Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held a phone call on Friday in which they discussed steps needed to strengthen the ceasefire in the Syrian war, Russia's Foreign Ministry said.

(Zaman Al Wals)- Nine rebel factions operating in northern Aleppo province merged Thursday in one armed group, such a move aims to increase the effectivity of the brigades and to facilitate a unified military work, according to statement posted online. The political office of the newly-formed...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A well-informed source told Zaman al-Wasl that the fate of Mihrac Ural, head of the ‘Syrian Resistance Committees’ militant group, is still unknown and death news can not be confirmed. Senior commanders of the group, which voices hostility to Turkey, said they had lost...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed ( Eqtsad )- Large number of Kwashiorkor cases, a form of severe malnutrition, have been diagnosed in the town of Madaya in rural Damascus after long and severe siege forced by the Syrian regime and other sectarian militias. Dr. mohammed Darwish confirmed that...