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Jaish al-Islam says 17 troops killed near Douma

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Spokesman for Jaish al-Islam said Saturday its Islamist faction had killed at least 17 troops in the ongoing clashes near Douma, the last opposition-held town in Eastern Ghouta.  Hamza Bairiqdar also denied launching rocket attack on the capital, accusing to regime...

Regime artillery pounds Daraa despite de-escalation deal

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime army on Friday has pounded the opposition-held neighborhoods of Daraa city with heavy artillery in a series of repeated violations to the "de-escalation zone" deal, activists said. The ground bombardment on the Old City of Daraa has followed a week of...

How a secret Russian airlift helps Assad

In a corner of the departures area at Rostov airport in southern Russia, a group of about 130 men, many of them carrying overstuffed military-style rucksacks, lined up at four check-in desks beneath screens that showed no flight number or destination. When a Reuters reporter asked the...