(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime security arrested 2 young men on Monday and 4 on Tuesday from a juice shop in Jableh city in the Syrian coast on charges of participation in executing Jableh and Tartus blasts. Jableh News Network said, “State Security force in Jableh arrested several persons...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- Turkish police found a body of Syrian man from Jableh city in Limonlu neighborhood in Ardemli city in Mersin Province, south west of Turkey, activists said. The Syrian young man Firas Didan was robbed and killed while he was planning to join his fiancé in Saudi Arabia to get...

(Zama al-Wasl)- Russia officially began military air campaign in Syria on September 30 last year. According to experts, the Russian operations were more like training since the rebels do not have anti-aircraft weapons. Still, the rebels caused Russia, the second powerful state militarily,...

U.S.-backed Syrian fighters advanced against Islamic State in the last tract of territory the group holds near the Turkish border on Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said. The British-based Observatory said the Kurdish YPG militia made up the majority of...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime has resumed relying on the National Defense Forces (NDF) after the failure of other militias in protecting the Gas field in al-Shaer area in Homs province. Sources reported to Zaman Al Wasl that a new campaign aim to recruit new...

Islamic State on Tuesday urged Muslims to destroy their satellite TV sets to prevent hostile channels "destroying their beliefs and polluting their ethics". The ultra-hardline Sunni group issued its call as military pressure increased against it with offensives targeting its strongholds in...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Opinions contradicted about the step of forming a interim government inside Syria headed by Dr. Jawad Abu Hatab, who was recently elected following Ahmed Tomeh. The governor of liberated idlib, Bilal Jbairo in his talk to Zaman Al Wasl, described...

Writing by Faris al-Rifai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- An aid and relief activist was arrested 3 years ago and died 3 days later under torture , but his body was not handed to his parents till now, while parents recognized his body among the leaked photos for bodies in the...

Islamic State militants fought back vigorously overnight and parried an onslaught by the Iraqi army on a southern district of the city of Falluja, the group's bastion near Baghdad, officers said on Tuesday. An aid official warned of a "human catastrophe" unfolding in the city, with residents...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces backed by Russian jets have intensified aerial and ground bombing on the strategic Castillo road, main route to rebel-held Aleppo city, killing 4 people, medics said Tuesday. Medical source told Zaman al-Wasl that 4 civilians had been killed and 10 more...

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- Homs northern countryside rebels in cooperation with rebels in southern Hama countryside repulsed Syrian regime attacks with Syrian National Defense (NDF) on Tuesday while trying to storm Kharbet al-Jame’ and Aqrab villages in west southern Hama...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Eqtsad)- Cafes and restaurants have become busier with Syrians in Gaziantep, and the reason is not for fun or wasting time, they are an alternative to reception rooms which most Syrians' rented houses lack in Gaziantep. Bader Alio, a teacher from Aleppo, rarely...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Death toll of Idlib's deadly air strikes rose to 50 people, including 7 children, amid Russian denial for carrying out raids on the northern city overnight and targeting two hospitals, medics said. The first death toll was 23 civilians when Russia Russia's warplanes carried...

One year after Indonesia offered temporary shelter for hundreds of Muslim Rohingya, those who remain in camps are seeking employment and clarity regarding their status. Hundreds of refugees have even fled northern Aceh province in hopes of reaching Malaysia and meeting relatives and acquiring...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- Syrian regime's Endowment Minister distributed copies of the Holy Quran to families of casualties killed in Jableh, and Tartus blasts last week. The Syrian regime had previously distributed goat, chicken, and other products for families of the casualties; however, the...

By Abdullah Al Ghadawi; Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman al-Wasl)- An interview with the Head of Syrian opposition's High Negotiation Committee to Geneva, Asaad al-Zoubi represents his vision over the negotiation rounds and forthcoming scenarios. The senior opposition figure announced...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 23 civilians have been killed late on Monday in devastating air strikes hit northern Idlib city, local activists said. Death toll is expected to rise as more bodies still under rubble. Russia's warplanes have carried out 17 air strikes on the city's main hospitals,...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Tens of Syrian Kurds formed  Monday a rebel faction say it will stand against the abuses of the Kurdish Democratic Union and regime forces in Afrin district in the northern province of Aleppo. The footage said the newly-formed group affirmst فhe unity and...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces have arrested 4 members of the negotiation committee of the besieged al-Waer neighborhood in Homs city as they were meeting with regime officials over the deteriorating situation in the last rebel stronghold in the central city....

 Turkey's military killed at least 28 Islamic State fighters in shelling north of the Syrian city of Aleppo on Sunday in retaliation for the latest attacks against a Turkish border town, broadcaster CNN Turk said, citing a military statement. The attack hit 58 Islamic State targets with...