(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 20 people, including women and children,have been killed in suspected Russian air strikes on the oil-riched al-Tabiya district in eastern Deir Ezzor province, local activists said on Wednesday.

At least 250,000 Syrian children are living under siege, with many forced to eat animal feed or leaves to survive, Save the Children said Wednesday, as the war's fifth anniversary looms. "They and their families are cut off from the outside world, surrounded by warring groups that illegally use...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces backed by U.S. air strikes have pressed more advances against the Islamic State group in northeastern Hasaka province, activists said on Tuesday. The YPG-led alliance has encircled ISIS fighters in Markada town, the last remaining ISIS...

The Syrian Kurdish PYD party on Tuesday accused opposition groups backed by Saudi Arabia of throwing obstacles in the way of peace talks and said the U.N.-led effort to convene negotiations faced "many hurdles". PYD co-leader Saleh Muslim, whose party exercises wide influence over...