Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Four inmates have been killed in southern Sweida city when Syrian regime forces stormed the central prison after two days revolt, sources said. The dead toll is likely to rise as regime security opened heavy fire on the prisoners who...

A mutilated and headless body found in central Istanbul was identified as a gay Syrian refugee, a local rights group confirmed. Muhammed Wisam Sankari went missing on July 23 after leaving his home in the conservative Fatih district, Turkish gay rights group Kaos Gay and Lesbian Cultural...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday that the fight against extremist groups in Syria must be stepped up because they are using poison gas on civilians. Lavrov and Kerry discussed the Syria conflict in a phone call, the Russian foreign...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian resistance factions on Friday took control of the Artillery School in the battleground province of Aleppo after fierce fighting with regime forces and allied militias, rebel group and activists said. Fatah Army, or the Conquest Army, said the attack begun with...

(The Independent)- Almost every athlete at the 2016 Olympic Games will have an interesting backstory, but Yusra Mardini's is more extraordinary than most.  Mardini is in Rio to represent a team of 10 refugee Olympic athletes. While any other 18-year-old’s biggest achievements may be...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Veteran cleric Sheikh Ahmed Al Saiasneh called on Southern Front rebels to uproot betrayers who still have place in Daraa province, according to video statement.  The old man, who stood against regime crackdowns at the beginning of Syrian revolution from al-Omari...

A Syrian group said on Thursday it had the bodies of five people shot down in a Russian helicopter and demanded the release of prisoners in exchange for the corpses. The Russian military helicopter was downed in Syria's rebel-held Idlib province on Monday, killing all five people on board in...

By Ammar al-Bakkour (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian resistance launched major offensive this week to break siege of the eastern Aleppo where about 250,000 people are under severe siege. Syrian regime forces backed by allied militias recaptured territory they lost to rebels in the battleground city on...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Many killing crimes happened within short time in southern Sweida city, have sparked fears among people of the predominantly Druze province about the disastrous effects of wide spread of arms in hands of criminals and gangs with intentional ignorance...

After a slow start, it appears increasingly likely that the Obama administration will hit its goal of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees into the United States before the end of September. State Department totals show that 2,340 Syrian refugees arrived last month in the United States. That's...

U.N. aid agencies have made their first deliveries of relief in weeks to thousands of Syrian refugees stranded on Jordan's northeastern border with Syria, the world body said on Thursday. More than 75,000 people, mostly women and children, have been stuck for months in makeshift camps in a...

The United Nations said on Thursday that intensive diplomacy was going on to try to agree a humanitarian pause in the fighting in the Syrian city of Aleppo, and it hoped to see an agreement for a comprehensive humanitarian plan in the next few days. The battle for eastern Aleppo, pitting...

Reporting by Mustafa Mohamed (Eqtsad)- The unity between the Syrian and Turkish people in their stand against the failed coup in Turkey July 15, has had positive effects on Syrian investors in Turkey. The Head of the Syrian Economic Forum Tamam al-Baroudi welcomed the Turkish-Syrian unity...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria resistance forces launched new attack to capture the strategic Artillery School from regime army in northern Aleppo city, local reporter said on Thursday. Rebels launched major offensive early this week three to break siege of the eastern Aleppo where about 250,000...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russian delegate met with senior air force leaders in Syrian regime army recently and got informed about the suffering of the air force before it conducted a field visit in the military airports, military source reported. The source confirmed the delegate took off on a small...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Revolt erupted early Thursday in Sweida central prison in southern Syria as inmates protested against an execution sentence to conduct against their fellows, source said. The mutiny started when the regime forces stormed inside the prison to take 4...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Eqtsad)- Although most of the regime’s official deny the existence of a pandemic affecting the cow herd due to distributing fodder of unknown source, the decision taken by the regime’s Prime Minister Imad Khamis in regard to dismissing the Director of General...

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman al-Wasl)- Spokesman of powerful Ahrar al-Sham movement said “the situation in Aleppo is good and and the determination high," as rebels launch major offensive to break regime siege on the eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo. Abu Yousef al-Muhajir said in the...

Syrian regime forces launched air strikes against six hospitals in the Aleppo area within a week in attacks that amounted to war crimes, a U.S.-based rights group said on Wednesday. Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) said it was the worst week for attacks on medical facilities in the Aleppo...

(Eqtsad)- The problem of lack of milk powder in Rastan city, biggest city in besieged Homs, came back again to warn of a human disaster threatening around 1883 children with health problems caused by malnutrition. Manager of Motherhood and Childhood office in Rastan Maha Ayoub told Eqtsad...