(Zaman Al Wasl- agencies)- Syrian regime forces and allied fighters seized the town of Ataman near Deraa city Friday, Hezbollah's Al Manar television and a Syrian monitoring group said, building on gains made last week in the southern province. The recapture from rebels of Ataman, around...

Tens of thousands of Syrians were reported to have fled their homes on Thursday as regime troops pressed a major Russian-backed offensive around second city Aleppo. Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, speaking at a donors conference in London, said up to 70,000 people were...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 30 people have been killed on Thursday in northern Aleppo province as regime forces backed by Russian air strikes conduct the fiercest offensive on the rebel-held areas since the revolution erupted in March 2011, activists and monitoring groups said. This week, three...

Russia said on Thursday it had serious grounds to suspect Turkey was preparing a military incursion in Syria as a Syrian army source said the city of Aleppo would soon be encircled by government forces that are advancing with Russian air support. Turkey, which has backed the...