Russia will not ask the Syrian regime to halt air raids on the war-ravaged city of Aleppo, because it believes they are helping to combat jihadist groups, Moscow's foreign ministry said Saturday. "No, we are not going to put pressure on (Damascus) because one must understand that the situation...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Rawan Qaddah has escaped from regime detention in a complicated operation and has reached Turkey, activist told Zaman al-Wasl. Qaddah, 18, who once appeared on regime TV on Sep 23, 2013, claiming 'marriage jihad' with rebels, had arrived in Turkey, after breaking out from her...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Eqtsad)- The fighting between rebels and an ISIS-linked groups in the southern province of Daraa has affected farmers lives and made decline in the agricultural production, local activists said. The clashes that erupted last month between the southern Front, Nusra...

Government aircraft pounded rebel areas of Syria's second city Aleppo, which was left out of a deal to "freeze" fighting from Saturday despite international outrage over renewed violence. Shelling and air raids in Aleppo over the past week have killed more than 230 civilians and pushed a...