(Zaman Al Wasl)- Prominent military figures were targeted by the assassination during a period of 10 days amid clear incompetence in identifying the perpetrators in Dumeir where resistance has captured the city in northern Damascus countryside recently. In this regard, Saad al-Haj,...

( The Globe and Mail )- At 2 a.m. in the midst of Ramadan in 2012, Mohamed Sharbaji got a call from a neighbour of his Aleppo home: “There are men with guns in your house.” In the moment before that conversation, Mr. Sharbaji was a man of influence. A former business owner and land...

As Islamic State group fighters steadily lose chunks of their Syrian bastion Raqa to a US-backed force, the jihadists are ramping up the ferocity of their counter-attacks. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) first broke into Raqa in early June and have advanced in a pincer-like motion towards...

The Kurdish-led administration in northern Syria will hold elections for local councils and a regional assembly in September, November and January, a Kurdish official said on Saturday on a social networking feed. Kurdish groups and their allies control swathes of northern Syria in areas held...

Syria's army and its allies on Saturday reached the edge of al-Sukhna, the last town held by Daesh (ISIS) in Homs province and a key step in their multi-pronged offensive against the militants, a Hezbollah-run military media unit said. Sukhna is on the main desert highway between Palmyra and...

A former British soldier who went to Syria to fight Islamic State has been arrested in Turkey. Joe Robinson, who used to live in Accrington, Lancashire, was detained along with his girlfriend and her mother while the trio were on holiday. While the two women have since been released,...

(Eqtsad) The harsh weather conditions, the consecutive years of drought and the repeated attacks on water resources in Daraa Governorate have led to the drying up of some dams and water sources. The loss of these water resources have contributed to the decline in agricultural areas and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Head of the political bureau in the Mutasim Brigade Mustapha Segari said that the suspension of US fund to fighting factions was limited to halt of the support of the CIA, pointing out that the Pentagon still supports some factions. In an interview with Zaman al-Wasl, he...

(Eqtsad)- Syrians cannot sell their Syrian registered cars inside Turkish territory. No one other than the car owner may drive the Syrian registered car inside Turkey, and the car must be removed from Turkey within a short period if he gives it up to someone else. The car is then sold as a...

(The New York Times)- Nine animals that had been kept alive — barely — at a damaged zoo on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, were evacuated and taken to a rehabilitation center in Turkey last week. The animals — three lions, two tigers, two bears and two hyenas — were trucked from Aalim...

With relative calm in southwest Syria since a ceasefire was reached in early July, civil defense services in rebel-held Deraa have shifted focus to clearing unexploded cluster bombs left by air strikes. Men in light blue vests set up yellow tape around any of the small, silver winged...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian farmers in northern Idlib province have accused Turkey of taking hundreds of hectares along the borderline as Turkey builds a 'security wall' that would be the second-longest structure in the world, after the Great Wall of China. The Turkish bulldozers have...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Jaish Osoud al-Sharqiya killed 15 regime troops in the Syrian desert, known as al-Badiya, when its artillery and Grad rockets pounded an army stronghold in Um Remam area, spokesman said Friday. Said Seif, press officer of the U.S.-backed group that operates in...

The Syrian regime army has reached the last extremist-held town on the road to its besieged garrison in the east, a monitoring group said on Friday. Government forces are on the outskirts of Sukhneh, some 70 kilometres northeast of the famed ancient city of Palmyra, the Syrian Observatory...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Most of Syrian refugees in Lebanese border town of Arsal are preferring to stay despite the brutality of Lebanese army raids, refusing to leave with Jihadist group to northern Idlib province or to eastern Qalamoun region, local reporter said. 200 jihadists are due to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian and Russian airstrikes killed at least 15 civilians and wounded 141 more in the Eastern Ghouta suburbs since regime and rebels declared a ceasefire five days ago, local monitoring group said. Ghouta Media center recorded 98 violationS by regime and Russia since...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Southern Front, key rebel alliance in southern Syria, denied any support or engagement in local peace initiative with Israel, according to the spokesman and sources. A five-point paper called Golan Peace Initiative and secret visit to Israel were the latest debate...

Syrian opposition groups have reopened the northwestern border crossing of Bab al-Hawa with Turkey after a week-long closure caused by rebel infighting that blocked the main conduit for goods into Idlib province. Border officials and rebels said more than 200 trucks carrying food and...

(Eqtsad)- Cases of deep sorrow for unknown reasons is what most of the Syrians today speak about after more than three years of their stay in European countries .. For example, it is difficult for Ahmed, a resident of France and his family, to know why he is disgusted by the situation in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A barrage of US-led coalition airstrikes and Kurdish militia artillery killed 48 people and wounded 40 more in Raqqa province, local monitoring group said Thursday. Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently said the aerial and ground bombing of ISIS-held Raqqa city left about...