A nationwide ceasefire in Syria brokered by the United States and Russia came into effect at 7 p.m. on Monday, the second attempt this year by Washington and Moscow to halt the five-year-long civil war. Neither the Syrian government or the constellation of rebel groups fighting to topple...

An emboldened President Bashar al-Assad vowed on Monday to take back all of Syria, hours before the start of a ceasefire brokered by the United States and Russia, which Assad's opponents described as stacked in his favor. In a gesture loaded with symbolism, state television showed Assad...

Turkey aims to send more than 30 trucks of food, children's clothes and toys to the Syrian city of Aleppo on Monday, with a truce negotiated between the United States and Russia due to come into effect at sundown, officials said. Speaking after attending Eid al-Adha prayers, President Tayyip...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The opposition's Dean of Teachers, Hasan Tayfour revealed that teachers council has discovered 250 fake university certificates out of 4000 applicants for the teachers preparation in the Turkish city of Urfa. In his talk to Zaman al-Wasl, Tayfour divided forgers of university...