The Syrian military declared a cessation of hostilities on Saturday in the rebel-controlled Eastern Ghouta region near the capital, state television reported. Eastern Ghouta, stretching from eastern to northeastern suburbs of Damascus, has long been under opposition control in the...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Saturday denounced as "excessive" the use of force by Israeli security forces in clashes around a sensitive Jerusalem holy site that left three Palestinians dead. "I condemn Israel's insistence on its position despite all warnings ... and the excessive...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Lebanon's Shi'ite militia Hezbollah and the regime army advanced against Syrian rebels on Saturday, the second day of an assault to drive them from their last foothold along the Syria-Lebanon border, amid Lebanese reports of high death toll in Hezbollah ranks. The...

Syrian warplanes carried out air strikes on Saturday against Islamic State in an area of countryside east of Raqqa and close to where U.S.-backed forces operate, Syrian state TV reported, citing a military source. The attacks in the town of Maadan and village of Bir al-Sabkhawi, near the...

British transport minister Chris Grayling, one of Prime Minister Theresa May's closest cabinet colleagues, has predicted she will remain in the job until at least 2020 and could even fight another national election. Following reports of cabinet infighting, Grayling said in an interview with...

 A US airstrike has killed 16 policemen in Afghanistan, officials said Saturday, the latest setback to Washington's efforts to bring peace to the war-torn country. The incident took place in Helmand province on Friday as Afghan security forces attempted to clear a village of Taliban...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia's defence ministry said Saturday that its officials had signed a deal with moderate Syrian rebels at peace talks in Cairo on how a safe zone in Eastern Ghouta will function. "As a result of talks held in Cairo between Russian defence ministry officials and...

 Israel sent more troops to the West Bank on Saturday, a day after a Palestinian stabbed to death three members of an Israeli family in their home and widespread Israeli-Palestinian clashes erupted over escalating tensions at the Holy Land's most contested shrine. The father of the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Key rebel groups in southern Daraa province merged Saturday to unify armed and political agenda and what may serve a united Syria, according to statement posted online.  'The National Front for the Liberation of Syria' is the outcome of necessity as the the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Observers monitoring the governmental commercial deals happening within the Syrian regime apparatus and the names of the companies applying for these deals cannot help but notice that most of these companies include the word offshore in their name. What are these companies?...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Over the past few days, the Syrian regime security services launched large-scale raids and arrest campaigns in the city of al-Tal, north of Damascus. The arrests affect some residents although their situations were legally “settled” according to the reconciliation agreement...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The "Spring Revolution Rally" in the town of Yalda, south of Damascus, held an art exhibition, the first of its kind in Syria, entitled “Moments from Syria” on Friday.  The exhibition includes photographs taken by young people from various parts of Syria and...

From Palmyra to Paris, Ahmad Joudeh, the Syrian Billy Elliot, is set on showing the real image of his country and erasing the horrors of Daesh (ISIS). The vocalist Sanga, Joudeh’s friend and admirer, invited the dancer to Paris for a special one-off performance, accompanied by a song written...

On a pontoon bridge connecting East and West Mosul, residents of a city shattered by the battle to expel Islamic State cross back and forth trying to rebuild their lives from the rubble. The temporary structure, known as the Victory Bridge, is the only crossing over the Tigris River in the...

Embattled US Attorney General Jeff Sessions discussed campaign-related issues with the Russian ambassador to Washington during the presidential race -- something Sessions has insisted he did not do, The Washington Post reported late Friday. The paper quoted current and former administration...

Wearing chemical suits and gasmasks, Syrian doctors rush to a house where white smoke wafts over a group of people choking and coughing, some calling out for help. It is a training exercise but the scenario is all too real for many of the doctors, who treated victims of a chemical attack...

One of America's most senior generals said on Friday he instructed the Kurdish YPG militia to change its "brand" a day or so before it unveiled an alliance with Syrian Arabs in 2015 under the name Syrian Democratic Forces. The recounting by U.S. Army General Raymond Thomas, the head of...

(Zamana Al Wasl)- Rebel groups and activists on Friday demanded a human corridor for trapped Syrian refugees in Juroud Arsal as the regime army and Hezbollah militia launch major offensive to drive rebels from last foothold on the Syrian-Lebanese border. A Syrian refugee was killed...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 25 regime troops were killed and 3 more were taken hostage when ISIS launched surprise attack on regime bastion near a crossing border with Iraq on Thursday, sources told Zaman al-Wasl. 50 more soldiers were also wounded in the ISIS attack on Wadi al-Waer area...

A Spanish court on Friday dropped a criminal complaint brought against members of the Syrian security and intelligence forces by a woman seeking justice for her brother, ruling it lacked jurisdiction over the case. The complaint was raised by a Spaniard who said her brother was arrested,...