The U.N. Deputy Special Envoy for Syria on Sunday held talks with Syrian officials in Damascus to sound out their position on how to break an impasse hindering the proposed resumption of peace talks around the end of August. Ramzy E. Ramzy said he and Syrian Foreign Minister Walid...

Reporting by Faris al-Rifai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)-Naser, a young man from the Damascus’s Eastern Ghouta had two amputated legs due to mortar shelling that killed his 4 friends and left him with severe injuries forced doctors to amputate his two legs. Naser revealed...

(Zaman al-Wasl) Security and military cards are no longer monopolized by the security forces and thugs in Syria, but are now a product sold and bought between high ranking security officers, the National Defense, and Popular Committees militias, between Syria’s wealthy and even between some...

United Nations Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said Tuesday he hopes peace talks to end more than five years of brutal conflict in the country can resume late next month. "Our aim is to proceed with a third round of intra-Syrian talks towards the end of August," de Mistura told reporters...