Syria's main opposition leaders Thursday turned down an invitation from Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for talks in Moscow. High Negotiations Committee spokesman Riyad Naasan said that HNC coordinator Riyad Hijab had "received a personal invitation" to attend Friday's talks "but...

( The Huffington Post )- A renowned Syrian Actress, Zina Alhallak has been selected to be the lead character in an upcoming German Movie titled ‘Bassma and Nabil.’ Directed by accomplished filmmakers Silvana Santamaria and Bilel Athimni, the movie promises to keep viewers at the edge of their...

It happens nearly every night. After dark, the Syrian wounded come to known locations on the Israel-Syria front in the Golan Heights, driven by desperation to seek help from an enemy army. Israeli soldiers on lookout or patrol spot them waiting by the fence and whisk them away to a rear...

 In an interview with Zaman al-Wasl, Dr. Osama Qadi, the head of the “Syrian Economic Taskforce” said Syria’s debt to Iran has reached $35 billion and the debt to Russia exceeds that amount. Dr. Qadi told Zaman al-Wasl that studies estimate that rebuilding houses destroyed in the...

The major Syrian Islamist rebel group Ahrar al-Sham said Thursday that six other rebel factions had merged with it in northwestern Syria, in response to a major assault on these factions by a powerful extremist group. Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, formerly allied with al-Qaeda as the Nusra...

Reporting by Abdullah Ghadawi (Zaman Al Wasl)- Top Syrian opposition figure has disclosed the details of the Astana delegation's meeting with the head of the Russian delegation where rebels refused the Russian-adopted constitution, saying it is not a priority at the meantime. Dr. Yahya...

Hundreds of Syrians took a train through battle-scarred east Aleppo on Thursday as services resumed for the first time after four years of fighting, a photographer working with AFP said. Men, women and children peered out the windows as they rode across eastern districts after regime forces...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- ISIS on Wednesday have recaptured 5 villages from the Kurdish-led Syria Democratic Forces west of Raqqa city, killing 30 SDF militants, the group's Amaq news agency said. ISIS launched counter attack on Ja'bar citadel and surrounding villages but the U.S.-backed group says it...

A powerful jihadist group has crushed a Free Syrian Army rebel faction in northwestern Syria, in an attack that threatens to deal a critical blow to the more moderate wing of the Syrian rebellion and derail new Russian-backed peace talks. The Jabhat Fateh al-Sham jihadist group, formerly...

Syrian government forces and their allies drove ISIS militants out of several villages northeast of Aleppo between Tuesday and Wednesday, opposition-aligned activists said, bringing them closer to territory held by Turkish-backed rebels. Advances in the last week have brought the Syrian army...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Yasmin and Wala, two Syrian refugee sisters in Lebanon suffer of hepatomegaly, in which the liver get enlarged by many causes, but the cause has not been diagnosed in these two children. The mother, Thana al-Hussein, a refugee from Bab-Amr in Homs to Lebanon, told Zaman...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Ahrar al-Sham movement said it will stand in the face of powerful jihadist group of Fateh al-Sham after a series of attacks on moderate rebels groups this week, according to a voice message by general leader. Abu Ammar al-Omar, Ahrar al-Sham’s general commander, said his...

Six long-range Russian bombers struck ISIS targets in Syria's Deir al-Zor province Wednesday, the TASS news agency reported, citing Russia's Defense Ministry. TASS said the planes had taken off from Russian territory to launch the latest in several strikes on militants in the same area in...

Syrian police personnel were deployed in Syria’s northern city of Jarabulus, for the first time since the city was liberated by Turkey-backed forces from Daesh militants.  The 440-strong force will be responsible for maintaining security across the city.  “Today is a very...

(The Guardian)- Bana al-Abed, the seven-year-old girl whose tweets from Aleppo gave devastating insights into the Syrian war, has pleaded with Donald Trump to “do something for the children of Syria” in an open letter. Bana amassed hundreds of thousands of followers for her messages...

A Syrian family of pastry chefs, the Sakkas, once delighted the people of Homs with their sugar-soaked Levantine delicacies, until a rain of bombs turned them into refugees. Now, after a four-year odyssey, they have reopened the family's sweet-tooth haven in Berlin, a baklava shop called the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Fateh a-Sham group has dismantled moderate rebel group from all weapons and took its bases in Aleppo in Idlib provinces after a a surprise attack sparked wide condemnation by rebels groups and residents. Jaish al-Mujahideen fighters have withdrawn from all checkpoints...

Syria's White Helmets rescue workers said Tuesday they were "proud" that a documentary film about their work saving civilians in their country's devastating war was nominated for an Oscar. "The White Helmets documentary produced by Netflix was nominated for (an) Oscar!! I'm so proud to...

Writing by Ethar Abdulhaq (Zaman Al Wasl)- The hotel chosen to host the negotiations between the opposition and regime delegations in the Kazakhstan's capital does not appear at first glance to be special or remarkable in any way. The 'Rixos President Astana' resembles numerous other hotels...

(Zaman Al  Wasl)- At least 30 people were killed in Russian air strikes on the eastern city of Deir Ezzor, monitor and activists said Tuesday. Russian defense ministry said six Russian warplanes launched a coordinated strike on ISIS targets in Deir Ezzor on Tuesday. Such a deadly attacks...