(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime forces on Thursday have continued their ground and aerial campaign on the villages of Wadi Barada valley northwest of the capital for the ninth day where about 100,000 civilians live in deteriorating living conditions. Local activists said more than 60-barrel...

Syrian Kurdish groups and their allies said on Thursday they approved a blueprint for a system of federal government in northern Syria, reaffirming their plans for autonomy in areas they have controlled during the civil war. The blueprint amounts to a constitution, known as the social...

A nationwide ceasefire in Syria, brokered by Russia and Turkey, which back opposing sides in the conflict, came into force at midnight on Friday, local time, (2200 GMT on Thursday) in the latest attempt to end nearly six years of bloodshed. Russian President Vladimir Putin, a key ally of...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Kurdish-led Syria Democratic Forces took new ground from the Islamic State in the western countryside of Raqqa city, the U.S.-backed militia said in statement Wednesday. The SDF fighters captured Haddaj village after two days of clashes with ISIS. The ongoing advance...

(Marca)- Real Madrid's spectacular start to the season has seen them move within seven goals of a long-standing LaLiga record held by Athletic Club dating back to the 1932/33 season. A scoring machine so far in 2016/17, Zinedine Zidane's men have struck 21 times in seven away games, at an...

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said Wednesday he was ready to resume peace efforts with Israel if it stopped settlement building, reacting to a major speech by US Secretary of State John Kerry. "The minute the Israeli government agrees to cease all settlement activities... and agrees to...

The presence of the PKK in the Sinjar region of Iraq is a “major obstacle to reconciliation” and the return of displaced people, the U.S. said Tuesday. “We believe that the PKK which is a U.S. designated terrorist organization should have no role in Sinjar,” State Department spokesman Mark...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Well-informed sources in the Syrian opposition's main political body denied news of an imminent ceasefire agreement between regime and rebel factions. Sources close to Riad Hijab, general coordinator for the High Negotiations Committee (HNC), said no ceasefire draft had...

Two Syrians died Wednesday when a fire erupted in their room south of Beirut, authorities said. Shireen Kh., 25 and her 1-year-old baby Zahraa died in the incident, the Internal Security Forces said on Facebook. Separately, a massive fire erupted inside a shack in an agricultural area in...

The United States Wednesday announced it was adding the student wing of the Pakistan-based militant organization, Lashkar-e-Taiba, to its list of "foreign terrorist organizations." Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), or Army of the Pure, is an anti-Indian militant group with historical ties to Pakistan's...

Russia on Wednesday promised retaliation against Washington in the event of new economic sanctions. U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said that Russia and President Vladimir Putin should expect tough sanctions after cyberattacks during the presidential election, won by Donald Trump....

Two mortar bombs were fired at the Russian Embassy in Damascus Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow said, adding that no casualties or damage had been caused. "From 1 p.m. to 1:19 p.m. Moscow time (1000 GMT to 1019 GMT), the Russian Embassy was bombarded by terrorists. One mortar bomb,...

Syria would be divided into informal zones of regional power influence and Bashar al-Assad would remain president for at least a few years under an outline deal between Russia, Turkey and Iran, sources say. Such a deal, which would allow regional autonomy within a federal structure controlled...

Syrian Kurdish groups and their allies are expected to approve a blueprint for a system of federal government in northern Syria this week, Kurdish officials said, reaffirming their plans for autonomy as Russia and Turkey seek to revive diplomacy. The aim is to cement the autonomy of...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday chided the Obama administration for its stance toward Israel, shortly before the U.S. secretary of state was set to deliver a speech regarding international opposition to Israeli settlement building. "We cannot continue to let Israel be treated...

Reporting by Mohamed Kassah (Eqtsad)- The Syrian regime forces on Wednesday have continued their ground and aerial campaign on the villages of Wadi Barada valley northwest of the capital for the sixth day where about 100,000 civilians live in deteriorating living conditions. The regime...

The United States embassy in Ankara Wednesday denied Washington had ever supported ISIS extremists in the Syrian conflict after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed the extremists had enjoyed U.S. backing. "The United States government is not supporting Daesh," the embassy said in...

One Turkish soldier and two Kurdish militants died as a result of clashes overnight in the eastern province of Tunceli, security sources said Wednesday. The clashes broke out in the Tunceli countryside, where security forces were carrying out an ongoing operation against militants,...

Police in south west France have arrested a man suspected of having planned an attack on New Year's eve, a police source said Wednesday. Two other people, one of whom is suspected of having planned an attack on police, were arrested in another police raid in south west France, in Toulouse,...

Reporting by Abdulsalam haj Bakri (Zaman Al Wasl)- The year 2016 was the harshest and most severe on the people of Lattakia’s countryside since the start of the revolution.  They migrated from the countryside and the regime occupied 85% of the countryside with support from Russian...