Syrian refugees in Turkey have been joining the search for meteorite fragments in the eastern province of Bingol. In Saricicek, a village 5 km (3 miles) east of the provincial capital Bingol, showers of extra-terrestrial rocks have fallen on their land since early September. After hearing...

Russia has killed 403 civilians, among them 97 children, during its air strikes in Syria, according to figures from a monitoring group. The Russian president Vladimir Putin has stepped up his country's air campaign in Syria in recent weeks, targeting anti-government rebels as well Islamist...

(Zaman Al Wasl- Anadolu Agency))- Around 1,700 Syrian Turkmen have arrived in southern Turkey over the last three days, a local governor said Sunday, as they flee regime attacks backed by Russian airstrikes. Hatay province Governor Ercan Topaca said 28 injured civilians from the Bayir Bucak...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- As winter gets harder, the picture is not complete without a fireplace. But for Syrian refugees, the fireplace is more than a source for warming; it turns up to become the cooker, bathroom heater, clothes' drier, and an oven to bake bread. “the...

A bomb placed on a motorcycle exploded on Sunday in a Kurdish-held Syrian town along the Turkish border, killing at least three people and wounding 20 others, a monitoring group said. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a huge blast was heard when the...

Syrian government troops are advancing on "nearly every front" thanks to Russian air strikes that began in September, President Bashar Assad said in an interview with Chinese television released Sunday. The embattled president also said he favored new peace talks to be hosted in Moscow, but...

 The United States and its allies conducted 16 strikes against ISIS in Iraq and nine in Syria Saturday, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement. Five of the Iraq strikes hit around Ramadi, destroying weapons, tactical units and fighting positions, the Combined Joint Task...

  Russia feels increasingly under threat from developments in the Middle East and appears to be serious about cooperating with western countries to resolve the war in Syria, Germany's foreign minister said Sunday. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, whose Social Democrats (SPD) are traditionally...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 7 children have been killed and dozens wounded Sunday morning in Syrian regime's mortar rounds that hit their school in rebel-held city of Douma, near Damascus, The Revolution Coordination Committees said. The embattled city of Douma, 10 km (7 miles) northeast the...

Paris (AFP) - French jets will be able to launch air strikes on Islamic State targets from an aircraft carrier in the eastern Mediterranean from Monday, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said. "It will be operational from tomorrow," Le Drian told Europe 1 radio on Sunday, nine...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) (Zaman Al Wasl)- Statistics showed that Bashar al-Assad's war on Syrian people has caused permanent disability for about 300 thousand Syrians, half of them children under 16 years old. Samira Yousuf, 4-year-old girl from Taldo, the biggest town in al Hola city...

President Barack Obama says Russia needs to make a strategic decision to go after the Islamic State group, not the moderate opposition forces trying to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad. He says initial military operations by Russia did not add to efforts to deter IS, and in some ways,...

Writing by Ethar Abdulhaq Istanbul (Zaman Al Wasl)- The bright side Syrian refugee crisis has showed can be the overwhelming solidarity of human rights advocates, intellectuals, artists and average people in many European states, Syrian migrants voiced admiration. Mattia Campo...

(Zaman Al Wasl)-  At least 10 civilians, mostly children, have been killed in suspected Russian air strikes on southern city of Daraa, activists said Saturday. Syrian regime air force backed by Russian warplanes has extended its brutal aerial campaign on rebel-held province of Daraa....

A video released Friday appears to show Greek coast guards puncturing a dinghy boat with a sharp object earlier in November in the Aegean Sea. Video footage released by Turkey's Office of Public Diplomacy on Friday shows a sea vessel numbered LS-060, belonging to the Greek coast guard,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A new barrage of Russian air strikes hit Syrian Turkmen strongholds in coastal Latakia province, Revolution Coordination Committees said on Saturday, a day after Turkey had summoned Russia's ambassador to Ankara over the recent bombing of Turkmen villages. Syrian regime...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 30 civilians have been killed across the eastern Deir Ezzor province as Syrian regime warplanes backed by Russian jets intensify aerial campaign on ISIS-held territory, local activists said Saturday. The devastating air strikes rocked towns of al Mayadin, Al Bukamal,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebel group fighting ISIS in northern province of Aleppo has recaptured two border villages with Turkey from the radical group, commander said on Saturday. Al Shamiya Front fighters have recaptured villages of Harajleh and Dalha on the Turkish border, inflicting heavy...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Spokesman of Syrian Democratic Forces, an alliance of Kurdish and Arab forces fighting ISIS in northern Syria said his Western-backed group has achieved 70% of its targets in nearly one month campaign. Col. Talal Ali Sello, in statement to Zaman Al Wasl, said his alliance is...

British Prime Minister David Cameron's bid to start air strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria could be bolstered by a U.N. Security Council resolution adopted on Friday calling on able states to fight the militants, said Britain's U.N envoy. "It's a call to action to...