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Satellite pictures highlight destruction in Mezzeh airport

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- New satellite pictures for the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes on Mezzeh airport near Damascus on September 2 showed how the Air Force Intelligence site had been reduced to rubble, refuting regime reports of 'electrical fault’ as reason for the explosions. The...

ISIS ambush kills 19 regime forces in Sweida desert

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State militants have killed 10 Syrian regime troops in an ambush in its last desert strongholds in southern Syria, local activists said Thursday. The ambush late Wednesday in the southern province of Sweida was the second in two weeks since 12 forces had been...

Far from home, a Syrian rebel group starts over

Syrian rebels forced from their towns when government forces retook eastern Ghouta near Damascus are starting over in the far north, aiming to build hundreds of homes for displaced fighters and civilians on opposition-held land near the Turkish border. Jaish al-Islam, one of Syria’s most...

Israeli PM hopes to derail Russia-Syria S-300 deal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will try to discourage Russia from providing Syria with an S-300 air-defense system during his upcoming visit to the U.S., according to Israeli media reports. Netanyahu is scheduled to attend the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly, which is...