Guns mostly fell silent in Syria and Russian air raids stopped on Saturday, the first day of a cessation of hostilities that the United Nations has described as the best hope for peace in five years of civil war. Under the U.S.-Russian accord accepted by President Bashar...

 A powerful Islamist rebel faction has claimed it bombed a gathering of Russian officers near Syria’s Latakia on February 21, the same day reports emerged of a mystery blast in the area. Ahrar al-Sham announced Wednesday afternoon that it conducted a special operation alongside the...

The United States and Russia announced plans for a "cessation of hostilities" in Syria that would take effect on Saturday but exclude groups such as Islamic State and al Qaeda's Nusra Front, a loophole Syrian rebels immediately highlighted as a problem. Monday's agreement,...

Writing by Ethar Abdulhaq; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl- Exclusive)- A giant French cement company based in northern Aleppo province is buying fuel and oil from the Islamic State, documents obtained by Zaman al-Wasl showed. The leaked data, emails and documents reveal that...