(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 10 fighters loyal to Bashar al-Assad killed early Sunday in surprise attack conducted by Ahrar al-Sham movement on Harbanfseh town in central Homs province, local reporter said. The elite forces of the powel islamist group carried out a surpite attack on al...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the US appears less rigid regarding Syria under new President Donald Trump, as a ceasefire comes into force in the southern province of Daraa. Putin who met Trump at the G20 summit in Germany said the two countries have found common ground...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Tahrir al-Sham Islamist alliance on Sunday said it had arrested top ISIS commander in northern Idlib province after a series of ISIS blasts that rocked the stronghold of former al Qaeda group, local reporter said. Abu Sulaiman al-Russi, the ISIS security principal in...

Reporting by Abdulsalam Haj Bakri (Zaman Al Wasl) The Free Aleppo University granted final year students from Syrian universities, who were prevented from undergoing their final exams due to the circumstances in Syria, the chance to complete their subjects. The University would then...

(The Daily Mail)- Their country has been engulfed in a catastrophic civil war for years, but an element of normality can be see on Syria's west coast. Pictures taken yesterday show Syrians paddling in the sea in Wadi Qandil, which is north of the seaside city of Latakia. The government...

A U.S.-Russian brokered ceasefire deal for southwestern Syria took effect at noon (0900 GMT) on Sunday, the latest international attempt at peacemaking in the six-year war. The United States, Russia and Jordan reached a ceasefire and "de-escalation agreement" this week with the aim of...

By Ethar Abdulhaq (Zaman Al Wasl)- Difficult days ahead, sedition, causing unrest and strike, and circulating rumors are the main terms, among others, which Syrians are using to describe their situation and that of their 3 million co-nationals inside Turkey in recent days. The...

Reporting by Khaled Mohamed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces have reopened all roads leading to the resistance-controlled Eastern Qalamoun, northeastern Damascus, after a blockade for three days due to stalled negotiations brokered by Russia to force residents to sign new...

(Zaman Al Wasl)-  In a tent on the edge of al-Qaryeh camp in Arsal, Khaled, a 43-year-old Syrian refugee from the town of Qara in Western Qalamoun has opened his small workshop to repair washing machines and refrigerators for his refugee family in the al-Qaryeh camp. The workshop,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- 100 refugees fleeing U.S. aerial bombing in Deir Ezzor have arrived to Qana camp in Hasaka province as U.S.-backed Kurdish forces struggle to gain ground against ISIS in eastern Syria, local reporter said Saturday. Qana camp, which is a shelter for displaced people...

A Lebanese military prosecutor ordered forensics to examine the bodies of four Syrians who died in army custody last week following calls for an inquiry by rights groups, a judge said on Saturday. The four, who the army said had died due to chronic illness, were among several hundred people...

(Eqtsad)- In recent days, Syrians have experienced difficult days with the rising temperatures, but their suffering does not compare to the tragedy residents in camps along the Syrian-Turkish border are experiencing.  The area of  Atmeh  in Idlib province hosts several...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Key opposition figures are working on new framework to be discussed in the next-week round of Geneva peace talks amid the weakening of opposition stance and lack of International Community support, well-informed sources told Zaman al-Wasl. The Syrian National Council...

Syria's Raqa once thrived on the banks of the gushing Euphrates River, but dire shortages in the Islamic State group stronghold are forcing desperate civilians to risk their lives for water. The northern city has been without steady running water for several weeks after damage to pipelines...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Anas al-Husaiki resided in neither al-Nour nor al-Qaryah camps in Arsal which were raised by the Lebanese al-Majoqal Regiment on the morning of Friday, June 30, 2017.  Anas al- Husaiki , a nurse and father, was placed by fate before the Lebanese Army forces he...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian intelligence has arrested a senior officer in the army after investigations revealed his role in a corrupt deal which supplied the army with ineffective bullet proof vests that resulted in the death of a large number of regime fighters.  Speaking to Zaman...

Taline Menassian still trembles when she steps into the Aleppo Armenian Society’s open-air cafe, shaken by memories of the rockets that once rained down on the Syrian city’s front line. The eatery in Midan, Aleppo’s main Armenian district, was shuttered for four years after violence reached the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces carried out heavy bombardment Friday of a rebel-held district on the eastern edge of the capital in support of advancing troops, an activist and monitor said. Ain Terma lies in Eastern Ghouta, the largest rebel enclave around Damascus, which is part...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime on Friday stepped up its aerial and artillery bombardment on the eastern countryside of Daraa province, killing two people, local activists said. The heavy shelling targeted Allajat region at the border with Jordan and the towns of al Karak and...

U.S.-backed forces struggled to gain ground against the Daesh (ISIS) in Syria's Raqqa Friday, facing a wave of car bombs and mortars unleashed by the militant group, a monitor said. The Syrian Democratic Forces penetrated Raqqa's Old City earlier this week after U.S.-led coalition air...