Syrian government troops are advancing on "nearly every front" thanks to Russian air strikes that began in September, President Bashar Assad said in an interview with Chinese television released Sunday. The embattled president also said he favored new peace talks to be hosted in Moscow, but...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 7 children have been killed and dozens wounded Sunday morning in Syrian regime's mortar rounds that hit their school in rebel-held city of Douma, near Damascus, The Revolution Coordination Committees said. The embattled city of Douma, 10 km (7 miles) northeast the...

Hundreds of innocent people have been killed in spectacular attacks claimed by Islamic State militants from Syria, but diplomats say major powers are no closer to a peace deal to end nearly five years of bloodshed and chaos there. Meeting in Vienna the day after Friday night's...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A powerful Syrian insurgent group said on Thursday it was studying a local ceasefire proposal tabled by an international mediator aimed at halting fighting near Damascus. Islam Alloush, spokesman for the Jaish al-Islam group, or Islam Army,  told Reuters the ceasefire...