Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime is preparing plans to modify the law of mandatory military service after 6 years of issuance, it is expected to harden conditions over young men and make extremely difficult to get out of the country. The law of mandatory service...

 At least 12 people were killed in air strikes on the rebel-held western Syrian town of Rastan on Wednesday, a local doctor and a monitoring group said, despite a government-declared nationwide temporary truce. The British-based monitoring group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights,...

 Rebel areas of Aleppo have stockpiled enough basic supplies to survive months of siege by Syrian pro-government forces that cut off their half of the city last week, even though some goods are running out, an opposition official said. Government forces backed by allies including...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime helicopters dropped at least 16 barrel bombs on besieged Daraya town west of Damascus, activists said Tuesday. The regime has also rocked the western neighborhoods with 7 surface-to-surface missiles as clashes are still underway between Liwa Shuhada' al-Islam and...