U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Friday called for an immediate end to a military escalation in southwest Syria and a return to ceasefire arrangements agreed by Russia, the United States and Jordan. U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley separately urged Russia to pressure its Syrian ally...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces stepped up its aerial and ground offensive on eastern side of Daraa province, leaving dozens killed and wounded, activists said Friday. Most of the towns in the eastern countryside came under heavy artillery fire as well as the barrel bombs hit...

(Zaman Al Wasl)-  The United Nations is deeply concerned for around 750,000 people in southwestern Syria, where a military offensive has displaced people in Daraa province towards the Jordanian border, a U.N. humanitarian statement said on Thursday. "Today, fighting and shelling...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Washington is intensifying efforts to halt major offensive by regime army and allied militias in southern Syria, urging rebels to ‘be patient’, according to a 'support message' by the State Department to southern rebels, sources told Zaman al-Wasl Thursday....