US troops in northern Syria came under direct attack last week by Turkish-backed rebels, a military official with the coalition fighting ISIS told CNN Tuesday. The official said that while US troops returned fire there were no casualties on either side. The coalition believes the...

The United Arab Emirates urged Iran and Turkey on Tuesday to end what it called their “colonial” actions in Syria, signaling unease about diminishing Gulf Arab influence in the war. Allied to regional powerhouse Saudi Arabia, the UAE opposes Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his...

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that ensuring national security would be at the heart of France’s diplomatic activity and he set eradicating “Islamist terrorism” as his core foreign policy goal. Following a policy based largely on ideological interests, France has in...

The dust-covered soldiers, armoured vehicles and tents may not look very official, but they mark the first time Lebanese troops have deployed in this sliver of land along the Syrian border. After a week-long campaign against the Islamic State group, Lebanese troops have established an...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Hayat Tahrir al-Sham alliance launched a surprise attack  on a village in eastern Hama  countryside   late on Monday , killing 9 forces from regime army and allied militia, activists said.   Local sources from the village of Taldara near...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Kurdish PYD militia has transferred hundreds of displaced people who fled ISIS-held territories in Deir Ezzor to al-Mabrouka refugee camp north of Hasaka city, activists told Zaman al-Wasl on Monday.   Abdul Malek al-Ali said the PYD militants prevented the...

(Newsweek)- Russia’s two new cruise missile-armed submarines have entered the Mediterranean Sea, amid state media reports they could be used in Moscow’s operation in Syria. The two diesel-powered vessels are officially passing Mediterranean waters only on their way from the Baltic Sea,...

    (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces on Monday have disturbed Russia’s efforts to sign a de-escalation agreement in Eastern Qalamoun, preventing the the Russian delegation from entering the rebel-held region, activists said.   Rebels have accused the regime of...

A convoy of Islamic State fighters and their families left the Lebanon-Syria border region on Monday under Syrian military escort, surrendering their enclave and traveling to eastern Syria after a week-long battle. A line of ambulances and buses were shown on Syrian state television...

The battle to oust Islamic State from its stronghold in the Syrian city of Raqqa should end within two months, a top-ranking Kurdish commander told Reuters, but said she expects the fighting to intensify. Nowruz Ahmed sits on the military council of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces...

( The Independent )- Zahira (not her real name) was 45 when she was arrested at her workplace in a suburb of Damascus in 2013. As soon as she arrived at Al Mezzeh Military Airport, she was strip searched, tied to a bed and gang raped by five soldiers.  For the next 14 days, she was...

Tens of thousands of Syrian nationals who fled their country's civil war to Turkey are returning home temporarily to Syria to celebrate a major Muslim holiday, Turkish officials said Monday. Almost three million Syrians have taken refuge in Turkey since the conflict broke out in 2011, the...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces on Monday took strategic al-Mansour district in Raqqa city, such a gain nears the collapse of the radical group's capital, local activists said. The Kurdish-led alliance said 17 ISIS fighters were killed in the clashes...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Salamiya National Hospital east of Hama province has received bodies of 50 soldiers on Sunday were killed with 100 more in ISIS deadly suicide attacks near Raqqa city, local sources said.   Pro-regime media outlets said about 300 soldiers had been killed and...

( The Washington Post )- As Syrian refugees begin to trickle back to a homeland still at war, aid agencies fear that a proposed change to U.N. guidelines could accelerate the pace of returns. At least 5.1 million people have left Syria during the six-year conflict, with most seeking safety...

(Zaman Al Wasl TV)- 'Barrel', most used word in rebel-held areas that phrases death, destruction and bloodshed where thousands of barrel bombs have been dropped on civilians since Syrian revolution erupted in 2011, topping the death toll in the war-torn country to a total of half million....

U.S. Air Force pilot Lieutenant Colonel Jeremy Renken knew that whatever happened next might escalate the war in Syria. The 40-year-old father of four was flying his F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet in “a race track” pattern around an Iranian-made drone, which had just tried to kill...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Jordan has maintained a disciplined policy in the Syrian crisis and has followed a moderate methodology like other regional countries in the Syrian south especially after the balance of power in the south began to emerge. While the recent Jordanian statements raised the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently campagin reported on Sunday that ISIS attacked several US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) locations near al-Mansour street in Raqqa city.  Also, calshes took places between SDF and ISIS near Children Hospital and al-Moror...

By Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian journalist Jaber Bakr is working on a documentary film entitled "The Last Exit from al-Waer", which monitors the bitterness of the siege and displacement, and the last scenes of the departure of the residents of al-Waer neighborhood west of the...