The use of chemical weapons in Syria is a red line for France and would result in reprisals, Emmanuel Macron said on Monday during his first meeting as president of France with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. "Any use of chemical weapons would results in reprisals and an immediate...

The last rebels and others who had agreed to leave the besieged Barzeh district of Damascus have done so, the Syrian capital's governor was quoted as saying on Monday by state television, bringing the entire area under state control. Some 1,012 people, including 455 fighters, left Barzeh in...

An Iraqi Shi'ite force backed by Iran said it pushed Islamic State out of several villages on the border with Syria on Monday, potentially reopening a supply route to send Iranian weapons to President Bashar al-Assad. The maneuver could also be the prelude to a connection with the Assad's...

(Eqtsad)- The Turkish authorities frequently issue new resolutions aimed at improving the situation of some three million Syrian refugees living in its territory.  These resolutions include, but are not limited to, the decision to grant work permits to Syrians present under the...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- US-led coalition warned Syrian regime forces and its allied Shiite militias from advancing further to the border area with Iraq under control of moderate rebels, commander told Zaman al-Wasl Monday. The US warplanes dropped leaflets on regime bastions and an Iraqi...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-led coalition has stepped up its aerial campaign on Raqqa city in suppoart of Kurdish militia days before launching major offensive to expel ISIS from the de facto capital of the caliphate. Local monitoring group, Raqaa Is being Slaughtered Silently said coalition...

Iraq's Iran-backed Shi'ite paramilitary force said on Sunday it had dislodged Islamic State from a number of villages west of Mosul, scoring further progress toward the border with Syria. The villages taken by the Popular Mobilisation paramilitary force include Kojo, where Islamic State...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Kurdish Democratic Union militia on Sunday has mourned 4 members killed by the Islamic State in the eastern provinces of Hasaka and Raqqa, activist told Zaman al-Wasl. YPG, the armed wing of PYD, is a key group in the U.S.-led Syrian Democratic Forces where hundreds...

( Middle East Eye )- As a child in Damascus, Maha al-Sayyed always looked forward to going to the hairdresser with her grandmother. The atmosphere, the smell of nail polish, and the voices of women socialising were addictive to Sayyed, who loved leaving the salon with a new look every time....

By Abdullah Ghadawi; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- About 15,000 students have been studying in the universities of  the opposition-held areas in Aleppo and dlib, according to the Interim Minister of Higher Education. Abdul-Aziz al-Daghim said despite the security condition,...

By Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl)- Prosecuting former Free Syrian Army members or revolution supporters who fled to Europe has turned into nightmare for many. The EU courts have been following cases brought against them by unknown people who are believed to be the regime's sleeper cells. They...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-led coalition airstrikes killed detainees held by ISIS in the western countryside of Raqqa on Saturday as the radical group defies Kurdish warning to surrender by the end of May, activists said. The strikes hit an ISIS prison in al-Mansoura town, leaving dozen killed and...

Syrian troops and allied militia have pushed back ISIS militants and U.S-backed opposition fighters, gaining control of a large swath of territory in the country's strategic southern desert, the government-controlled media and a war monitor said Saturday. With the new advances, the...

By Faris Rifai; Translation Yusra Abu Hamed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Ahmed al-Halabi, a Syria refugee in Germany, his holiday in Greece has turned into nightmare after arresting him by Greek police and seizing all his documents and passport and deporting him to Turkey. A similar story happened to...

By Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl)- Umm Yahya, or 'The Mother of Rebels as many activists call her, had experience in nursing although she was mainly working as a mother taking care of her four children in the town of Tura in Jobar district, when the regime forces began shooting at peaceful...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 35 Islamic State fighters were killed Saturday by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and Saraya al-Sham at the Lebanese border, rebel commander told Zaman al-Wasl. Hussein Abu Ali, the spokesman for Saray al-Sham said his group and the former al-Qaeda branch in Syria had thwarted...

Hundreds of civilians are fleeing two cities held by ISIS in eastern Syria after a series of deadly airstrikes that killed dozens, activists said Saturday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based activist group, said a "large-scale displacement" was underway from the cities...

By Abdullah Ghadawi (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Interim Ministry of Health in  the opposition's government that operates in liberated areas has been suffering lack of support by the international community, the Minister told Zaman al-Wasl. Mohammed Firas al-Joundi detailed that number of...

 With its battered facades, pulverized houses and skeletons of buildings, one of the world’s oldest cities, Aleppo, has been utterly devastated by the war in Syria. Now, in Germany, scholars are preparing for its reconstruction one day by creating a detailed map of the Old City and its...

The United States' reengagement in Syria's war gives impetus to the Group of Seven nations to find a political solution to a conflict going on now for over six years, a senior French diplomat said on Friday. France, a NATO ally and key backer of the Syrian opposition, has sharply criticized...