(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-backed rebels and Kurdish factions are pressing hard to take the Syrian-Iraqi border from the Islamic State, as regime army backed by a Russian cover makes advances in Palmyra, the capital of Syrian desert, activists said. The radical group has been trapped in the Syrian...

Syrian state television said government forces fought their way into Palmyra on Thursday as the army backed by Russian air cover sought to recapture the historic city from Islamic State (IS) insurgents. A monitoring group said the fighting was still outside the city, after a...

Syrian government and opposition parties at peace talks in Geneva are expected to agree on Thursday to a document drawn up by a U.N. special envoy outlining basic principles in what one diplomat described as a "baby step" forward. With a fragile ceasefire in place in Syria,...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Eqtsad)- Civil defense in Daraa, the pioneer in liberated areas in Syria, has a satisfying and successful experience in helping and rescuing inured people besides sheltering the displaced, despite difficulties and the threatening and targeting the staff by the...