(Zaman Al Wasl)- Five female detainees and child boy were released on Sunday by regime forces after a swap deal reached in Damascus with rebels who freed 5 militants in return, activists said. The military council of Barzeh district said the prisoners exchange was coordinated by a local...

 The opposition-held sector of Syria's divided city of Aleppo has been cut off from the outside world in recent days by an escalation of air and artillery strikes on the only road in, putting hundreds of thousands of people under effective siege. A government campaign to fully capture...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime announced this week formation of new militia with high incentives and salaries under name of 'Homat Syria', or Syria Patrons, pro-media outlets said.  Activists supported Bashar al-Assad said a recruiting center were opened in...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 20 civilians, including 5 children, were killed when Russian war planes pounded a local marketplace in the northern city of Idlib, medics told Zaman al-Wasl Sunday.   6 more people have been killed in Russian vacuum missile attack on Masjed al-Masri...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime helicopters on Sunday have dropped 12 barrel bombs on the besieged town of  Daraya west, rebel council said. Daraya Local Council said regime helicopters dropped 12 explosive barrels on Sunday and another 8 more in conjunction with regime forces’ attempt to...

Translation by Rana  Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- Two security personnel were injured on Saturday near Haroun in the city of Latakia when an unknown person threw grenade on their patrol car and escaped with those passing through the roundabout watching on, according to pro-regime pages. It...

The U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS in Syria may have accidentally hit allied rebels during an air strike at the end of last month, a U.S. military spokesman said Saturday. Coalition forces carried out three airstrikes against tactical ISIS units and vehicles near Maara on May 28, Centcom...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 20 people have been killed on Saturday in air strikes carried out by the Syrian regime and the U.S.-led coalition on northern Aleppo province, local reporter said. A U.S. strike killed a family of 10  members in Khattaf village near the encircled town of Manbij...

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- Clashes re-erupted between Islamic State on the one hand and US-backed Kurdish Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) and Elite Forces on the other during the past two days in the southern countryside of Hasaka Province. Activist Malaz al-Yoused said the...

 Islamic State claimed responsibility for suicide and car bomb blasts that struck a Damascus suburb on Saturday near Syria's holiest Shi'ite Muslim shrine, and a monitoring group said at least 20 people were killed. State television showed debris, mangled cars and wrecked shops in a main...

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrians, refugees and activists, have rallied in Paris on Saturday in solidarity with Syrian detainees in regime security chambers.  Activist Mahmoud al-Shara told Zaman al-Wasl, the 'Detainees First' demonstration has been organized by the...

By Abdullah Al Ghadawi; Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- Adib al-Shishakli, the representative of the Syrian National Coalition in the Gulf Cooperation Council and member of the Riyadh conference, said Russia is seeking to invest what is left of the time of the current American...

A double bomb attack outside a Shiite shrine near Syria's capital killed at least 20 people Saturday, in the latest in repeated deadly strikes on the revered site, state media said. The official SANA news agency said a suicide bomber and a car bomb struck at the entrance to the Sayyida Zeinab...

U.S.-backed Syrian forces made new territorial gains against Islamic State on Saturday, moving closer to another of its major strongholds in northern Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The Observatory said the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF), bringing together Kurdish...

Forces aligned with Libya's unity government said on Friday they had taken control of the port of Sirte, making further gains in Islamic State's North African stronghold. Brigades largely composed of fighters from Misrata advanced this week to the perimeter of Sirte's city center, after...

Reporting by Abdul Salam Haj Bakri; Translation by Yusra Ahmed    (Zaman Al Wasl)- Children of Jabal al-Akrad and al-Turkmen, have suffered of displacement for more than three times, most of them have lost a father or a brother, or even a mother, some of them lost an arm or a leg or...

 Syrian government troops backed by Russia and fighters backed by the United States made separate advances against Islamic State on Friday, gaining ground in new offensives that have put unprecedented pressure on the self-declared caliphate. In neighboring Iraq, government troops also...

Writing by Faris al-Rifai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- A campaign to help and support refugees has been launched in Germany in the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan. One of the pictures presented a homeless child with a caption said “Zakat means helping the weak,”...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Nour el-Din al-Zinki Movement said rebels have captured T-90 tank, the most advanced Russian tank in service, in the northern countryside of Aleppo province, rebel commander said. Rebels made gains on Thursday, taking control of al-Mallah district in the northern...

  Writing by Faris al-Rifai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Sheikh of Mojahidin and leader of Omar al-Mokhtar brigade died at 86 years of age, sadly in his bed before witnessing the victory he dreamed to see . Haj Hassan Laila has formed Brigade of Omar al-Mokhtar in...