The European Union on Friday welcomed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's decision to allow humanitarian access to the town of Madaya, and called for a halt to all attacks on civilians in the conflict, ahead of peace talks later this month. The war in Syria has killed an estimated...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Nihad Abed, a Syrian young man has chosen to sit outside in very cold snowing weather in his underwear holding the revolution’s flag, to protest against siege in Madaya. The temperature was almost minus 10, but he expressed to Zaman Al Wasl that...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels thwarted Thursday an incursion attempt by Syria regime forces into al-Manshiya neighborhood in the southern Daraa city, Revolution Local Committees said. Rebels were able to push army troops back despite the surprise ground and aerial attack that started early...

The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday on Lebanese financier Ali Youssef Charara and his telecommunications company, saying they supported the militant group Hezbollah. The U.S. action freezes assets of Charara and his company that are in the United States or in the...