A convoy of 50 aid trucks heading for the besieged Syrian town of Madaya set off from Damascus on Thursday, a Reuters witness said. The convoy is the second this week to the town near the Lebanese border, where thousands are trapped and local doctors say some have starved to death.

  (ZamanAl Wasl)- Syrian rebels have recaptured on Thursday all checkpoints they lost to favor of regime forces the day before in the southern countryside of Aleppo province. Field source told Zaman al Wasl that rebels have recaptured al-Hersh district...

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria said after meeting representatives of the United States, Russia and other major powers on Wednesday that Syria peace talks were still planned to start in Geneva on Jan. 25. Staffan de Mistura told reporters they had discussed access to...

( NOW English News)- Syrian rebels operating north of Aleppo backed by the reported help of Turkish artillery fire have gained ground against ISIS along a stretch of territory that Ankara aims to turn into a "safe zone."   Since the weekend, rebel factions in the Marea...

Turkey's interior minister said Wednesday the suicide bomber in an attack which killed 10 people in Istanbul's historic tourist district a day earlier was not on any wanted list but had registered with Turkey's immigration authorities. Efkan Ala said the man's fingerprints were on record with...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- People of the key Eastern Ghouta Suburb of Arbin have elected on Wednesday their local council, such a remarkable participation by the residents who defied Syrian regime air strikes, local reporter said. The voting atmosphere in the embattled town near the capital was...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Hezbollah militant who has been taken captive by rebels south of Damascus said he is a father of five more militants fighting in Syria, field commander told Zaman al-Wasl Tuesday. Abu Nafea al-Dimashqi, commander of Dhuha al-Islam Brigade, said rebels had taken captive...

Syria’s regime army and allied forces Tuesday took full control from rebel groups of the strategic town of Salma, in the northwestern province of Latakia, state television reported. In a breaking news flash, the channel said the army, backed by the pro-government National Defense Forces...

The United States has softened its stance on Syria including the future of President Bashar al-Assad to accommodate Russia, opposition coordinator Riad Hijab said, warning the opposition would face a hard choice on whether to attend peace talks this month. Hijab, who was chosen in December as...

Aid workers who reached a besieged Syrian town spoke of "heartbreaking" conditions being endured by emaciated and starving residents, with hundreds in need of specialized medical help. An aid convoy on Monday brought the first food and medical relief for months to the western town of Madaya,...

Syria's opposition coalition on Tuesday denounced the attack by a Syrian suicide bomber that killed 10 people in Istanbul's tourist heartland. The Istanbul-based National Coalition "strongly condemns the terrorist explosion... and presents its condolences to the families of the victims," the...

( Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia has staged more deadly air strikes on the northern provinces of Aleppo and Idlib, killing at least 55 people on Tuesday, activists said. The devastating Russian aerial campaign has killed 25 people in the ISIS-held town of Manbej, including 3 children and 5 women, and...

 ( Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia has staged more deadly strikes on the northern countryside of Aleppo on Tuesday, killing at least 35 people, activists said. The devastating strikes on the ISIS-held town of Manbej have killed 25 civilians and wounded 40 more people. In...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Activists reported on Tuesday fierce fighting between regime troops and rebels at the gates of Salma village in the coastal Latakia province, Bashar al-Assad's heartland. Regime troops backed by their allied militias have pressed more advances the northeastern countryside of...

 Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday it was premature to say whether Moscow would grant asylum to embattled Syrian leader Bashar Assad, who had made "many mistakes." "You know I believe that it is premature to discuss this," Putin said in the second half of a two-part interview...

 The U.N. Security Council discussed the besieged towns of Syria after reports emerged that tens of thousands of civilians have been trapped for months without supplies and are starving to death. The meeting on Monday was called by New Zealand, Spain and France in response to the reports...

Syria's opposition co-ordinator Riad Hijab accused Russia of killing dozens of children after a bombing raid on Monday and said such action meant the opposition could not negotiate with President Bashar al-Assad's government. Earlier the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that at...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- 17 aid trucks on Monday have entered for embattled al-Waer neighborhood in the central city of Homs, a move had been scheduled in the U.N.-brokered deal reached last month between rebels and the Syrian regime, activists said. Simultaneously, aid convoys have entered...

(Zaman Al Wasl- Photos)- Diab Abdul Rahman, 45-year-old, has been documented as the first hunger victim died of starvation after the entry of the long-awaited aid for the besieged town of Madaya on Monday. Abdul Rahman's emaciated body was the ugly face of Bashar al-Assad’s war crime in Madaya,...

Russian air force jets have since the start of this year flown 311 combat sorties in Syria and attacked 1,097 terrorist targets there, Russian news agencies quoted the Russian defense ministry as saying on Monday. Defense ministry official Lieutenant-General Sergei Rudskoy said...