Six Russian warplanes launched a coordinated strike on ISIS targets in the Syrian province of Deir al-Zor, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday, citing the Russian defense ministry. The defense ministry said the Russian Tu-22 bombers flew from an air base in Russia over the territory of...

Syrian rebels are unhappy with a communique establishing a ceasefire mechanism between Russia, Iran and Turkey, an opposition delegate to talks in Astana said Tuesday. "Iran is spearheading in a number of areas military offensives and leading to forcible displacements of thousands of Syrians...

  Heavy fighting erupted in northwestern Syria on Tuesday between a powerful jihadist organization and more moderate rebel groups, threatening to further weaken the opposition to President Bashar al-Assad in its biggest territorial stronghold. Rebel groups fighting under the Free Syrian...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Well-informed sources said that U.S. air force depend on a network of agents on the Syrian ground who provide locations of Jabhat Fateh al-Sham and foreign fighters. The source, who refused to disclose his name for security concerns, told Zaman al-Wasl the greatest evidence...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The U.S.-backed Syria Democratic Forces pressed rapid advances against the Islamic State in Raqqa province on Monday, making the strategic Euphrates dam just few blocks from its sight, sources said. The Kurdish-led alliance of Kurds and Arabs on Saturday took the village of...

 A first day of indirect peace talks between Syrian rebels and the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Kazakhstan's capital Astana ended Monday without any apparent breakthrough, sources told AFP. "Our delegation's meetings are over for today," a source close to the regime told AFP, after rebel...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Om Mahmoud, 50, recounts the intimate details of her loss and forced migration from the al-Khaldiyeh neighborhood in the central city of Homs. Om Mahmoud was forced to leave in 2012 by the regime forces and auxiliary militias. She left behind three graves and a...

Syria talks in the Kazakh capital Astana come at a time of significant changes to the conflict in its sixth year. Although promising to focus on reinforcing a cease-fire, the conference has raised expectations of a path toward a political settlement of the civil war. The talks are sponsored...

The Great Mosque of Aleppo, a centuries-old treasure at the heart of one of the world's oldest cities, is today a grim monument to the ravages of Syria's war. The doors have been blasted away, the walls have been shredded by gunfire and shrapnel, and the minaret where the Muslim call to...

(Al-Jazeera)- A delegation of Syrian rebels attending a new round of talks in Kazakhstan's capital will not hold direct talks with representatives of the government, according to opposition sources. The meetings in Astana, organised by Russia and Turkey, are aimed at strengthening a shaky...

Syrian refugee children in Lebanon are struggling to get an education and many are being pushed into work or early marriage instead, the United Nations children's agency UNICEF said on Monday. Around 187,000 youngsters - roughly half the school-age Syrian children in the country - are not...

(Tass)- Talks on the Syrian crisis have begun in Kazakhstan’s capital of Astana. The meeting is being held at the Rixos Hotel. The issues topping the meeting’s agenda include strengthening the ceasefire and advancing the negotiation process in order to hold consultations in Geneva on February...

Syrian rebels are due to meet their war-torn country's government Monday in the Kazakh capital Astana, in the latest push to end the conflict. Scheduled to begin at 2 p.m., the planned face-to-face talks would be the first time armed rebel groups have negotiated with President Bashar...

Sixty-five ISIS fighters were killed in operations by the Turkish army in support of rebels in northern Syria on Sunday, the Turkish military said Monday. Turkey launched an operation to drive the militants away from the Syrian border five months ago and have been besieging the ISIS...

Parties to the Syrian peace talks in Astana have yet to agree on face-to-face meetings between the delegations of the Damascus government and rebel groups, Kazakh Deputy Foreign Minister Roman Vassilenko said on Monday. Speaking just hours ahead of the negotiations, Vassilenko said the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Five people among them children died due to the detonation of improvised explosive devices left behind in the fighting between the Islamic State forces and the Democratic Union Party in the town of Tel Hamis, south of Qamishli city. The activist Ahmad al-Ali reported that an...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Ahrar al-Sham movement reached a ceasefire deal with rival Jund al-Aqsa group in northern Idlib province, opposition activists said Sunday. The powerful groups agreed to halt fighting in the mountainous Jabal al-Zawiya area and to free prisoners as well to form a judicial...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- A U.S. air strike on Sunday targeting a vehicle affiliated to Jabhat Fateh al-Sham at the Turkish border killed two commanders, field sources said. The strike on the industrial district of al-Nairab killed Abu Rabei al-Souri and Abu Musab al-Jazaeri, a jihadist from...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two prominent figures in the powerful Jabhat Fateh al-Sham have defected on Sunday, saying the scatter inside the former al Qaeda group and deep discords stand behind their decision. In a handwriting statement, Abu Ahmed Zakkour and Hamza Sa'da, members in al-Shura council,...

(Al-Jazeera)- Key players in the war in Syria are due to meet on Monday in Astana to begin talks aimed at consolidating a nationwide ceasefire and potentially paving the way towards a political settlement. The talks, organised by Russia, Turkey and Iran, come weeks into a countrywide...