Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad expressed optimism Wednesday over dialogue with Kurdish groups that want to strike a political deal with Damascus, suggesting progress had been made in contacts mediated by Russia. Kurdish-led groups who control swathes of northern Syria have...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Fatma, an 8-year-old Syrian refugee girl found dead Wednesday morning after torrent of floodwaters swept her from a road in the northern Minyeh-Dinnieh district on Tuesday where she was playing with her sister, according to Zaman al-Wasl reporter. Minyeh...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- People and rebel factions of Maarret al-Nu'man have refused the hand over their town to Tahrir al-Sham as the former al-Qaeda branch seeks to gripe the noose on most of northern western Syria.  Sources told Zaman al-Wasl that rebels and residents of town have...

Russian military police have begun patrolling around the Syrian city of Manbij, a spokesman said Tuesday, moving into an area once held by US-backed Kurdish forces. Russian forces are acting in support of Syrian government troops who recently deployed around Manbij, in Aleppo province...