Russia called on Friday for Washington to restart direct military-to-military cooperation to avert "unintended incidents" near Syria, at a time when U.S. officials say Moscow is building up forces to protect President Bashar al-Assad's government. The United States is leading a...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) A newly-freed prisoner from the central prison in Sweida talked about the unbelievable violations inside the prison. Issa, the nickname of the speaker to Zaman al-Wasl, he is a university student from the province of Damascus countryside was arrested by the Syrian...

Chancellor Angela Merkel won a hero’s welcome as she visited a Berlin migrant center Thursday, with Syrians cheering and taking selfies as Germany threw open its doors to thousands of refugees. “We are so happy Mrs. Merkel came to see us today,” said a joyful Ramadan Salah, a 35-year-old...

Dozens of Syrian regime troops and Islamic State fighters have been in fighting around Deir Ezzor air base in eastern Syria in a region that is a stronghold for the jihadists, activists and monitoring groups said on Thursday. Islamic State used at least two car bombs in its latest attack on the...