One in three Germans worry that tensions between the West and Russia over Crimea, Ukraine and Syria could lead to a military confrontation, according to an opinion poll by the respected Forsa institute published on Wednesday. The survey found that 32 percent of 2,504 Germans polled believe it...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 23 civilians, including seven children, have been killed in Russian air strikes on a school complex in Hass town in northern Idlib province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and local activists said.  The Observatory, a British-based war monitor, said...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A number of Kurdish parties and political figures forming the Kurdish National Council objected to mechanisms to elect independent candidates to the council.  Elections for the Kurdish National Council’s 4th conference are expected to take place in two days. ...

(Human Rights Watch)- Homemade landmines have killed and injured hundreds of civilians, including dozens of children, in Manbij, a city in northern Syria. The antipersonnel mines, often called improvised explosive devices, were planted by the extremist group Islamic State, also known as ISIS,...

(BBC)- A Finnish-Syrian man feted by the global media for smuggling toys into Syria has rejected fraud allegations. On Friday, Finnish police said they had launched a preliminary investigation into his use of donated money. Finnish media have published claims he withheld money, had links...

 A suspected Syrian regime army helicopter dropped barrel bombs on Turkish-backed rebels on Tuesday, the Turkish military said, in what appeared to be the first direct clash with Syrian forces since Turkey launched a cross-border incursion in August. A helicopter "assessed to belong to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Jaish al-Islam on Wednesday has killed 20 regime troops in the besieged Eastern Ghouta suburbs after targeting the regime bastions in Tel Kurdi area, the group said in statement posted online. 8 rebel fighters were also killed in the attack, 4 from the Islam Army and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Modar Sheikh Ahmed, a Syrian young man, a refugee in Germany, was surprised to see the German President attending the cooking show he was doing.  Madar is fond with cooking, he used his talent in this field and founded “Cooking outside the box”, a project started...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime to use Marine Helicopters (MI14) in bombing the capital's western suburbs of Khan al-Shih and Zakia with barrel bombs,  sources said. Sources explained that due to deterioration in the technical status of regime’s helicopters, the only ones left with...

(UN Watch)- Human rights groups have criticized UN chief Ban Ki-moon after he honored the Syrian regime’s envoy for 10 years of service, along with other ambassadors. Hillel Neuer, executive director of the Geneva-based non-governmental group UN Watch asked, “How can the UN secretary-general...

(Middle East Eye)- Russia said on Tuesday it will extend its pause in air strikes on Syria's Aleppo into a ninth day, despite reports of ceasefire violations by both sides on the ground. Defence ministry spokesman Major-General Igor Konashenkov said Russian and Syrian planes had not even...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- So-called “Secure smuggling” operations are active from Syria to Turkey via cross points which may or may not be official between Turkey and Syria in northern Syria in exchange for a sum exceeding $1500. Um Mohamed tells Zaman al-Wasl that she crossed with her four sons via...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A well-informed source in Homs told Zaman al-Wasl that big Russian ground forces has been positioned east of Homs province few days ago. The source confirmed that the Russian forces mainly centralized in a ground military base in the archaeological area and touristic...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- New statistics by local relief organizations showed that almost 4000 people with disabilities,including 500 children and 700 amputation, are living in the besieged northern countryside of Homs city. Abo Mohsen, a father of a disabled young man, said that he had become...

More than 7,700 Syrians have returned to northern Syria’s Jarabulus city from Turkey’s Gaziantep province, two months after the city was liberated from the Daesh terrorist group, the regional governor's office said Tuesday. Syrians can be seen waiting in line at Turkey’s Karkamis border...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Kurdish militant was killed on Monday when an explosives-laden motorbike detonated in northeastern city of Qamishli, activist told Zaman al-Wasl. The radical Islamic State claimed the responsibility for the attack that left 3 more militants wounded, according to the group's...

Syrian refugee children have been working in factories in Turkey making clothes for British high street retailer Marks & Spencer and online store ASOS, an investigation by BBC Panorama found. The investigation, to be broadcast Monday evening, found Syrian refugees as young as 15 working...

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem will hold talks with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Friday, Russia's deputy foreign minister said Monday. "Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem's visit to Moscow and his talks with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov are expected on...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- Syrian resistance factions thwarted new regime attacks backed up by Lebanese Hezbollah militia Monday on Salah al-Din neighborhood in Aleppo city. The factions killed scores from the attacking forces and took 2 as captives according to Nur al-Din al-Zanki Movement whereas...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Assad regime escalated its bombing on Douma city in Eastern Ghouta, killing 5 people and injuring tens according to preliminary reports, activists reported Monday. Douma Coordination Committee said the missiles launched by regime rocket launchers carried cluster...