Syria declared brief local truces near Damascus and in one province on Friday but made no mention of halting combat on the main battlefield in Aleppo, after a surge in fighting the United Nations said showed "monstrous disregard" for civilian lives. The new "regime of calm", to begin from 1:00...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Air strikes on rebel-held areas of Aleppo and shelling of government-held areas of the city resumed on Friday, after a brief dawn lull following seven days of violence, a war monitor, a civil defense worker and Syrian state media said. At least seven people died in air strikes...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Red color is sweeping the Syrian Facebook as the stricken city of Aleppo is being under brutal ground and aerial campaign by regime forces and Russian jets. Social media activists have called on all Facebookers to change their profile photo into red in solidarity with Aleppo....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Aleppo's Sharia Council has suspended all Friday Prayers in mosques and public squares amid high concerns of being hit by regime warplanes, according to statement posted online. About 250 civilians have been killed this week, nearly half of them around Aleppo. 50...