Reporting  by Tareq Haj Bakri (Zaman Al Wasl)- The first official court based on specific legal rules has been established in the city of Jarablus in northern of Syria after mutual agreement and coordination among all military factions and civil forces. Judge Abdul-Hai al-Taweel, the...

The German government has banned the public display of images of Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed head of the PKK terrorist group, amid calls by Turkey to take stricter measures against terrorism propaganda. A spokesman of the German Interior Ministry told Anadolu Agency on Friday that the ministry...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The ceasefire talks still underway in the besieged al-Waer neighborhood between the Syrian regime and local negotiations committee to end bombing and reaching a formula enable rebels to leave the last stronghold in the central city of Homs. Well-informed sources said the...

(Business Insider)- A new Islamic State is being constituted in Syria, and no one is paying attention— yet. "There's a second Islamic State that has emerged," says Theo Padnos, adding: "Nobody knows what is happening in the northwestern corner of Syria. I know because I'm in touch with some...

(Middle East Eye)- While members of the Syria Civil Defence group in Syria, better known as the White Helmets, have been celebrated as brave humanitarians across the world, little is known about the contribution of their female members. "Women are an essential part of the rescue work,"...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- US-backed Kurdish forces took new ground from ISIS in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor, the last main road out of the city which is bordered to the south by the Euphrates River, spokesman said Friday. The SDF captured the district of al-Jazrat, making significant close to...

A Syrian family has been arrested after a mother attempted to smuggle her 23-year-old son from a Greek island to the mainland in a suitcase. The woman had been given the right to move around freely inside Greece after applying for asylum, but her two sons, 23 and 24, had not, the Athens News...

U.S.-backed Syrian forces said on Thursday they were closing in on Islamic State-held Raqqa and expected to reach the city outskirts in a few weeks, as a U.S. Marines artillery unit deployed to help the campaign. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a militia alliance including the Kurdish YPG,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces on Thursday have killed 6 civilians in the besieged Eastern Ghouta suburbs in a new violation to the Russian-brokered ceasefire, local activist said. The strikes hit Hammouriya suburb east of Damascus, leaving 20 more people wounded.    Thursday...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia’s airstrikes in support of regime forces have killed seven people and wounded ten more in Aleppo province, local reporter said Thursday. The aerial attack targeted Darret Azza town in the western countryside of Aleppo. In its turn, regime forces have captured...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 7 people, including 4 children and a woman, have been killed on Thursday in the regime airstrikes hit a school in the northern town of Kafranbel in Idlib province, local activists said. The vacuum missile attacks have also left 10 people wounded and huge destruction...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Russian-backed Syrian regime forces have captured  an airbase in the eastern countryside of Aleppo province amid reports saying the Islamic State has handed over the strategic stronghold to regime, pro-government Press TV and local reporter said Thursday. A...

Airstrikes thought to have been conducted by a U.S.-led coalition Thursday killed 14 civilians, including six children, in a northern Syrian village held by ISIS, activists said. "The raids hit the village of Al-Matab after midnight and were likely carried out by the coalition," said...

Some 130,000 people who have fled to the northern Syrian city of Manbij and nearby rural areas are in dire need of international aid, the head of a Manbij civil affairs council said on Wednesday. The displaced had mostly left areas near Manbij that were held by Islamic State in the last...

Twice raising the little finger represents "I" and placing a thumb on the index finger and the middle finger makes an "S" to signify ISIS, or the Islamic State jihadist group. At an NGO in Damascus, two young deaf Syrians, Bisher and Ryad, are working to create special sign language...

Reporting by Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl)- Through her scientific career which has spanned half a century, Doctor Fatima al-Halmouschi managed to prove herself as an esteemed scientist in nuclear physics, a field that still has many red lines. Dr. al-Halmouschi was the first Syrian woman to...

(Spiegel)- On a cool morning, an elderly man is standing at his espresso machine on a street in eastern Aleppo. It's shortly after 8 a.m., and this part of the city -- destroyed in the war and reconquered by the regime in December -- is waking up. Green grocers arrive and set out their boxes of...

U.S. aid group Mercy Corps said Tuesday that the Turkish government had revoked its permit, halting its work in the country helping Syrians. "Our hearts are broken by this turn of events, which comes after five years of cooperation with the government of Turkey and other local partners,"...

 (SNHR)- The Syrian woman has been notably active in most aspects of the popular uprising toward freedom since 2011. She played great roles in social, relief, media, awareness, violation documentation, political, and other fields. The popular uprising had its direct and its indirect...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces have violated Russian-brokered ceasefire deal in the Eastern Ghouta Suburbs near the capital as ground and aerial bombing has been renewed on Wednesday, local activist said.  Douma coordination said the key town of Eastern Ghouta was rocked by...