Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- Local activists reported collective poisoning cases in Kanaker town west of Damascus as hundreds of people got an intestine inflammation for unknown reasons. The Western Ghouta Medical Council indicated the Kanaker Medical Center received nearly 1000...

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- Lebanese Hezbollah militia formed a new militia under the name Zein al-Abedeen Brigade in the regime-held neighborhoods of Deir ez-Zor city, activist told Zaman al-Wasl. The founder of “Deir ez-Zor is Being Slaughtered Silently” campaign confirmed...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Nusra Front-led alliance on Saturday took Berna town in the southern countryside of Aleppo province, hours after seizing control of strategic Khalsa town, rebel source said. The powerful Conquest Army made more gains by taking Berna town after Khalsa and Zaitan, Ahmed...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime air strikes on northern countryside of Homs province killed 3 children from the same family, local activists said Saturday. The strikes hit towns of al-Rastan, al-Farhaniya, alSaen al-Aswad, Ez el-Din.  

 Egypt's former president Mohamed Mursi was handed another life sentence on Saturday, after a court found him guilty of espionage and leaking state secrets. Mursi, leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, has already been sentenced in three other cases, including the death penalty for a...

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman al-Wasl)- Syrian refugees in Egypt brought with them Ramadan traditions and rituals of food and water as well as in spiritual rites. In 6 October City near Cairo the persons calling for Sahour do it the way Damascene used to do and other Syrian cities....

Russian warplanes bombed U.S. backed Syrian rebels near the Jordanian border, Pentagon officials say, causing the U.S. to divert armed aircraft to the scene of the strike. The strikes, which the U.S. says killed some New Syrian Army troops, occurred about six miles from the Jordanian border,...

(Eqtsad)-Syrian government has set off alarm bells due to the low turnout of farmers who are do not want to sell their wheat crops to the Grain institution. The manager of plant production in the Ministry of Agriculture revealed in a press statement the marketed amounts so far do not exceed...

At least seven people died in rebel shelling of a neighborhood of the Syrian city of Aleppo held by the Kurdish YPG militia at dawn on Saturday, a monitoring group said. More than 40 people were also wounded in the attack on the Sheikh Maqsoud area, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for...

Belgian police arrested 12 people suspected of planning new attacks after about 40 houses were searched across the country overnight, the federal prosecutor's office said on Saturday. Europe is on high security alert, with the Euro 2016 soccer tournament underway in neighboring France, after...

 The U.S. administration sought on Friday to contain fallout from a leaked internal memo critical of its Syria policy, but showed no sign it was willing to consider military strikes against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces called for in the letter signed by dozens of American...

Reporting by Abdul Karim Ayoub; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Eqtsad)- The North countryside of Homs is considered one of the most sources of U.S Dollar for the Central bank in Syria, almost USD 30 thousand go to regime-controlled areas in Hama city daily to be exchanged into Syria...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels have recaptured 6 hilltops and villages in coastal Latakia province on Friday, local news site said. Rebels of Jabal al-Turkmen have retaken territory they lost on Tuesday after counter attack on regime forces, inflicting huge losses among regime...

(Zaman Al Wasl)-At least 11 people have been killed in regime air strike on Aleppo, activists said as regime and Russian jets extend aerial bombing on the war-torn province. 7 people were killed in strikes hit Qaterji neighborhood, 3 more wetr killed in Tariq al-Bab neighborhood and one...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 60 Syrian troops killed last Wednesday in Islamic State attacks near the ancient city of Palmyra, field sources said as regime media outlets deliberately avoid to mention regime casualties. The high death toll came when ISIS suicide bombers rocked regime...

There are no U.S. proposals to include members of the Syrian opposition in the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a U.S. official said on Friday, in a denial of comments by Russian President Vladimir Putin. "There is no such proposal," said the official, who spoke on condition of...

Russia launched a second air strike on U.S.-backed Syrian fighters battling Islamic State, even after the U.S. military used emergency channels to ask Moscow to stop following a first strike, a U.S. official told Reuters on Friday. The official, who spoke to on condition of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 30 militants loyal to Bashar al-Assad killed Thursday in rebels attack on govt-held town in northern Aleppo province, media accounts said. Activists said th fierce fighting took place in Khalsa battlefield as rebels press to recapture the town from regime forces...

(The New York Times)- More than 50 State Department diplomats have signed an internal memo sharply critical of the Obama administration’s policy in Syria , urging the United States to carry out military strikes against the government of President Bashar al-Assad to stop its persistent...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Prominent Syrian journalist Hadi al-Abdallah and colleague were injured when an explosive device exploded at the entrance of their building in northern Aleppo city, activists said Thursday. Al-Abdallah and his fellow photojournalist Khaled Issa are still critical condition....