Reporting by Eqab Malek; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime's air force directorate has rewarded military pilots who conduct the deadly air strikes on Syrian people, source told Zaman al-Wasl Thursday. The rewards were disbursed by the M.General Jameel al-Hassan, head...

More than 21 pro-government militiamen have been killed in two days of battles with Syrian Kurdish forces in northeast Syria that has widened the Kurds' control over a city at the border with Turkey, a Syrian Kurdish official said. Five members of the Kurdish internal...

The largest aid convoy so far in Syria has reached a besieged rebel-held town in the centre of the country. Sixty-five lorries are delivering food and medicine to about 120,000 civilians in and around Rastan, in Homs province. The International Committee of the Red Cross and Syrian Red...

The United States said on Thursday it was concerned about reports that Russia is moving more military equipment into Syria to bolster President Bashar al-Assad, with a truce in tatters and peace talks in meltdown. A U.S. official separately said Russia has been repositioning...

Syria's prime minister and foreign minister on Thursday accused European and regional powers of supporting terrorists and fuelling fighting in the country, in a defiant tone from Damascus after a halt to peace talks this week. Prime Minister Wael al-Halaki said Saudi Arabia,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A fierce fighting erupted Thursday between Kurdish PYD militia and regime's paramilitary wing the National Defense Forces in northern Qamishli city, activists and a monitor said. Despite regime's aerial bombing on Kurdish areas, a senior official from Damascus has arrived in...

Reporting by Abdulsalam Haj Bakri; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Unknown assailants killed late on Wednesday a senior commander in the  First Coastal Division in Latakia province amid doubts that his killing is related to the death of an ISIS jihadist in Turkish prison. Abo...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Fadwa Mahmoud, wife of the veteran opposition figure Abdul Aziz al-Khayir who was abaducted with two fellows four years ago by regime security, said Husband's abduction was due to not having a consensual Alwaite figure in Syria. Fadwa Mahmoud explained the details of her...

Syria's fragile peace talks might not resume for at least a year if they are abandoned now, a senior Western diplomat warned on Wednesday, as the opposition urged more military support for rebels after declaring a truce was over. Intense fighting has left Syria's partial ceasefire...

(The New York Times)- The leader of a Western-backed rescue organization that searches for survivors of bombings in Syria was denied entry into the United States this week, where he was to receive an award recognizing his contributions to humanitarian relief. Raed Saleh, the head of the Syria...

The humanitarian evacuation of 250 people from two Syrian towns besieged by pro-government forces and another 250 from two towns blocked off by rebels began on Wednesday, coordinated by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent. The towns blockaded by pro-government forces are Zabadani and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Before he was detained in Assad’s prisons, he was healthy. He came out of the prison, ill and drained out of torture. His body is a witness to what Syrians face in the basements of death and cells of daily killing. Doctor Kamal Muhee al-Deen al-Jum’a devoted himself to the...

The delegation head of Bashar al-Assad regime has said peace talks in Geneva would continue despite the Syrian opposition’s decision to pull out of the current round. The regime delegation led by Bashar Jaafari met with UN Deputy Special Envoy Ramzy Ezzeddin Ramzy at the UN Office in Geneva on...

(Dogan Agecny)- Syrian children in Turkey marked the 4th Istanbul Children and Youth Arts Biennial with their projects urging "right to education" and "secure living conditions", d during arts and music activities of Association for Solidarity with Asylum Seekers and Migrants (ASAM)....

Reporting by Hussein al-Zoubi; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- A member of the Syrian National Coalition and representative of the Kurdish National Council said in a conference in Geneva that the unfairness of the Democratic Union Party PYD is affecting both Arabs and Kurds....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels thwarted an ISIS attack on Marea town in northern Aleppo province early Wednesday, killing at least 15 militants, local reporter said. Rebels of 'Hor Kilis Operations Room' have also destroyed three armored vehicles for ISIS near Marea. In it's turn, regime...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- One person killed and two injured on Tuesday in Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) raid on Aneeq al-Hawa Village in Hasaka Province, local activist said. The victim’s relative who preferred anonymity told Zaman al-Wasl, his cousin Mohamed Yaseen al-Kati’ was killed by PYD...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed ( EQTSAD )- Number of enthusiastic youth in southern Jasim town founded a center to support children emotionally and psychologically after the trauma they have been living in for more than 5 years. Bilal Dnaifat, the director of Basmat Amal, or Smile of Hope, said...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The recent attack by regime forces to recapture al-Kabaneh village, the highest point in Latakia province, has been failed for the11th time in seven months. The strategic al-Kabaneh is a cross point between Hama, Idlib and Latakia Provinces. The regime lost 200 soldiers...

 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday insisted that Syria peace talks in Geneva were "not frozen" as he slammed main opposition chiefs for walking out. Lavrov said that while the main opposition High Negotiations Committee has announced it is putting its participation on...