A tentative deal has been reached to end a strike in a Syrian prison by nearly 800 mostly political detainees that would eventually lead to the pardon and release of those held without charges, rights groups and activists in touch with inmates said on Monday. They said the deal brokered late on...

Syrian warplanes attacked Islamist militants near the northern city of Aleppo on Sunday, both sides said, as the government tried to push back a insurgent advance in the area. Dozens of air strikes hit near the town of Khan Touman, which rebels took from forces loyal to the government and its...

Turkish warplanes destroyed bunkers, gun emplacements, and ammunition depots belonging to the terrorist PKK organization in northern Iraq early Sunday. Speaking on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking with the media, military sources said that Turkish warplanes carried out...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- Painting telling a story of a woman emerging from under the rubble and her face covered in blood and dust by the mixed media artist Syrian Husam Aloum went viral on social media. Human rights advocate Anwar Malik called the painting “Syria Lisa” (merging Syria and Mona...