Iran, a close ally and military backer of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, welcomed a U.S.-Russian deal for a truce in Syria, saying on Sunday the conflict should be ended through politics. The agreement, by the powers that back opposing sides in the five-year-old war, promises a nationwide...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Free Syrian Army on Sunday has controlled the village of Kawkab in the northern countryside of Hama after preparatory mortar shelling followed by exploding a car bomb among regime’s forces inside the village, in the same time the regime airplanes hit the liberated areas...

(Zaman AL Wasl)- The Syrian regime has this Sunday afternoon released 194 detainees from different security detintion centres in the central city of Homs. Sources reported to Zaman Al Wasl that released detainees are from Homs and countryside, included 15 woman, the source confirmed that some...

Government troops and rebels appeared to be fighting to strengthen their positions in several parts of Syria on the eve of a truce between the government and most rebel groups, aimed at easing the suffering of civilians. A war monitor reported clashes around Aleppo and Damascus, but pushes...