Major powers agreed Friday to a pause in combat in Syria, but Russia pressed on with its relentless bombing in support of its ally President Bashar Assad, who vowed to fight on until he regains full control of the country. Although billed as a potential breakthrough, the "cessation of...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Spokesman of Jabhat Thuwar Al-Raqqa, Muhammad al-Hadi, said Wednesday that his local rebel group had joined the Syrian Democratic Council, the political wing of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), led by Haitham Manna, and Kurdish leader, Ilham Mohammed....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Fierce clashes took place Thursday in southern Daraa city as regime forces and allied militias press to capture a ground, local activists said. Rebels have thwarted the regime attack on al-Manshiya neighborhood in the Old City of Daraa, leaving number of regime troopers dead,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian opposition's Higher Negotiations Committee said rebel factions who will approve the planned truce agreed by major powers on Thursday, source told Zaman al-Wasl. The United States, Russia and more than a dozen other nations, agreed on Friday to a cessation of...