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Syrian regime says frees 672 prisoners

Syrian regime said on Saturday it released 672 prisoners who had promised to accept the state's authority, a move it said was aimed at bolstering a "reconciliation" process. Reconciliation is the term the government uses for local deals with rebels for them to either disarm and accept its...

Idlib: two blasts kill three peole in Dana town

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Three people killed late on Friday in two car bomb attacks hit Hayat Tahrir al-Sham headquarters in al-Dana town in northern Idlib province, activists said. No rebel group claimed the responsibly for the attack on the former al Qaeda branch in Syria that killed two...

Iftar celebrations amid the Douma ruins

Against a backdrop of crumbling buildings in the rebel-held Douma district east of Damascus, hungry Syrians sat down together on the rubble-strewn streets to break fast with a free Ramadan meal. On the menu was minced meat, rice, beans, dates, apricots, yoghurt and fruit juices, enjoyed by...

Russia airstrikes kill 15 people west of Deir Ezzor

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 15 civilians killed on Friday in Russian airstrikes on Deir Ezzor as regime forces broke into the eastern province for the first time since 2014, a monitor and activists said, after seizing territory from ISIS. Activist Firas Allawi told Zaman al-Wasl that...

Syria regime penetrates ISIS-held eastern province

Syrian regime forces on Friday broke into the eastern Deir al-Zor province for the first time since 2014, a monitor said, after seizing territory from ISIS. Government forces control part of Deir al-Zor city and the adjacent military airport, but ISISholds the vast desert province and most...

6 civilians killed in airstrikes on Homs

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime and the U.S.-led airstrikes have killed 6 civilians in central Homs province on Friday as fighting escalates against the Islamic State in territory near the Syrian desert, local activists said. Three people were killed by regime strikes in the northern...

472 civilians dead in month of US-led Syria strikes

U.S.-led coalition air strikes on two Syrian provinces targeting militants have killed 472 civilians over the past month, a monitor said Friday, more than double a previous 30-day toll. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the period between May 23 and June 23 saw the highest...

Near Raqqa, makeshift clinic scrambles to save lives

An armored car screeches up to the field clinic outside Daesh’s (ISIS) Syrian stronghold Raqqa and unloads a fighter wounded in the battle to oust the militants. The young member of the Arab-Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces is struggling to breathe, with a gaping bullet wound in his chest from a...

In Douma, Ramadan meals among the ruins

The scene in Syria's besieged rebel-held town of Douma is almost surreal -- tables laden with food to break the Ramadan fast are surrounded by the crumbling carcasses of bombed-out buildings. The open-air meals are a rare treat in the town in the Eastern Ghouta region outside Damascus, made...