syrian war, has launched a campaign...

Former Palestinian security head  Mohammed Dahlan  is playing a lead role in Syrian negotiations, according to Arab-language media. The former Fatah official has reportedly offered Syrian opposition groups two options for the future of the country, both of which would see President...

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Trump administration will temporarily delay the processing of most refugees from 11 countries deemed to be high-risk while resuming refugee admissions for other countries, government officials said on Tuesday. According to a memo seen by Reuters, sent...

As U.S.-allied fighters hurtle down the eastern bank of the Euphrates River, a showdown could ensue between the U.S. and Russia, whose allies are racing to take over the same strategic oil-rich territory from the Islamic State group. While the two sides will likely avoid a direct...

Russia on Tuesday vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution allowing the extension of the mission that investigates the use of chemical weapons in Syria. This marks the ninth time that Moscow has vetoed against a draft resolution on Syria presented before the UN Security Council....

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a base belongs to moderate rebels in southern Daraa province, leaving one fighter dead and ten more wounded, local activists said Tuesday. The attack targeted ‘Mu'taz Bellah’ Brigade in Mzairib town in the western...

  (Zaman al-Wasl)- Syiran film maker Jude Saeed did not have to exert a great effort to add a realistic touch to the set locations for the film Rain of Homs as all the buildings and homes abandoned by the city’s people are destroyed and rubble fills the streets and alleys that until...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday the country's military operation in northwest Syria's Idlib province was largely completed but the neighboring region of Afrin, controlled by a Kurdish militia, remained an issue. Turkey's army began setting up observation posts in Idlib...

Human rights organizations are urging the Greek authorities to alleviate living conditions for thousands of migrants reaching the country’s island from Turkey. Human Rights Watch in a report published on Monday said thousands of asylum seekers are living in awful conditions on the Greek...

The U.S.-led coalition Tuesday denied striking Deir al-Zor city in eastern Syria after Damascus accused its jets of killing more than a dozen people. Syrian state television had said the U.S.-led coalition hit the government-held Qusour district, killing 14 civilians and wounding 32, on...