(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime has extended its aerial campaign to Aleppo province after a week of heavy bombing on Idlib and Hama provinces, killing 5 people, local activists said on Monday. The airstrikes have targeted the northern and western countryside of Aleppo, including...

(HRW) – Two aerial attacks near Raqqa,  Syria  in March killed at least 84 civilians, including 30 children, and raise concerns that US-led coalition forces fighting the extremist armed group Islamic State (also known as ISIS) did not take adequate precautions to minimize civilian...

A Russian general was fatally wounded while assisting Syrian troops in an operation to recapture the province of Deir el-Zour. Russian media blamed his death on mortar shelling by the "Islamic State" militant group. Russia's Defense Ministry confirmed the death of one of its generals on...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The death toll of Russia’s vacuum missile attack on rebel bastion in Idlib province on Saturday has reached a total of 40, the largest Russian hit on rebels since Septemeber 2015, local reporter said. Saturday’s 15 airstrikes targeted Faylaq al-Sham group in...

 Syrian refugees rejoiced on Sunday at the news that Angela Merkel had secured a fourth term as German chancellor, but said they were alarmed by the rise of the far-right AfD party, which they feared could push her to tighten asylum rules. “We prayed that Merkel would win,” said...

U.S.-allied militias in northern Syria announced on Saturday the formation of a civilian council to govern the oil rich eastern province of Deir al Zor where they are racing with the Syrian army to capture territory held by Islamic State. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels on Sunday have pounded pro-regime militias near the Assad's hometown of al-Qardaha with Grad rockets, wounding two militants, in response to regime major attack on Hama and IdIib princes, media outlets said. Rebels said the attack was in...

(Xinhua)- A total of 2,617 civilians have been killed in the U.S.-led anti-terror operations in Syria since late 2014, a monitor group reported Saturday. The death toll includes 615 children and 443 women, said the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The casualties...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Opposition figures ruled out holding of the Riyadh's second peace talks conference in October that seeks to unite opposition groups.   The Saudi-backed High Negotiation Committee assured that no role for Bashar al-Assad in the transitional period, such a condition...

(The Middle East Eye)- Hundreds of people have attended the funeral of a prominent Syrian opposition activist and her daughter who were found stabbed to death at home in Istanbul, as the US government moved to condemn the atrocity. Orouba Barakat, 60, and her only daughter, journalist...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Rebel groups operating in southern Daraa province denied Russia's reports about imminent opening for strategic Nasib border crossing with Jordan and a prisoner swap deal. The crossing will not be opened unless fulfilling our demands that not included any concessions to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)-  10 rebel fighters were killed and 50 more wounded on Saturday when Russian warplanes struck their base in northern Idlib province, opposition news feeds said. Russia and the Syrian regime have stepped up its deadly aerial campaign on Idlib and Hama provinces since...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 6 militants from Quwat al-Ridha have been killed  by the Islamic State in al-Shumariya region east of central Homs province, field sources told Zaman al-Wasl on Saturday. 12 more more fighters from the Hezbollah-trained militia were wounded in the clashes...

 U.S.-backed forces on Saturday seized a major natural gas field in Syria’s Deir al-Zor province from Islamic State militants after days of fighting close to the eastern bank of the Euphrates River, a group commander said. Ahmed Abu Khawla told Reuters that the Conoco gas field was...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime and rebels based in southern suburbs of Damascus have reached an evacuation deal on Friday, such an agreement makes the capital mostly under regime control. About 600 rebel fighters from Mujahedi al-Sham and Ajnad al-Sham operating in al-Qadam neighborhood...

(Zaman  Al Wasl)- Realizing the increasing needs of the civil society in the city of Idlib a new facility was opened on 18 of this month making use of the new atmosphere of relative stability in the area. The 3 story- new center called Al-Karama provides free wide-range services to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 4 civilians killed and and 6 wounded on Friday in regime artillery shelling on Talbiseh town in central Homs province, medics told Zaman al-Wasl. The aerial and ground attack on northern Homs countryside come after  weeks of ceasefire deal that brought...

More than 27,000 images of torture and killings allegedly perpetrated by the Assad regime in Syria have been handed to German prosecutors who are investigating possible abuses, a rights group said Friday. "The photos show the extent and the systematic nature of torture" under Syrian...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Three arrest warrants were issued by the Syrian intelligence for Dr. Orouba Barakat, the senior opposition activist who has been found dead with the U.S.-born daughter at their apartment in Istanbul on Thursday. The prominent activists, and her only child, journalist Hala...

Hundreds of civilians left a besieged Islamic State enclave in central Syria after the Syrian government and Islamic State reached an evacuation deal, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday. The Syrian army could not be reached for comment on the report. An insurgent...