Writing by Faris al-Rifai; Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- In their camps of refuge, Syrians are attentive to observe the month of Ramadan and celebrate it despite the difficulties they are living, their inability to gather around the iftar and suhoor tables, enjoy the pleasure of...

Writing by Faris al-Rifai; Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- An ex-detainee in Saydnaya Prison recounts his suffering during his journey to receive treatment while being detained in the prison. The suffering started with the drive along with other detained patients in a vehicle with...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Working Group for Palestinians in Syria said the Syrian regime had tortured to death Palestinian boy over participating in demonstrations against Bashar al-Asaad's regime three years ago. The London-based group said Mohamed Abdulla Yusuf Eid...

A veteran American photojournalist and a translator working for NPR were killed while accompanying Afghan troops in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, NPR and military officials said. NPR's David Gilkey and Afghan translator Zabihullah Tamanna were in an Afghan army Humvee traveling between the...

More than 20 European and Asian-owned supertankers are shipping Iranian crude oil, data seen by Reuters shows, allowing Tehran to ramp up exports much faster than market analysts had expected following the lifting of Western sanctions in January. Iran had been struggling as recently as April...

(Zaman Al Wasl- Exclusive)- Zaman al-Wasl has obtained the Islamic State's registration data of the alleged French jihadi network that has gone on trial for engaging in terrorist activity as French police say the network was groomed one of the November 13 Paris attackers  The seven men,...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 11 civilians have been killed in cluster missile attacks on the northern city of Idlib hit the city center on Sunday, medics and local activists said. Regime war planes have carried out 10 raids on Shuaib mosque, al-Shamaat area, vegetables market and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime and Shiite militias backed b y Russian air strikes took Ayn Issa village from rebels in Jabal al-Turkmen in the coastal Latakia province, source said Sunday. A rebel commander in the Coastal First Division said at least17 soldiers were killed and wounded in the...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- At least 30 civilians have been killed in regime air strikes on rebel-held neighborhoods of Aleppo city, Local Coordination Committees said Sunday . The Syrian regime launched nearly 10 raids on al-Qatirji neighborhood killing 20 and other seven in Karam al-Jabal...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- A senior commander in powerful Ahrar al-Sham movement was assassinated on Sunday in northern Idlib province, following 24 hours of killing of field leader Ibrahim al-Abbas on the road connecting Talmans and Mar Shureen town, source said. Field sources said the leader Abdo...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Kurdish Peoples’ Protection Units (YPG) accused protesters of Slouk town in Raqqa northern countryside on Saturday of being Islamic State affiliates, activists reported. YPG militia said in a released statement that on June 3, several Slouk locals provoked by Isis...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 13 regime soldiers killed and 45 more wounded when Islamist rebels hit the Artillery School near Aleppo city, rebel commander said. Abu Adham Karnaz, senior commander in the Conquest Army, or  Jaish al-Fateh, said the last battle in the southern countryside...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Unidentified militants kidnapped a U.S.-backed rebel commander near a town that has been encircled by Islamic State in the northern Aleppo province, rebel source said. Lieutenant Mohamed Khalil, the military commander of al-Mou'tasem Brigade, was kidnapped in Darret Ezza...

An Iranian-backed Sh'ite Iraqi militia said on Saturday it planned to storm Falluja, Islamic State's stronghold near Baghdad, once civilians left the city, backtracking on earlier statements that it would leave this task to the Iraqi army. "We will not enter Falluja as long as there are...

Reporting by Omar al-Sheikh Mohamed; Translation by Rana Abdul (Eqtsad)- For the fifth year in a row, mother’s day passes in Syria without any signs of happiness, it passes filled with memories, that once gathered mothers with their children. For the fifth year mother’s day passes filled with...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 20 people have been on Saturday in regime air strikes on Aleppo province, activists said as regime war planes extend aerial bombing on the main gate of rebel-held districts. The bombing on rebel-held areas has killed more than 70 people since Thursday,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels recaptured ground from regime forces in the besieged town of Daraya on the western outskirts of Damascus, local activists said Saturday. Shuhada' al-Islam Brigade has taken most of checkpoints it wast lost in the western neighborhoods last week. Daraya has been...

 (Reporting by Mohamed al-Hussein; Translation by Rana Abdul) (Zaman al-Wasl)- The Syrian regime's military campaign against Islamic State west of Raqqa city seemed in full coordination with the unspoken ally, the PYD-led Syrian Democratic Forces who fight ISIS on two battlefronts in...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan has left the country for a private trip abroad, state news agency WAM reported on Saturday, a rare report on the leader's movements since he suffered a stroke in 2014. It did not give any details on where he was...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Huge explosions tore through regime weapon depots south of the central city of Homs, sources said. The explosions were due to 5 rockets fired into a military camp near Shenshar village. Pro-regime social media pages claimed that Israel who carried out the missile attack,...