The Syrian government in 2015 ignored most United Nations requests to deliver humanitarian aid to some of the 4.6 million people in hard-to-reach and besieged areas and only 620,000 received help, the U.N. aid chief said on Wednesday. Stephen O'Brien told the U.N. Security...

Syria's opposition adjourned a meeting in Riyadh on Wednesday without deciding whether to attend peace talks in Geneva planned for Friday, saying it was waiting for a U.N. response to its demands. The High Negotiations Committee, which represents a range of Syrian political and...

Translaion by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Al Qaeda's Syrian branch, the Nusra Front, has increased its reinforcements this Monday inside the city of Aleppo, amid reports about the intention of the regime and supporting militias to start fighting against militant factions from several sides of...

Russian airstrikes have claimed the lives of 1,815 civilians in Syria’s opposition-held areas since September, according to new Syrian Civil Defense Authority statistics. Russian airstrikes started in Syria under the pretext of “fighting terrorism”, but in reality, the moderate Syrian...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russian warplanes killed 5 people and wounded 40 more in strikes on Kafarlaha town in the central province of Homs, local reporter said. Residents of Kafrlaha in al-Houla region told Zaman al-Wasl that Russia has been using cluster bombs and advanced missiles with huge...

Around 25 schools in Syrian opposition-held areas have been targeted by Russian warplanes in recent months, according to the interim Syrian government. The interim government said this week that Russian airstrikes are primarily targeting moderate opposition-held areas and are generally not...

Seven refugees, including children, have drowned in the Aegean Sea after their boat sank, according to official sources. The Turkish Coast Guard said that the boat, which left from western province of Mugla's Bodrum district, had been en route to Greece’s Kos Island -- one of the preferred...

The Syrian opposition is awaiting clarification on key points from the United Nations before deciding whether to attend peace negotiations planned for Friday. The Syrian government has already agreed to join the talks that U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura hopes to convene in an indirect format...

(Zaman Al Wals)- Al-Shamiya Front and Thuwar al-Sham Battalions, two rebel groups operating in northern Aleppo province, have merged in one armed body, media activist told Zaman al-Wasl Wednesday. This step brought in due to the requirements of the current stage, Haytham Abu Hamo, director of...

The United Nations invited Syria's government and opposition to peace talks in Geneva on Friday, but Saudi-backed opponents of President Bashar al-Assad have yet to decide whether to drop their objections to taking part. The U.N. Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels have thwarted regime attack on Harbanafseh town in the southern countryside of Hama, killing three soldiers, field sources said Tuesday. Regime forces backed by Russian jets have launched major attack three weeks ago to capture southern countryside of Hama,...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- The high command of powerful Kurdish Asayish militia said Monday that regime-backed National defense Forces had planned for explosions hit Christian neighborhoods  in the northeastern city of Qamishli city in the New Year Eve. The leadership of...

The Syrian opposition council hoping to oust President Bashar Assad from power signaled on Tuesday it might accept an invitation to peace talks in Geneva but said a final decision would only be made on Wednesday. "There is consensus in the High Committee on being positive in our decision (to...

Some of the people that Russia backed to attend proposed peace talks over Syria peace got invitations to the talks from the United Nations, two people who received invitations said on Tuesday. The talks are scheduled to begin on Jan. 29 in Geneva. "I have been invited, and Haitham Manaa,...

Turkey will boycott Syrian peace talks planned for this week if the Kurdish opposition Democratic Union Party (PYD) has been invited as part of the negotiating team, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday. The PYD, which is fighting ISIS and has enjoyed military support from the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russian air strikes on Tuesday have killed 9 people in a rebel-held town in the northern province of Idlib, local activists said. The aerial attack hit the main marketplace of Ariha town, leaving 9 killed and 15 wounded, including 3 children in critical condition. On Monday,...

Moscow did not ask Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down, nor did it offer him political asylum, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday. "In both cases, the answer is: 'No,'" Lavrov told his annual news conference. "This is untrue ... No one asked about political asylum, and...

The head of the Syrian opposition's negotiating team said he was not optimistic about upcoming peace talks, casting further doubt on whether the group will attend meetings planned for Friday in Geneva. Assad al-Zoubi was quoted by Arabic news channel Al-Hadath saying recent...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- ِA Syrian refugee family in Lebanon said their two-month-old baby boy was died due to a medical mistake that led to septicemia in a Tripoli-based hospital. Saeed's family, who thought their baby's illness was no more than an infection could be...

At least 22 people were killed in an ISIS double suicide bomb attack at an army checkpoint in the central Syrian city of Homs Tuesday, AFP reported. In a breaking news alert, state television said 100 people had also been injured in the blasts in the Zara neighborhood of the city, which has...