The five-year war in Syria has killed nearly half a million people and displaced more than 10 million from their homes, and now a family who waited years for the war to end is seeking their future in the small western Balkans country of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Adil Abdullah and his family always...

(Zaman Al Wals)- At least five regime troops killed on Tuesday by Islamic State in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor while 50 fighters of the allied NDF militia reportedly trapped in an ISIS ambush in the al-Teim oil well.   Deir Ezzor Is Being Slaughtered Silently, local monitoring group,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces cut off the main road to rebel-held areas in northern Aleppo city, local reporter said Wednesday. Zaman al-Wasl reporter said the YPG-led units that formed by the U.S. last October, have captured the strategic Castillo road, a move...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces closed on Tuesday the main crossing of al-Waer, the last rebel-held area of Homs, a move seeks to tighten the noose on the besieged people despite a U.N.-mediated truce reached last December, residents said. Shutting the crossings came as regime tries to...

At least six people were killed and eight others injured on Tuesday by Russian airstrikes that hit targets in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, according to a local source. A local civil defense official told Anadolu Agency that the airstrikes had killed six people and injured eight others...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Prominent delegates of UNICEF has visited the Under-Siege Neighbourhood of Alwaer in Homs, yesterday Monday and found severe shortage of teaching facilities and increasing risk of children who miss the opportunity of teaching. Zaman Al Wasl reporter...

The United Nations will delay the next round of Syria peace talks by two days to allow the cessation of hostilities in force since Saturday to take hold, U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said. International observers have acknowledged violations of the agreement intended to...

Scores of Bangladeshi women have been lured with the promise of a good job in the Middle East and then trafficked to war-torn Syria, where they are forced into domestic or sex work, a senior Bangladeshi police official said. The head of a Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) - an elite squad of the...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called Tuesday for the closure of Syria's border with Turkey to cut off outside supplies to "terrorists," including through humanitarian convoys. "Of course, neither in ceasefire agreements, nor in the process of political settlement is there a place for...

 The U.S.-led coalition conducted 27 strikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria Monday in its latest round of daily attacks, according to the Combined Joint Task Force leading the operations. Fifteen strikes in Iraq targeted the militant group near eight cities, including Fallujah, Mosul and...

UN Syria envoy to Reuters: next round of Syria peace talks in Geneva will begin March 9

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- “Cessation of Hostilities” agreement as part of a Russian- U.S. plan has been put in place last Saturday excluding areas controlled by the Islamic State and Nusra Front - an al Qaeda affiliate. People in areas under the Islamic State’s control fear...

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov agreed on Tuesday on the need to urgently implement the cessation of hostilities agreement in Syria and for the warring parties to return to the table for political negotiations, a U.N. statement said....

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has accused President Bashar al-Assad's regime of obstructing deliveries of humanitarian aid in Syria, calling on it to show "some measure of decency" during the truce there. Speaking at a media conference in Washington with his German counterpart Monday,...

Zaman Al Wasl (Video)- A shocking footage circulated online showed two Syrian brothers, most likely twins, being humiliated and tortured by a maniac slap-game in one of the notorious Syrian security services. The heavy-weight security agent seemed enjoying this kind of inhuman torture by...

Aid workers on Monday made the first delivery of desperately needed assistance since the start of Syria's fragile ceasefire, as an international task force met to try to bolster the truce. The task force co-chaired by Moscow and Washington held talks in Geneva to evaluate...

Defense ministers from the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State militant group discussed the possibility of a Syrian ground incursion two weeks ago but they have not made a decision, an aide to Saudi Arabia's defense minister said on Monday. "It was discussed two weeks ago in...

A senior official from Syria's main opposition group said on Monday that a fragile international attempt to halt nearly five years of fighting was in danger of total collapse because of attacks by government forces. The cessation of hostilities drawn up by Washington and Moscow...

Turkish artillery hit as many as 10 Islamic State targets inside Syria on Sunday, a military official said on Monday. Up to 50 rounds were fired between 2 and 3 p.m. (1200-1300 GMT), the official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. The Turkish broadcaster NTV said the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia's warplanes have carried out at least 30 raids on Harbanafseh town in Hama province since the 'cessation of hostilities' agreement took effect Saturday's midnight. Russian jets have also luanched 8 raids early Monday on the Turmen-dominated town, using vacuum and...