(Zaman Al Wasl)- Prominent Syrian journalist Khaled al-Issa died of wounds sustained last week in an IED attack targeted him with fellow journalist Hadi al-Abdallah, in rebel-held Aleppo, activists said Friday.  The 24-year-old cameraman passed away in a Turkish hospital in the...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Russian soldiers would take over the task of protecting the gas lines and gas wells in the desert of Homs and Palmyra instead of pro-regime militias.` Well-informed sources in Badiyat Homs reported to Zaman Al Wasl that Russian soldiers have been...

The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement said on Friday it will send more fighters to Syria's Aleppo area, a battleground where it has suffered heavy losses fighting alongside Syrian government forces against insurgent groups. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said thousands of Hezbollah's Sunni...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Prices of food products rocked varying between areas after local framers have put their produce on the market and some merchandise has entered from northern Iraq province, following the opening of al-Aliya crossing point on the Tigris river, whereas the prices of meals and...

The Islamic State militants have abducted some 900 Kurds in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo over the past three weeks amid fierce fighting for control of a nearby IS stronghold, a Kurdish official and Syrian activists said Friday. The abductions began shortly after the predominantly...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Palestinian militia loyal to Bashar al-Assad posted online photos for Palestinian migrants said they returned from Germany to join fighting in Aleppo. Quds Brigade said the 'returnees ' were from al-Neirab camp, main Palestinian refugee camp in northern Aleppo province. The...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Defense Ministers of Russia, Iran and the Syrian regime to meet in Tehran this week to discuss the latest situation on ground and to make deals for arms and aerial ammunition, military source told Zaman al-Wasl. Sources said senior military figures...

Six Turkish soldiers have been killed in separate PKK terrorist attacks in two southeastern provinces, security sources said Friday. The sources, speaking to Anadolu Agency on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to the media, said four soldiers were martyred when PKK...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Al least 6 people were killed early Friday in Russian air strikes targeted Maaret al-Artiq town in the western countryside of Aleppo, activists said. Seven Russian warplanes carried out raids on the towns of Khan Tuman, Zaitan, al-Mallah and Kafr Hamra, residents said....

Ex-London mayor Boris Johnson, a leading campaigner for Britain to leave the EU and the bookmakers' favorite to replace David Cameron as Prime Minister, said nothing would change over the short term following the Brexit vote. "In voting to leave the EU it is vital to stress that there is now...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Clashes renewed Thursday between Islamic State and rebels in the northern countryside of Aleppo city, activists said  Hor Kilis Operations Room controlled large parts of al-Raei town following violent battles with ISIS later on ISIS sent several car bombs in areas lost...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Living in Denmark as a refugee is not easy due to hard rules and shortage of support and fund allocated to refugees, that make refugees consider this country as a crossing route to Sweden and Finland.  Refugees who lived in Denmark feel...

Upcoming military offensives in Iraq against Islamic State, including an assault on the northern city of Mosul, could displace at least 2.3 million people, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Iraq said on Thursday. The prediction of such a vast humanitarian emergency creates...

 The powerful young prince behind modernizing reforms in Saudi Arabia presents himself as the champion of his nation's plugged-in youth, and his visit to Silicon Valley this week sought to bolster that image. The 31-year-old Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has unabashedly pitched...

The prospects for a new round of Syria peace talks should be clearer after the U.N. Security Council discusses options on June 29, U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura told reporters on Thursday. De Mistura said he had accompanied U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last week to St Petersburg,...

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman al-Wasl)- Syrian regime forces banned many tens of displaced families who fled northeastern Syria to enter Damascus suburbs without obvious reasons, leaving them in a desert area in the eastern countryside of Damascus. The families mostly from Deir ez-Zor come...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian activists called on German authorities to grant wounded journalist Khaled al-Issa a medical visa after critical injury he sustained last week with fellow journalist. Photojournalist al-Issa with prominent journalist Hadi al-Abdallah were targeted by an IED planted at...

U.S.-backed Syrian forces fought Islamic State militants on Thursday inside the city of Manbij for the first time since they laid siege to the militant stronghold near the Turkish border, a monitor said. The British-based Observatory for Human Rights said heavy clashes were taking place in...

Activists and Syrian state media are reporting that shelling and airstrikes in different neighborhoods of the divided northern city of Aleppo have killed at least eight civilians. Syria's state news agency SANA said Thursday four people were killed and four others wounded when rocket shells...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- More than 60,000 Syrian refugees in Rukban camp have been stranded as Jordan closed the border with Syria after suicide attack on Tuesday. Activists and local rebel councils in the eastern countryside of Homs have called on the Kingdom to take refugees severe situation...