The next round of talks aimed at easing the violence in war-torn Syria will be held at the U.N.'s European headquarters in Geneva early next year, a U.N. spokesman said Tuesday. "The talks will take place in Geneva, but we don't have the exact date," U.N. spokesman Rheal LeBlanc told AFP....

ISIS militants shelled a school district in eastern Syria Tuesday, killing at least nine students and wounding around 20 other people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said. Syrian state media said nine girls had been killed and said "shells fired by terrorists" had hit...

The number of refugees and migrants arriving by land and sea in the European Union has passed 1 million this year, while a further 3,600 died or went missing, the U.N. refugee agency and the International Organization for Migration said on Tuesday. Half of those arriving were Syrians fleeing...

The United Nations is mulling "light touch" options for monitoring a possible ceasefire in Syria that would keep its risks to a minimum by relying largely on Syrians already on the ground, diplomatic sources said. The U.N. Security Council on Friday unanimously called on...

Reporting by Samir al-Taweel; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl- Eqtsad )- The representative of the Syrian community in Egypt said in a statement to Eqtsad that about 8 to 9 thousands of Syrian children had dropped out of school, especially basic education stage. "The Syrian...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels have killed Monday one the Syrian regime's notorious officers in the Eastern Ghouta district who was a key mastermind of the well-known al-Otaiba ambush which took place on February 26, 2014 northeast Damascus and left about 175 rebel fighters dead. Activists...

The number of refugees arriving in Germany in December has more than halved from the previous month, according to statistics from the German federal police obtained by Reuters Monday. The decline is probably due to bad weather in the Aegean Sea, the main crossing point for migrants to Europe,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 9 people killed in Idlib, Aleppo and Damascus provinces as Russia intensifies its devastating aerial campaign on rebel-held areas across Syria for nearly three months. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported Monday the death of 9 civilians, including 3 women and...

China will invite members of the Syrian government and opposition to visit as Beijing looks for ways to help with the peace process, China's Foreign Ministry said Monday. The U.N. Security Council Friday unanimously approved a resolution endorsing an international road map for a Syrian peace...

Some of the Indonesian men arrested at the weekend after tip-offs that they were planning a string of militant attacks had received funding from Syria, hardening evidence of their links to ISIS, police said Monday. Officials said the raids in five cities across the island of Java, during which...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- A former nurse in Damascus Central Prison, also know as Adra,  has revealed to Zaman al Wasl new details about the lieutenant pilot Ragheed al-Tutari, who is behind bars since 34 years ago. The nurse, who spoke on condition of anonymity,...

The Syrian army, backed by Russian air strikes, captured a rebel stronghold in the northern province of Aleppo Sunday, driving out the Islamists, a monitoring group said. State news agency SANA also said that army units and other pro-government forces had seized control of Khan Tuman and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russian air strikes on northern Idlib city have killed 43 people, rescue workers and residents said on Sunday. They said at least six strikes had hit a busy market place in the heart of the city, several government buildings and residential areas. Rescue workers said...

At least 10 people were wounded on Sunday in an explosion that hit a military bus in the Mazzeh residential district of western Damascus, Syrian state television reported. The official SANA news agency said the blast was caused by a bomb, and an AFP journalist saw blood on the floor of the...

Germany and Austria are working on a proposal for a common European asylum law, Germany's refugee crisis coordinator said in an interview with German magazine Focus. Hundreds of thousands of migrants fleeing war and poverty in Syria, Afghanistan and elsewhere have arrived in...

  A former Lebanese prisoner of Israel freed in a 2008 swap deal with Hezbollah has been killed in an Israeli airstrike in Syria, the party's Al-Manar television reported early Sunday. Al-Manar said in its morning broadcast that Samir Kuntar was killed in an Israeli airstrike...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Russian armed forces have not employed all their capability in Syria and may use "more military means" there if necessary, Russian news agencies quoted President Vladimir Putin as saying Saturday. "We see how efficiently our pilots and intelligence agents coordinate their...

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Saturday that there were still difficulties ahead for Syria despite the United Nations Security Council having approved a resolution endorsing an international road map for a Syria peace process. Speaking at a joint news conference with...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Many militias help the Syrian regime in its battles against rebels in the countryside of Latakia like National defense forces (NDF), Baath Brigades, its commander Hossam Khadra was killed in the Battle of al-Anfal in spring last year. Syrian...

Syrian President Bashar al Assad attended Christmas choir preparations in an ancient church close to a frontline area in the capital Damascus where his army is engaged in heavy fighting with rebels, state media said on Saturday. State television showed footage of Assad and his...