The Syrian opposition is not optimistic about upcoming peace talks in Geneva because there is no international will for a political transition, opposition member Riad Hijab told Al Araby Al Jadid television late on Friday. The Syrian opposition has consistently said that it...

(Zaman Al Wasl)-  The political inmates of Suwayda central prison southern Syria protested Friday against the successive violations of Bashar al-Assad’s cousin who spends a life-imprisonment sentence over pillaging and robbery. One of the political inmates was insulted and beaten by...

The U.S. administration is considering a plan to greatly increase the number of American special operations forces deployed to Syria as it looks to accelerate recent gains against Islamic State, U.S. officials told Reuters. The officials, with direct knowledge of the proposal's...

HASAKA (Zaman Al Wasl)- Clashes renewed between Islamic State and  Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces on Thursday in areas on the borders of Deir ez-Zor province west to Markada town in the southern countryside of Hasaka. Kurdish sources mentioned that US backed “Syria Democratic...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels took ground from Islamic State fighters in the northern countryside of Aleppo after fierce fighting left 15 ISIS militants killed, local activist said Friday. Activist Omar al-Shamali told Zaman al-Wasl that rebels had killed 15 ISIS fighters in Tal Battal...

The U.S. military said on Friday it had started training "dozens" of Syrian opposition fighters to battle the Islamic State as part of a revamped program that aims to avoid mistakes that doomed its first training effort in Turkey last year. U.S. Army Colonel Steve Warren, a...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held a phone call on Friday in which they discussed steps needed to strengthen the ceasefire in the Syrian war, Russia's Foreign Ministry said.

(Zaman Al Wals)- Nine rebel factions operating in northern Aleppo province merged Thursday in one armed group, such a move aims to increase the effectivity of the brigades and to facilitate a unified military work, according to statement posted online. The political office of the newly-formed...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A well-informed source told Zaman al-Wasl that the fate of Mihrac Ural, head of the ‘Syrian Resistance Committees’ militant group, is still unknown and death news can not be confirmed. Senior commanders of the group, which voices hostility to Turkey, said they had lost contact...

The death toll from air strikes in the Deir al-Asafir district southeast of Damascus has risen to 33, mostly women and children, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said. The strikes on Thursday, which the Observatory said were carried out by Syrian...

Turkey has illegally returned thousands of Syrians to their war-torn homeland in recent months, highlighting the dangers for migrants sent back from Europe under a deal due to come into effect next week, Amnesty International said on Friday. Turkey agreed with the EU this month...

At least 21 Islamic State members were killed in air strikes in Syria's eastern city of Deir al-Zor, a monitoring group said on Thursday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was not clear which country's air force carried out the strikes on an Islamic State base in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime is massing troops and fighters from allied Shiite militias in Joreen camp in Ghab Plain, a move seeks to launch major offensive on rebels in Hama province, a military source said. The army officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the planned offensive to...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed ( Eqtsad )- Large number of Kwashiorkor cases, a form of severe malnutrition, have been diagnosed in the town of Madaya in rural Damascus after long and severe siege forced by the Syrian regime and other sectarian militias. Dr. mohammed Darwish confirmed that...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Fatah Army Islamist group arrested late on Wednesday 12 militants in northern Idlib province said they carried out a series of assassinations and abductions, field sources said. The cell that was active in Ariha town is belonging to Jaish al-Thuwar, a key unit in the...

Russian military advisers played a direct role in planning the operation to liberate the Syrian city of Palmyra from the Islamic State militants, Russia's Defence Ministry said on Thursday. Russian warplanes carried out a total of around 500 sorties, hitting more than 2,000 Islamic State...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 32 people have been killed on Thursday in regime air strikes on hospital and school in Deir al-Asafir town in the Eastern Ghouta suburb of Damascus, local Civil Defense spokesman said.

First units of Russian demining experts have arrived in Syria to demine the historic part of the ancient city of Palmyra, Russian news agencies quoted the Defence Ministry as saying on Thursday.

A new report says the United Nations and partners delivered badly needed medical and food supplies to about 150,000 people in besieged areas of Syria after a cease-fire that started last month led to a drop-off in fighting. U.N. convoys delivered supplies to people in 10 of 18 areas under...

The Syrian opposition said on Wednesday Syria needs a transitional ruling body with full executive powers and not a participatory government under President Bashar al-Assad, responding to comments made by Assad to Russian state media. "The government, whether it's new or old,...