Syrian rebels said on Wednesday they were under fierce government attack near the Turkish border despite a cessation of hostilities agreement and a representative cast doubt on whether U.N.-backed peace talks would go ahead on March 9 as planned. The agreement drawn up by the...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- “Cessation of Hostilities” agreement as part of a Russian- U.S. plan has been put in place last Saturday excluding areas controlled by the Islamic State and Nusra Front - an al Qaeda affiliate. People in areas under the Islamic State’s control...

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said moderate Syrian rebels should be armed with surface-to-air missiles against the Russian-backed Syrian army, a German news weekly reported Friday. Anti-aircraft weapons could tip the scales on the battlefield as they did in Soviet-occupied Afghanistan in the...

Writing by Ethar Abdulhaq; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl- Exclusive)- A giant French cement company based in northern Aleppo province is buying fuel and oil from the Islamic State, documents obtained by Zaman al-Wasl showed. The leaked data, emails and documents reveal that...