In late May, an Iraqi cleric called Akram Kaabi visited militia fighters in a desolate Iraqi town near the Syrian border. Kaabi, who heads a Shi’ite Muslim militia named Harakat Hezbollah al Nujaba, was decked out in a camouflage uniform and led the fighters in prayer on mats laid on the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 8 regime troops and allied militants have been killed by Tharir al-Sham Islamist group east of Hama province on Friday, field sources said. The surprise attack launched by the jihadist alliance that includes the former Nusra Front group on regime checkpoints...

Israeli aircrafts has reportedly fired missiles at a weapons depot near the international airport in Damascus, in the third such attack by the Israeli military on targets associated with the Lebanese group Hezbollah, on Friday At least two missiles were fired by the Israeli planes from...

A Syrian anti-Assad activist and her journalist daughter have been found dead at their home in Istanbul, police said Friday. The bodies of Orouba Barakat, 60, and her 22-year-old daughter Hala Barakat were found in their apartment in Uskudar, a neighborhood on the Asian shore of the...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday Turkey will deploy troops in Syria’s northern Idlib region as part of a so-called de-escalation agreement brokered by Russia last month. The “de-escalation” zones, agreed by Turkey, Russia and Iran, would be further discussed in talks...

A Syrian refugee arrested in connection with the recent London subway attack was released without charge on Thursday, the British police said. No further action is due to be taken against the man, Yahyah Farroukh, 21, who was arrested by an undercover police squad late Saturday night...

    (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian dissident woman and her daughter have been murdered in Turkey's Istanbul city on Thursday, activists and sister said.   The journalist and former member of the Syrian National Council, Orouba Barakat and her daughter Hala Barakat were...

   (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 9 people, including 3 women and 3 children, have been killed in the northern town of Khan Sheikhoun as regime and Russia's warplanes steped its aerial campaign in Hama and Idlib provinces since Tuesday, Civil Defense worker told Zaman al-Wasl.  ...

 Kurdish-led regions of northern Syria will hold elections on Friday, a historic expression of free will and a message to President Bashar al-Assad as he seeks to reassert control over the whole country, a senior Syrian Kurdish politician said. As Kurds in neighboring Iraq prepare...

 (HRW)- Many Syrian refugees in Arsal, a border town in northeast  Lebanon  recently cleared of armed groups, face pressure to return to Syria, Human Rights Watch said today. Some have already returned to Syria because of the harsh conditions in Arsal.  A recent Human...

 Russia said on Thursday it had warned the United States it would target areas in Syria where U.S. special forces and U.S.-backed militia were operating if its own forces came under fire from them, something it said had already happened twice. Russia was referring to the Syrian...

By Ethar Abdulhaq (Zaman Al Wasl)- How can a “westernized” 21 old Syrian refugee who “enjoys weed, vodka and drugs” be a “lone wolf”? Zaman Al-Wasl investigates the claims made by the Daily Mail against the 21 year old Syrian refugee Yahya Faroukh who escaped his war-torn...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)-  Health Minister in the opposition's  Interim Government condemned regime and Russia's deliberate attacks on medical facilities in the northern Hama and southern Idlib area, saying wounded people have nowhere to have treatment.   Mohamed Firas...

British police arrested three men in south Wales over last week’s bombing of a busy commuter train in west London, meaning five people are now being questioned by detectives over the attack which injured 30 people. A 25-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday evening in Newport, while two...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Ten people killed on Wednesday in the northern countryside of Hama as regime and key ally Russia stepped up the aerial and ground campaign on Idlib and Hama provinces, local activists said.   Six people, including 4 women, were killed in Qalaat al-Madiq, and 4 more...

The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Wednesday its campaign to capture Raqqa from Islamic State (IS) was in its final stages and its fighters had seized 80 percent of the city. The SDF said in a statement it had opened a new front against IS on the northern edge of...

    Zaman Al Wasl reveals in a new documentary the inner circle of the Syrian regime's chemical facilities.    A data-rich report highlights the Chemical programme since its birth by the Soviet Union and how the Israelis were following up the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime and key ally Russia have stepped up aerial and ground campaign on Idlib and Hama provinces, conducting more than 105 raids in the past 24 hours in response to a major rebel attack launched, local activists said Wednesday.   The regime...

(Eqtsad)- Ismael, the young man who lives in the opposition-held areas in Aleppo northern countryside has been racing with time to get married during this summer which is traditionally the best season to enter the “golden cage” as the well-known proverb says. The main target of Ismael,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Three Russian troops were killed by the Islamic State on Monday when they were trying to cross the eastern side of the Euphrates in Deir Ezzor along with the regime forces, the militant group's news agency said. Amaq news agency said the Russians had been killed in...