Reporting by Faris Rifai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian writer Yahya Bader, has revealed, for the first time, information about Majid al-Majid, powerful al-Qaeda leader, as he knew him in person and dealt with him before knowing his identity and his death in...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad appeared close to victory in Aleppo on Wednesday, but United Nations and rebel officials denied that an operation to evacuate fighters and civilians from the city had been completed. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a group that monitors the war, said...

Buses carrying Syrian civilians and fighters began leaving the last rebel-held enclave of Aleppo on Wednesday after being stalled for a day, aid officials and pro-government media reports said. Obstacles hindering evacuations from east Aleppo and from two villages besieged by rebels outside...

As President Bashar al-Assad's army closed in on the last rebel enclave in Aleppo on Tuesday, Russia, Iran and Turkey said they were ready to help broker a Syrian peace deal. The Syrian army used loudspeakers to broadcast warnings to insurgents that it was poised to enter their rapidly...