(The Guardian)- The number of Syrians who have fled their country has topped 5 million after six years of war, the UN’s refugee agency has said. UNHCR announced the milestone a year after participating countries at a Geneva conference pledged to “resettle and facilitate pathways for...

By Arwa al-Sousi (Zaman Al Wasl)- Ali Abu Dahan, a Lebanese citizen and former detainee of the al-Assad regime, confirmed that 622 Lebanese detainees documented by the Lebanese government and the Syrian regime are still detained and hidden in the al-Assad prisons. Abu Dahan indicated that the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-led coalition airstrikes on Thursday killed a mother and her four children in the western countryside of Raqqa city, local activist told Zaman al-Wasl.  The indiscriminate U.S. strikes have killed about 250 people in March, a scaring death toll as Washington put its...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A group of engineers who formerly worked on the Euphrates Dam warned that the continued military operations in the areas surrounding the Dam close to al-Tabqa city is preventing technical crews from reaching the dam to fix the damages to avoid its collapse. The engineers...

The Syrian regime army captured the small town of Deir Hafer east of Aleppo from ISIS on Wednesday, a Syrian military source said, part of its operations to drive back the exremist group and consolidate its control in that area. It was the site of an important ISIS headquarters and contained...

The Syrian opposition and a senior Russian diplomat agreed on Wednesday that Syria's fragile ceasefire needed to be shored up amid growing violations in the multi-sided civil war. Preserving the cessation of hostilities in place between the Russian-backed Syrian government and rebels...

Turkey’s operation in northern Syria has been successfully concluded, a statement from National Security Council read on Wednesday. Operation Euphrates Shield, which was launched last August “has been concluded successfully”, according to the statement after a four-hour meeting chaired by...

Spillways at the Tabqa Euphrates dam are functioning normally after engineers carried out repairs, a media official with the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces militia, which is trying to capture the dam from ISIS, said on Wednesday. ISIS warned on Sunday that the dam was at risk of...

ISIS shelled positions held by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) at the Tabqa Dam on the Euphrates River Wednesday, forcing engineers to temporarily halt efforts to stop a potential collapse, a Reuters witness said. ISIS fired from the southern end of the dam, which it controls,...

A bomb attack on a bus in Syria's third city Homs killed five people and wounded at least seven Wednesday, state media reported. The blast hit a small bus carrying passengers in the Al-Zahraa neighborhood, which has repeatedly been targeted in bombings. Most of the neighborhood's...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 8 people killed Wednesday in Russian airstrikes on Idlib province to increase the death toll to 50 in five days of airstrikes, volunteer rescuing group said. The Civil Defense group said the cluster bombs' victims were displaced people sheltering in  Deir Sharqi...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Tahrir al-Sham Islamist group launched a surprise attack overnight on Hezbollah bastions at Lebanese border, killing and wounding dozen, local reporter said Wednesday. The attack took place in the mountainous Flita area in the western Qalamoun region.  ...

Syrian engineers were expected to carry out urgent maintenance Wednesday on the country's largest dam, where U.S.-backed fighters have been battling ISIS who still control most of it. The maintenance work, which entails opening a spillway to relieve the pressure of water on the dam, will...

The Shi'ite populations of two pro-Syrian government towns are to be evacuated in exchange for the evacuation of Sunni rebels and their families from two opposition-held towns in a mediated deal between the warring sides, a pro-government source and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian moderate rebels took 15 hilltops and checkpoints from ISIS in the Syrian desert east of Damascus in the past two days, commander told Zaman al-Wasl Tuesday.  Jaish Asoud al-Sharqiya, or the Army of East Lions, mostly tribesmen, has captured Tel Dakwah on...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Clashes renewed Tuesday between regime army and rebels in the eastern district of Damascus as regime forces launch offensive to take the industrial zone near Qaboun neighborhood. The rebel factions led by Failaq al-Rahman have thwarted the attack, leaving dozens of army...

Syrian engineers worked on Tuesday to open spillways and ease pressure on a major dam across the Euphrates River, amid a pause in a U.S.-backed assault to capture it from ISIS, a Reuters witness said. The Tabqa dam is a key strategic target in the military campaign to isolate and capture the...

Clashes raged around a key northern Syrian town on Tuesday after ISIS launched a counter-attack to fend off a US-backed advance near the extremists' stronghold Raqa. Backed by air power from an international coalition bombing ISIS, the Syrian Democratic Forces are laying the groundwork for...

Syria has received 50,000 tons of Russian wheat as humanitarian aid, Syrian and Russian government sources said on Tuesday. The two cargoes arrived in March, they said. However, no Russian wheat from the commercial deals signed with state grain buyer Hoboob have arrived yet, the Syrian...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 5 people killed and 10 more wounded in Russian airstrikes hit the northern city of Jisr al-Shughour overnight, volunteer rescuing group said. The civil Defense said Russia  have conducted 16 raids on the rebel-held city that neighbors the Alawites-dominated...