(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 14 people, including 3 children, were killed on Saturday in an explosive device planted by the Islamic State inside a charity kitchen supported by the powerful Islam Army in Dumeir town, 45 km (30 miles) east of Damascus, local monitor said. Activists said 'ISIS...

 Militants shot down a military helicopter near Palmyra in Syria, killing two Russian pilots on board, Interfax news agency said, quoting Russia's defense ministry. The two men had been attacking a detachment of Islamic State fighters in the Homs region on Friday, when the Syrian Mi-25...

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- Zaman al-Wasl learned that a black market has emerged for the Turkish residence permits granted to Syrians on the basis of temporary protection (Kimlik), and this happens at the margins of the entrance of thousands of Syrians from Turkey to Syria...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels on Friday thwarted regime attack to recapture strategic town in the western coastal province of Latakia lost to rebels last week, activists said. Regime forces and allied militia backed by heavy artillery and gun machines launched surprise attack to retake...

The number of people seeking asylum in Germany fell sharply in the first half of the year as tougher rules at home and border-closures abroad started to kick in, the interior ministry said on Friday. About 16,000 people registered in June, down from 92,000 in January, but the migrant crisis as...

 The Syrian military has extended a nationwide ceasefire that expired on Friday for another 72 hours, state media reported on Saturday. The military high command said in a statement "a regime of calm will be extended for a period of 72 hours from one o'clock on July 9". The Syrian...

 Air strikes killed 23 people at a holiday spot in Syria's Idlib province while at least 25 died when rebels shelled government-held areas of Aleppo city on Friday, the last day of a 72-hour ceasefire announced by the Syrian army, a war monitor said. A riverside area in the town of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Scenes of children carrying plastic toys of fighting weapons spread recently in the liberated regions of Aleppo province. Toy shops witness a lot of consumers especially during Eid days which show the deep effect of war on psychology of children and their daily behavior. Toy...

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- Twitter accounts affiliated with al-Nusra Front posted photos saying they are Syrian regime soldiers took as captives in western Qalamoun region in Damascus countryside. The accounts said the soldiers were taken captives following a raid on the...

Air strikes killed 23 people at a holiday spot in northwestern Syria on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, the last day of a 72-hour ceasefire announced by the Syrian army. A riverside area in the town of Darkush, near the Turkish border, in western Idlib province was...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- Once again and without their will, Syrians find themselves amid the political conflict in Turkey following talks of giving Syrians Turkish nationality. Syrians add one more point to the points’ record between the ruling party AKP and opposition parties headed by CHP and MHP...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Fighting in the countryside of Latakia have calmed down in the past two days after the big achievement of Yarmouk Battle especially liberating the village of Kansaba in Jabal al-Akrad. Many Syrians look suspiciously to that slow in battles, and...

One third of local authorities in England, reeling from years of austerity cuts, are not prepared to house any Syrian refugees, a media report said on Thursday, following a UK government pledge to resettle 20,000 Syrians by 2020. Official data shows that more than 1,800 Syrian refugees have...

France said on Thursday that a three-day nationwide ceasefire announced by the Syrian army was not good enough and it was unrealistic to expect a revival of peace talks without a long-term truce. Syria's military declared the three-day "regime of calm" - a term it uses to denote a temporary...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces have attacked the besieged town of Daraya west of Damascus in the second day of Eid al-Firt in a breach to the a three-day nationwide ceasefire, rebel local council said. The council said the regime had bombed the southern neighborhoods with 4...

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman al-Wasl)- Local sources said a Lebanese military checkpoint had arrested the Syrian journalist and activist Anas Idrees known on social media as Ahamd al-Qusaiyr. The sources said Ahmad has a valid legal status. Al-Qusaiyr is the spokesman of the General...

The only way into rebel-held parts of Aleppo was cut Thursday by a Syrian government advance that put the road within firing range, two rebel sources and a group monitoring the conflict said, in effect putting some 250,000 people living there under siege. Rebel groups were waging a fierce...

 Two Syrians accidentally blew themselves up while handling explosives in a house in the southern Turkish border town of Reyhanli, the privately owned Dogan news agency said Thursday. A woman who was at the scene at the time of the blast late Wednesday was later detained by police, Dogan...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- militants of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) have before Eid al-Fitr arrested 4 Arabic women belong to revolutionary families In the Eastern countryside of Ras al-Ain in Hasaka province.  Local sources reported that  an...

Reporting by Mohamed Kassah; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Eqtsad)- The reconciliation agreement between the regime and rebels in Moadamiyeh has ended 5 months of severe siege and unprecedented food shortage crisis leading to unforgettable hunger crisis. However, breaking the siege and allowing...