A former Syrian intelligence officer on Monday denied beating and torturing detainees in prison as he faced trial in a German court for crimes against humanity.  In a written statement read by his lawyers, Anwar Raslan, 57, said he had "neither beaten nor tortured" prisoners at the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia has pledged to halt any regime offensive in southern Daraa province if armed groups halt attacking regime army personnel and if Russian military police start patrolling in the cradle of Syrian revolution, sources told Zaman al-Wasl Saturday. Representatives of...

Israeli planes made another round of airstrikes in Syria last week, targeting Iranian militia bases in the east and an alleged chemical weapons research laboratory in Aleppo province. The number of Israeli strikes in Syria over the past nine years is estimated to be in the hundreds, but the...

A record 9.3 million people are now food insecure in Syria as spiralling prices and the coronavirus pandemic compound the damage of a nine-year war, the World Food Programme said Thursday. "Record high food prices & now COVID-19 have pushed families in Syria beyond their limits," the...