Hassan Youssef was 10 years old when a local Syrian composer discovered his talent: a deep powerful voice that was particularly resonant for traditional songs. It wasn’t long, however, before Syria’s grinding civil war nearly shattered Youssef’s hope of polishing his natural gift. He and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- With the advance of the U.S. Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militias backed by the International Coalition against ISIS in the area of al-Sour in the northern suburb of Deir Ez-zor and adjacent to the town of Markada south of Hasaka, the number of people fleeing the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime and rebels based in southern suburbs of Damascus have reached an evacuation deal on Friday, such an agreement makes the capital mostly under regime control. About 600 rebel fighters from Mujahedi al-Sham and Ajnad al-Sham operating in al-Qadam neighborhood...

Hundreds of civilians left a besieged Islamic State enclave in central Syria after the Syrian government and Islamic State reached an evacuation deal, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday. The Syrian army could not be reached for comment on the report. An insurgent...