A new Syrian police force trained and equipped by Turkey started work in a rebel-held border town on Tuesday, a sign of deepening Turkish influence in northern Syria, where it has helped drive out ISIS militants in recent months. Casually referred to as the "Free Police", in reference to the...

Syria's White Helmets rescue workers said Tuesday they were "proud" that a documentary film about their work saving civilians in their country's devastating war was nominated for an Oscar. "The White Helmets documentary produced by Netflix was nominated for (an) Oscar!! I'm so proud to...

Russia has given rebels a draft version of a new constitution for Syria drawn up by Moscow to speed up political negotiations to end the conflict, the Kremlin's envoy said Tuesday. "We have handed the Syrian armed opposition a draft constitution of Syria prepared by Russian specialists for...

Writing by Ethar Abdulhaq (Zaman Al Wasl)- The hotel chosen to host the negotiations between the opposition and regime delegations in the Kazakhstan's capital does not appear at first glance to be special or remarkable in any way. The 'Rixos President Astana' resembles numerous other hotels...

(Zaman Al  Wasl)- At least 30 people were killed in Russian air strikes on the eastern city of Deir Ezzor, monitor and activists said Tuesday. Russian defense ministry said six Russian warplanes launched a coordinated strike on ISIS targets in Deir Ezzor on Tuesday. Such a deadly attacks...

The head of the Russian delegation at Syrian talks in the Kazakh capital Astana said on Tuesday the negotiations had been positive and that he believed a new process had been born to kickstart negotiations between warring Syrian parties. "Despite a lot of time spent on agreeing the...

The United Nations said on Tuesday it will need a total of $8 billion this year to provide life-saving assistance to millions of Syrians inside their shattered homeland and to refugees and their host communities in neighboring countries. The first part, a $4.63 billion appeal for 5 million...

Six Russian warplanes launched a coordinated strike on ISIS targets in the Syrian province of Deir al-Zor, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday, citing the Russian defense ministry. The defense ministry said the Russian Tu-22 bombers flew from an air base in Russia over the territory of...

Syrian rebels are unhappy with a communique establishing a ceasefire mechanism between Russia, Iran and Turkey, an opposition delegate to talks in Astana said Tuesday. "Iran is spearheading in a number of areas military offensives and leading to forcible displacements of thousands of Syrians...

French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Tuesday he hoped Syrian truce negotiations in Kazakhstan would be successful and lead to a resumption of peace efforts in Geneva. Speaking at news conference on a visit to Saudi Arabia, he added that the new U.S. administration of President...

  Heavy fighting erupted in northwestern Syria on Tuesday between a powerful jihadist organization and more moderate rebel groups, threatening to further weaken the opposition to President Bashar al-Assad in its biggest territorial stronghold. Rebel groups fighting under the Free Syrian...

 Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov on Tuesday confirmed that troops from the mainly Muslim Caucasus region were serving as Russian military police in the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo. Kadyrov wrote on Instagram that MP Adam Delimkhanov and Chechnya's chief mufti, Salakho-Khadzhi...

Jordan's King Abdullah will visit Moscow on Jan. 25 and discuss steps to combat terrorism in the Middle East and North Africa with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said Tuesday. The two leaders also plan to talk about economic cooperation, the Kremlin said in a statement....

Thousands of Iraqi children are heading back to school in east Mosul after weeks of fighting and more than two years of extremist rule, the U.N. children's fund UNICEF said Tuesday. Iraqi forces launched a massive operation to recapture Mosul from ISIS 100 days ago and have ousted the...

Russia, Turkey and Iran on Tuesday were working on a statement to reaffirm a fragile ceasefire between Syrian warring parties that could agree to establishing a mechanism to observe its compliance and pave the way for a U.N.-led peace settlement. Delegations from the Syrian government...

Claims that Turkey will hand over the Syrian town of al-Bab to President Bashar Assad's forces after driving out ISIS are not true, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus told the state-run Anadolu agency Tuesday. Syrian rebels, backed by Turkish special forces, tanks and warplanes,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Well-informed sources said that U.S. air force depend on a network of agents on the Syrian ground who provide locations of Jabhat Fateh al-Sham and foreign fighters. The source, who refused to disclose his name for security concerns, told Zaman al-Wasl the greatest evidence...

Etihad Airways' parent company says its chief executive is leaving following a multi-year buying spree that saw the Mideast carrier snap up stakes in airlines from Europe to Australia. The Abu Dhabi-based airline gave no reason Tuesday for James Hogan's departure. A search is ongoing for a...

Thirteen Daesh terrorists were "neutralized" in northern Syria over the last 24 hours as part of Operation Euphrates Shield, the Turkish military said Tuesday. Turkish authorities use the word "neutralized" in their statements to imply the terrorists in question were either killed, captured...

Iraqi forces have started preparing an offensive to capture the western side of Mosul from ISIS, campaign commander Lieutenant General Abdul Ameer Rasheed Yarallah said. Popular Mobilization "is preparing an operation in the next two, three days, to back up the operation to retake the right...