The UN Security Council is struggling to agree a resolution seeking a ceasefire in Syria and has put back a vote until Saturday.  The vote has already been delayed several times since Thursday.  Russia wanted changes to a draft that calls for a 30-day calm to allow for aid...

Syrian and allied forces pounded the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta for a sixth straight day Friday, killing at least nine people, a monitoring organization said. "The air strikes and the artillery fire are continuing on several towns in Eastern Ghouta," Rami Abdel-Rahman, the head of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Schools in the opposition-held areas of Daraa have been closed on Thursday as regime forces renewed ground shelling on the southern province. Mohamed al-Wadi, Head of Education Directorate, said the suspension of teaching process was due to concerns over students...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A women killed and ten more people wounded in regime artillery fire in southern Daraa province, local activists said Wednesday. The heavy shelling targeted opposition-held areas in Daraa countryside in retaliation to mortar rounds hit the pro-regime  city of...