With the map of Syria’s conflict decisively redrawn in President Bashar al-Assad’s favor, his Russian allies want to convert military gains into a settlement that stabilizes the shattered nation and secures their interests in the region. A year after the opposition’s defeat in...

Alaa and Noor, two young sisters from Syria’s besieged Eastern Ghouta district, are informing the world of their difficult circumstances through their joint Twitter account. Eight-year-old Alaa and ten-year-old Noor voice the pains and hopes of Eastern Ghouta’s children in tweets...

Despite the passage of years, a Syrian refugee in Turkey is still haunted by the horrors of her past under the Assad regime. Muna B., 33, has been living in the Reyhanli district of Turkey’s southeastern Hatay province for two years. Before fleeing to Turkey, she was arrested...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Islamic State group arrested 8 members tried to escape from last ISIS stronghold in southern Damascus suburbs on Friday, sources told Zaman al-Wasl.  The move came after came after 19 Daesh fighters, including commanders, were evacuated from the district of...