(Zaman Al Wasl)- Free Syrian Army units pressed new gains against ISIS in a desert area east of Damascus, taking two bastions and strategic hilltops, commander told Zaman al-Wasl. Younes al-Salameh, spokesman for Jaish Osoud al-Sharqiya, or the Army of East Lions, mostly tribesmen, said they...

By Ethar Abdulhaq (Zaman Al Wasl)- In a fancy apartment in the Adawi district of Damascus lives Abu Muhammad, one of the most vicious criminals of Bashar al-Assad's regime has shed a lot Syrian blood. Yet, to much irony, he is the shadow man of the Assad regime. To the extent that obtaining...

The U.N.'s Palestinian relief agency says Syria's Palestinian refugee population has fallen by one-fifth since the start of the Syrian conflict in 2011. UNRWA Director Pierre Kraehenbuehl said Friday there are 440,000 refugees in Syria, compared to 560,000 in the country before the war....

 The Russian-backed Syrian army has recaptured 16 villages lost to insurgents last week near the city of Hama, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Friday. Syrian government forces have been counter-attacking in the area that is of critical importance to President Bashar...