Russia's recent military deployment in Syria was confirmed last July when Syrian President Bashar al-Assad admitted his army's manpower shortage that stands behind the rapidly losses to favor of rebels, Western diplomats told Zaman al-Wasl.  The diplomats assured that Assad has...

Warring parties in Syria have agreed local ceasefires in two Shi'ite villages in northwestern Syria and a town near the Lebanese border, a group monitoring the war and the al-Manar TV station controlled by Lebanon's Hezbollah reported. It will be the third time local ceasefires have been...

A powerful Syrian rebel group has claimed that it fired several rockets at an airport on the coast said to be used by Russian troops, AP reported. In a video posted on Friday, members of the Islam Army warn the Russians that they will not enjoy peace in Syria. The fighters are then are seen...

The newly-appointed leader of the powerful Islamist Ahrar al-Sham rebel group has vowed to defeat any planned Russian intervention in Syria during his inaugural public address.   “We owe it to you to restore freedom to Syria after the invasion of the rejectionists [Shiites] from all...