The Russian military said on Monday its aircraft operating from an Iranian air base to conduct strikes in Syria had completed their tasks, but left open the possibility of using the Hamadan base again if circumstances warranted. Iran's Foreign Ministry said Russia had stopped using the base...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian resistance have killed more than 300 regime troops this week as Bashar al-Assad's forces press to recapture a military complex they lost two week ago in the battleground city of Aleppo, rebel commander said on Tuesday. Captain Naji al-Mustafa, senior commander in Suqour...

 Syrian Kurdish forces took near complete control of Hasaka city on Tuesday as a ceasefire ended a week of fighting with the government, consolidating the Kurds' grip on Syria's northeast as Turkey increased its efforts to check their influence. The Kurdish YPG militia, a critical part of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Islamic State has Tuesday early morning attacked site of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) that led by the Democratic Union Party (PYD) southern of the town of Shadadi in the countryside of Hasaka, while a ceasefire truce was reached to in Hasaka between the Syrian regime and...

(Zaman Al Wasl) The Ministry of Education issued on Sunday 21 August the results of the second round of re-take exams for the general high school certificate for the scholastic year 2015-2016. The results of the first round of exams were issued around one month ago, and the results were...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian resistance have thwarted new Syrian regime offensive Monday to seize military faculties complex in al-Ramouseh in Aleppo, reporter said. Zaman al-Wasl reporter in Aleppo added the Syrian resistance has recaptured all lost points from regime forces following fierce...

The United Nations is ready to deliver aid into Syria's Aleppo, but needs commitments from all parties in the war - not just Russia - to abide by a 48-hour humanitarian truce, the U.N. aid chief, angered by lack of assistance to civilians, said on Monday. Aleppo, Syria's most populous pre-war...

Writing by Abdul Salam Haj Bakri (Zaman al-Wasl)- Unheard stories and new scenes presented for the first which time had supposedly closed the door on, were presented for participants in the demonstration organized by the media network Jeron in the third commemoration of the chemical massacre...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian resistance forces thwarted regime and allied militias attack on Jabal al-Akrad hilltops in coastal Latakia province, activist said Monday. The major offensive targeted al-Kabbana village, activists Abdul Rahman Lathqani said.  Dozens killed and wounded by...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 25 people have been killed on Monday in regime and Russian air strikes on the opposition-held Aleppo, activists and monitoring groups said. Monday's strikes hit the poor neighborhood of al-Sukkari, leaving 15 people, including 4 children, dead and dozens...

Turkey vowed on Monday to "completely cleanse" Islamic State militants from its border region, after a suspected suicide bomber with links to the group killed 54 people, including 22 children, at a Kurdish wedding. Saturday's attack in the southeastern city of Gaziantep is the deadliest in...

 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday talks between the United States and Russia on military cooperation in the fight against Islamic State in Syria were nearing an end, with technical teams meeting this week to discuss details. "We are in indeed engaged currently in ongoing...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- A meeting between representatives of the Syrian regime and People Protection Units (YPG) has started in the military air base of Hmeymim in Latakia, following clashes for the last few days in which the Syrian regime has for the first time used airstrike against the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime and its allied militias have continued their fiercest offensive on al-Waer besieged neighborhood in Homs city, raiding with Phosphorus bombs and international prohibited Napalm, local sources on Monday. Zaman al-Wasl’s reporter in Homs said the regime airplanes...

 The Kurdish YPG militia launched a major assault on Monday to seize the last government-controlled parts of the northeastern Syrian city of Hasaka after calling on pro-government militias to surrender, Kurdish forces and residents said. They said Kurdish forces began the offensive after...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 9 people have been killed in regime air strikes on Idlib countryside late on Sunday, a activists said. Two children were among the victims of Maarrat al-N'san village.` The devastating erial bombing extend on the Fatah al-Sham- controlled province. Northeastern...

One person was killed and two others went missing after a boat carrying 15 refugees capsized in the Aegean Sea, a security source said Sunday. The boat had set sail from Cesme town in western Turkey's Izmir province on Sunday morning before it capsized on its way to the Greek island of...

Hundreds of Syrian rebels are preparing to launch an operation to capture a town held by Islamic State at the border with Turkey, a senior Syrian rebel said on Sunday, a move that would frustrate Kurdish hopes to expand further in that area. The rebels, Turkey-backed groups fighting under the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Regime and Russian warplanes continued their bombardment on the northern countryside of Homs province for the seventh consecutive day, killing more than 30 people in 72 days, local activists said. The warplanes launched vacuum missiles and cluster bombs on Sunday, conducting...

At least 15 people were killed in a Russian cluster bomb attack late Saturday in northern Syria’s Aleppo province. Russian warplanes struck a rural town in Aleppo’s Atarib district with cluster bombs, a local civil defense official told Anadolu Agency. “At least 15 people were killed and many...