(Zaman Al Wasl)- A military offensive by Syrian regime forces and allied forces have cut supply routes to 120,000 people in northern Homs governorate since mid-January, causing a risk of hunger and deaths due to lack of medical care, the United Nations said Thursday. "There are reports of...

Reporting by Ahmad Primo; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl) The rapid advances of Syrian regime forces and allied militias in northern Aleppo province began early February, have encouraged Jaysh al-Thuwar, key unit of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, to spread in the...

The Syrian government expects a tough battle for Aleppo, the city that has become the focal point of the country's long civil war, but is confident of victory and says it won't be a long fight.     Damascus aims to seal the border with Turkey, a major sponsor of the...

Rebel groups urged U.S. President Barack Obama to do more to stop Russian bombing raids in Syria as pressure mounted on Washington ahead of a new round of peace talks this week. World powers are meeting in Germany on Thursday to try to revive the first effort in two years to...