A Syrian rebel alliance agreed to a three-day nationwide ceasefire announced by the Syrian army on Wednesday and the United States voiced hope a more significant truce could be achieved, though fighting and air attacks continued. The truce was the first to be declared across the whole country...

 (The Syrian Observer)- A total of 6,567 Syrian civilians were killed during the first half of 2016, a human rights monitor reported, adding that it had documented 1,271 civilian deaths during the month of June alone. A study released by the UK-based Syrian Network for Human Rights on...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)-  Nusra Front arrested Sunday one of its members who had killed a captive pilot after his warplane crashed on Friday in Qalamoun region northeast of Damascus, the al-Qaeda's Syria branch said in statement. The jihadist will hold to accountability, Nusra said. In...

Translation by Rana  Abdul (Zaman al-Wasl)- Syrian regime forces in Hama have imposed house arrest on residents of the province on Saturday, local sources reported. Regime checkpoints on roads leading to Idlib province have returned  civilians born in Hama province by force to Hama...