(Zaman Al Wasl)- Well-informed sources said U.S. officials are pressing hard on tribesmen in northeastern Syria to join Syria Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish-led alliance formed by Washington last October and made rapid gains against ISIS and rebels. Reluctant tribes have expressed...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Eqtsad)- Turkish Authorities will open the border crossing of Bab al-Hawa 5 days before Eid al-Fitr, for Syrians living in Turkey and want to visit their relatives in Syria, without fixing their return date, which enable them to stay longer than before, source told...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Five female detainees and child boy were released on Sunday by regime forces after a swap deal reached in Damascus with rebels who freed 5 militants in return, activists said. The military council of Barzeh district said the prisoners exchange was coordinated by a local...

 Eritrea's government has accused Ethiopia of launching an attack on its territory, but the extent of the assault was still unclear and there was no immediate response from Ethiopia. Eritrea, which won independence from Ethiopia in 1991, fought a bloody border war with its larger neighbor...

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- New documents issued by the Syrian regime have revealed the strong bonds between Damascus and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and its Syria's wing, the Democratic Union Party (PYD).  The connection is reflected in different...

 The opposition-held sector of Syria's divided city of Aleppo has been cut off from the outside world in recent days by an escalation of air and artillery strikes on the only road in, putting hundreds of thousands of people under effective siege. A government campaign to fully capture...

 U.S. officials said on Sunday they had seen no immediate evidence of any direct connection between the worst mass shooting in U.S. history and Islamic State or any other foreign extremist group. The two officials, who were familiar with the investigation and spoke on the condition of...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime announced this week formation of new militia with high incentives and salaries under name of 'Homat Syria', or Syria Patrons, pro-media outlets said.  Activists supported Bashar al-Assad said a recruiting center were opened in...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 20 civilians, including 5 children, were killed when Russian war planes pounded a local marketplace in the northern city of Idlib, medics told Zaman al-Wasl Sunday.   6 more people have been killed in Russian vacuum missile attack on Masjed al-Masri...

 The Iraqi army said on Sunday it had secured the first safe exit route for civilians to leave Islamic State's besieged stronghold Falluja, and a Norwegian aid group said thousands of people had already used it to flee in the first day it was open. Iraq has launched a major operation to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime helicopters on Sunday have dropped 12 barrel bombs on the besieged town of  Daraya west, rebel council said. Daraya Local Council said regime helicopters dropped 12 explosive barrels on Sunday and another 8 more in conjunction with regime forces’ attempt to...

Translation by Rana  Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- Two security personnel were injured on Saturday near Haroun in the city of Latakia when an unknown person threw grenade on their patrol car and escaped with those passing through the roundabout watching on, according to pro-regime pages. It...

Iraqi troops attacked ISIS positions south of Mosul Sunday as the U.S.-led coalition intensifies its campaign against the militants on multiple fronts across their self-proclaimed caliphate. Officers involved in the operation said Iraqi forces had advanced in tanks and armored vehicles towards...

The U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS in Syria may have accidentally hit allied rebels during an air strike at the end of last month, a U.S. military spokesman said Saturday. Coalition forces carried out three airstrikes against tactical ISIS units and vehicles near Maara on May 28, Centcom...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 20 people have been killed on Saturday in air strikes carried out by the Syrian regime and the U.S.-led coalition on northern Aleppo province, local reporter said. A U.S. strike killed a family of 10  members in Khattaf village near the encircled town of Manbij...

 Italy's coast guard said on Saturday it had picked up at sea 1,348 migrants in 11 rescue operations between Sicily and North Africa, bringing the total number of people saved over the past three days to more than 3,000. Two thousand people were rescued on Thursday when the coast guard...

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- Clashes re-erupted between Islamic State on the one hand and US-backed Kurdish Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) and Elite Forces on the other during the past two days in the southern countryside of Hasaka Province. Activist Malaz al-Yoused said the...

 Islamic State claimed responsibility for suicide and car bomb blasts that struck a Damascus suburb on Saturday near Syria's holiest Shi'ite Muslim shrine, and a monitoring group said at least 20 people were killed. State television showed debris, mangled cars and wrecked shops in a main...

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrians, refugees and activists, have rallied in Paris on Saturday in solidarity with Syrian detainees in regime security chambers.  Activist Mahmoud al-Shara told Zaman al-Wasl, the 'Detainees First' demonstration has been organized by the...

By Abdullah Al Ghadawi; Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- Adib al-Shishakli, the representative of the Syrian National Coalition in the Gulf Cooperation Council and member of the Riyadh conference, said Russia is seeking to invest what is left of the time of the current American...