(Zaman Al Wasl)- Tens of Syrian Kurds formed  Monday a rebel faction say it will stand against the abuses of the Kurdish Democratic Union and regime forces in Afrin district in the northern province of Aleppo. The footage said the newly-formed group affirmst فhe unity and...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces have arrested 4 members of the negotiation committee of the besieged al-Waer neighborhood in Homs city as they were meeting with regime officials over the deteriorating situation in the last rebel stronghold in the central city....

 Turkey's military killed at least 28 Islamic State fighters in shelling north of the Syrian city of Aleppo on Sunday in retaliation for the latest attacks against a Turkish border town, broadcaster CNN Turk said, citing a military statement. The attack hit 58 Islamic State targets with...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- An official at the self-administration for Rojava Federalism lessened the probability of recapture of Raqqa and expel of Islamic State from the city when the general population of Raqqa tends to stand by Isis in the face of Kurdish militia who displaced Arab and Turkmen...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- 15 Civilians killed and scores injured on Monday by Syrian regime air bombings with explosive barrels, missiles and sea mines targeting rebel-controlled areas. Zaman al-Wasl correspondent in Aleppo said Syrian regime and Russian warplanes killed 5 civilians and injured...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two suicide bombers detonated their explosives-laden belts inside a Free Syrian Army bastion in northern Bennish town, killing 6 rebel fighters, local source told Zaman al-Wasl Monday. The suicide bombers infiltrated into al-Farouk Battlaions headquarters in the key town in...

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Democratic Union Party (PYD) on Sunday has released 16 ladies from Deir Ezzor after they were arrested and detained for 9 days in the party prisons in al-Mabroukeh in al-Hasaka’s western countryside. Ahmad al-Ramadan, Head of  “Deir Ezzor...

By Omar Bakkour; Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- The general commander of the Sult n Murad brigade Fahim Issa, which is one of the Free Syrian Army factions working in northern Syria, accused the American administration of working to keep the fighting going in Syria and starting...

Turkey's president has criticized the United States, Russia and Iran for their presence in Syria and said their unwillingness to depose Syrian President Bashar Assad was contributing to Syrians' pain. Recep Tayyip Erdogan was addressing a rally on Sunday marking the 563rd anniversary of the...

(Zaman Al Wasl- Reuters)- The chief peace negotiator of Syria’s mainstream opposition said on Sunday he was resigning over the failure of the UN-backed Geneva peace talks to bring a political settlement and ease the plight of Syrians living in besieged rebel-held areas. Mohammad...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime warplanes have conducted more than 750 air strikes on the rebel-held Aleppo, killing at least 17 people in the past two days, civil defense directorate said Sunday. The heavy aerial bombing has been accompanied with massive exodus to Turkey as fierce fighting...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Syrian regime forces are holding meetings in Hasaka city in conjunction with the recent military campaign against Islamic State in northern countryside of Raqqa entering the sixth day, a well-informed source said. The source told Zaman...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Military Security branch in Latakia city ordered Jableh National Hospital to establish tents to condolence the casualties killed in Jableh explosions last Monday. The hospital in turn ordered employees to come to the tents since some of the hospital staff were killed in the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime has rocked the besieged neighborhood of al-Waer in Homs city by two surface-to surface missiles, killing four people and wounding 15, including 5 women and 7 children, local coordination committees said Sunday. The missiles attack has accompanied with mortars and...

Transaction by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian National Defense (NDF) militia cut Homs-Salamiye-Aleppo International road on Saturday in cooperation with some locals in al-Mushirfe pro-regime village. Zaman al-Wasl correspondent in Homs said NDF cut the road after release of a resolution...

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- Two hours had not passed since the start of the rain falling on Latakia’s countryside for the village streets to flood disrupting the movement of traffic in some street. And this situation goes back to “the theft of provincial officials of the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels in the southern outskirts of Damascus said they will prevent food and fuel entry to ISIS-held areas in al-Hajar al-Aswad, al-Tadamon and Yarmouk camp, according to statement posted online. Zaman al-Wasl’s correspondent in the area said that factions allowed...

 Migrants rescued from two boats in the Mediterranean this week told humanitarian workers in Italy that they saw another vessel carrying some 400 migrants sink, Save the Children said on Saturday. Three vessels carrying migrants already are confirmed to have sunk or capsized this week....

The Syrian opposition retook four villages from the Islamic State in Aleppo province’s Azaz district, local sources told Anadolu Agency. The sources, who spoke anonymously due to fear of reprisal, said the opposition retook Nida, Sindif, Niyara and Tatiya villages in eastern Azaz district....

The UNHCR on Saturday expressed acute concern about nearly 165,000 displaced persons massing near a town in northern Syria. In a written statement, the UN's refugee agency said they are "deeply concerned" about the reported massing of 165,000 people near the town of Azaz, some 32 kilometers...