(Zaman Al Wasl)-  Syrian regime on Wednesday has freed 50 detainees were held in the Hama Central Prison after weeks of tension and rebellion by political inmates, source told Zaman al-Wasl. The release followed an official visit by senior security officers in the Police and...

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu met Syrian leader Bashar Assad in Damascus Tuesday, praising the Moscow-backed Syrian regime's "fight against international terrorism." "With Russia's support, a significant success in the fight against terrorism has been achieved," Shoigu said,...

Syria's Kurds have criticised the "threatening language" of the Damascus regime after it pledged to retake northeastern areas they control by reconciliation or by force. The minority have largely stayed out of Syria's war, instead carving out a de-facto autonomous region across a large...

The Syrian government's threat to recover the Kurdish-led region of northern Syria through force unless it submits to state rule shows Damascus is determined to pursue a policy of "oppression and violence", the Kurdish-led administration said. The threat was made by Syria's defense minister...