Turkey is in the process of giving citizenship to Syrians who have never been involved in any terrorism related activities and who are seen as “useful” to the country, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Monday. Speaking at a press conference following a Cabinet meeting in the...

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- Regime intelligence directed a letter of reassurance to the Jews that their properties in Syria are protected and that their return to them is possible and there are no obstacles preventing that as was included in a telegram signed by the military...

  Militant groups smuggled some of their members into Europe in the wave of migrants who have fled from Syria, German Chancellor Angela said on Monday. "In part, the refugee flow was even used to smuggle terrorists," Merkel told a rally of her Christian Democrats in eastern Germany. More...

 Rebels launched an attack inside Aleppo early on Monday, shelling Syrian government-held areas and clashing with government-allied forces in the center of the divided northwestern city, a monitoring group reported. Syrian warplanes bombarded rebel-held areas in the city and north of it,...

 The family of American journalist Marie Colvin, who died in Syria in 2012, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in a U.S. court, accusing the Syrian government of deliberately killing her. Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik were killed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs in 2012...

 Islamic State lost an area the size of Ireland - a quarter of its territory - to hostile forces in the last 18 months in Iraq and Syria and is likely to further step up attacks on civilians in coming months, IHS said in a report on Sunday. The territory controlled by the ultra-hardline...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al-Wasl)- Media accounts loyal to Bashar al-Assad, reported dozens of army troops have been killed on Sunday near Kansaba town in Latakia province. Mohammed al-Naji, correspondent of Latakia Media Network has detailed that the regime had resumed its attack...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 10 people have been killed in regime air strikes on Burj al-Qaei village in the northern countryside of Homs city, local activists said Sunday. 8 more people have wounded in the vacuum missile attack. Activists said most of the victims were displaced from Kissin and...

Writing by Fathi Bayoud and Abdullah al-Ghadawi (Zaman Al Wasl)- The ripple effects of Hasan Abdel Azim’s, the chairman of the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change (NCB), statement last month have not ended. In the statement he said clearly, “that al-Assad’s leaving before the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Al least 4 people killed early Sunday in mortar rounds fired by regime forces on the rebel-held city of Douma northeast Damascus, activists said. In the nearby city of Dumeir, 14 people, including 3 children, were killed on Saturday in an explosive device planted by the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime and Russian forces launched more than 100 air strikes on Saturday on al-Mallah area in Aleppo countryside, local sources reported. Local reporter said the regime fighter jets and its Russian allies launched over 100 airstrikes one points controlled by the rebels...

Reporting by Fuad Abdulaziz; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Eqtsad)- Syrian women moved to live in Europe have taken advantages of the European law which is very much supportive to women and children especially those who suffer of domestic violence. Many Syrian women complained against their...

Syrian rebels fought fierce battles with government forces in a failed bid to reopen their only supply route into Aleppo city overnight, losing at least 29 combatants, a monitor said Sunday. The assault sought to push government forces back from the Castello Road that leads into the...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- The regime forces have arrested dozens of young men for mandatory military service at the barrier near the roundabout of Zabana village to the East of Qamishli city in the countryside of Hasaka. While the Democratic Union Party did the same where it...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 14 people, including 3 children, were killed on Saturday in an explosive device planted by the Islamic State inside a charity kitchen supported by the powerful Islam Army in Dumeir town, 45 km (30 miles) east of Damascus, local monitor said. Activists said 'ISIS...

 Militants shot down a military helicopter near Palmyra in Syria, killing two Russian pilots on board, Interfax news agency said, quoting Russia's defense ministry. The two men had been attacking a detachment of Islamic State fighters in the Homs region on Friday, when the Syrian Mi-25...

Reporting by Ethar Abdul Haq; Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman al-Wasl)- The word secret spread adopted by Le Monde, the French newspaper, to describe tbe the agreement between Ankara and Washington regarding the current battles in Manbij and its surrounding areas which Mevlut Cavusoglu, the...

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- Zaman al-Wasl learned that a black market has emerged for the Turkish residence permits granted to Syrians on the basis of temporary protection (Kimlik), and this happens at the margins of the entrance of thousands of Syrians from Turkey to Syria...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels on Friday thwarted regime attack to recapture strategic town in the western coastal province of Latakia lost to rebels last week, activists said. Regime forces and allied militia backed by heavy artillery and gun machines launched surprise attack to retake...

The number of people seeking asylum in Germany fell sharply in the first half of the year as tougher rules at home and border-closures abroad started to kick in, the interior ministry said on Friday. About 16,000 people registered in June, down from 92,000 in January, but the migrant crisis as...