Syria's Bashar al-Assad regime backed by Russia and Iran has captured 40 residential areas over the past five days in the northwestern Idlib province, despite the region being designated a de-escalation zone. Since the offensive began on Dec. 20, the regime and its allies have launched...

In a camp for the displaced in northern Syria, Nasrallah scatters mushroom spores into a bag of wet hay, hoping they will sprout and feed his family. "Mushrooms have become the main alternative to meat, as it's so expensive," says the 43-year-old. After the civil war erupted in Syria...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian Military Intelligence has transferred 34 former rebels to Sednaya military prison near the capital, a military source told Zaman al-Wasl Tuesday.   Most of the detainees are originally from the village of al-Thyabiya south of Damascus who agreed on the...

Russian-backed Syrian troops have encircled a Turkish observation post as they approach the city of Maarat al-Numan in an offensive into the last significant rebel pocket of Syria, sources on both sides said on Tuesday. It is the first major bout of fighting since the leaders of Turkey,...