(Zaman Al Wasl)- Hundreds of ISIS fighters are expected to be evacuated soon from besieged southern Damascus suburb due to a U.N.-brokered deal that was suspended late December 2015 after the killing of Islam Army's commander Zahran Alloush in Russian air strike. Zaman al-Wasl sources said the...

(Washington Post)- When you are a major nuclear power and you want to make a secretive deployment to a faraway ally, what is the first thing you do? Draw up the terms, apparently, and sign a contract. That’s what the Kremlin did with Syria in August, according to an unusual...

Unverified reports say 15 to 20 people died of starvation in the Syrian city of Deir al-Zor last year, the United Nations said on Saturday, warning that 200,000 residents there face a severe food shortage and sharply deteriorating conditions. Western parts of the city have been...

Condemning Syria's "barbaric" sieges, the United Nations demanded Friday immediate access to besieged towns to deliver food, medicine and other life-saving aid to civilians facing starvation. "There can be no reason or rational, no explanation or excuse, for preventing aid from reaching...