(Zaman Al Wasl)- A short journey that did not exceed few seconds separated the darkness and light in the life of the six-year-old boy, Oweis al-Ataqi, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta suburbs. Oweis wanted to get out of the basement where he was living with his family to escape the Russian...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels took four villages from the regime army in the southern countryside of Idlib,  field commander told Zaman al-Wasl on Saturday. Captain Shadi Hannak said the ‘resistance forces’ have recaptured the villages of Rabeia, Khraybeh, Khaween and Tel...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 9 civilians killed overnight in airstrikes on the town of Khan al-Sobel as regime forces backed by Russian jets stepped up its aerial campaign in the northern provinces of Idlib and Hama. The bombing followed a counter attack by rebels inflicted heavy losses on...

Last year Russia brokered a series of cease-fires, or “de-escalation zones,” in Syria, including one with the United States covering the southwest corner of the country. The Kremlin claimed its aim was to wind down the country’s civil war and lay the groundwork for a peace deal between...