The Syrian regime army has reached the last extremist-held town on the road to its besieged garrison in the east, a monitoring group said on Friday. Government forces are on the outskirts of Sukhneh, some 70 kilometres northeast of the famed ancient city of Palmyra, the Syrian Observatory...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian and Russian airstrikes killed at least 15 civilians and wounded 141 more in the Eastern Ghouta suburbs since regime and rebels declared a ceasefire five days ago, local monitoring group said. Ghouta Media center recorded 98 violationS by regime and Russia since...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Southern Front, key rebel alliance in southern Syria, denied any support or engagement in local peace initiative with Israel, according to the spokesman and sources. A five-point paper called Golan Peace Initiative and secret visit to Israel were the latest debate...

Kurdish fighters wearing the blue eagle insignia of the Asayish security force stopped the taxi entering the Sheikh Maqsoud district in Aleppo, checking papers and searching for contraband. When they waved it on into the Kurdish-controlled district, it stayed inside the city while leaving,...