(Zaman Al Wasl)- The economic and industrial capital of Syria was almost completely absent from the revolutionary scene during 2017.  The city witnessed the displacement of the inhabitants of its eastern neighborhoods in the last week of 2016. The most prominent events for...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- An Israeli air strike hit a ballistic missile base north of Damascus late on Friday, local activists said. The new target of the Israeli air force was the 155th Brigade near Qutaifa town in the eastern Qalamoun region where the base is believed to host Scud...

Syrian government troops have retaken a string of small rebel-held pockets near the country's capital and in the northwest over the past two weeks, a monitor told AFP Friday. After dealing a blow to Daesh (ISIS) in Syria's east, pro-regime forces have been redeployed to fight rebels and...

Key powerbrokers were scrambling Friday over plans to speed up a political settlement in Syria, with UN envoy Staffan de Mistura joining a second day of talks after negotiations in Moscow. A new round of peace talks backed by Russia, Iran and Turkey began in the Kazakh capital Astana on...