U.S. President Barack Obama spoke by telephone on Wednesday with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan about the war in Syria and efforts to defeat Islamic State militants, the White House said in a statement. Obama noted the importance of international cooperation to maintain the...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 80 regime troops have been killed and 170 more wounded in the ongoing offensive on Khan al-Sheeh town on the western outskirts of Damascus, activists said. Local Coordinations committees said regime forces are planning to overrun Khan al-Sheeh, the key...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Dozen of families held captive by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in the neighborhood of Sheikh Maksoud in Aleppo city have been freed due to swap deal with Division 16 who released 16 SDF militants in return, the rebel group said on Wednesday. A footage posted on...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Dozens including civilians were injured and killed by clashes between regime forces and Kurdish security forces, the Asayish, on Wednesday in the city of Hasaka over dispute who will guard 9 grade exams center, according to a Kurdish activist in Hasaka. Activist Abed al-Ali...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- A deadly air strike on a key city in the northern countryside of Homs left 13 people, mostly family members, dead, activists and monitor said Wednesday. Syrian regime warplanes carried out 5 strikes on al-Rastan city, killing 15 people from the same family. Activists...

The United States and its allies conducted 17 strikes against ISIS Tuesday, the coalition leading the operations said. In a statement released Wednesday, the Combined Joint Task Force said six strikes near three cities in Syria hit five tactical units and destroyed three vehicles, a command...

(Zaman al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces backed by Shiite militias have extended their attack on Jabal al-Akrad in Latakia province for the fifth day, breaching a partial ceasefire deal announced last week, activists said. Regime forces are pressing hard to take al-Hadadeh village as rebel...

A rail strike has disrupted local and national train traffic in France, but not international lines. France's national rail company SNCF says a third of the country's high speed trains are being canceled. Eurostar trains to London and Thalys trains to Brussels are expected to run normally...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Security forces of the Syrian regime have arrested dozens of young people in the city of Latakia, to taking them to mandatory recruitment in the Syrian army, which forced many people to stay indoors, amid a state of prevailing terror in the city....

Turkish warplanes hit Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in southeast Turkey and northern Iraq, killing at least ten fighters, security sources said Wednesday. The military has been carrying out regular air strikes against positions of the outlawed group in the mountainous regions of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Unidentified assailants killed wife and son of a Syrian businessman in the Turkish border city of Gaziantep late on Tuesday. Source said Ghada Sheikh Osi, wife of Ali Nour, and her 12-year-old son, Mohamed, were found dead in their house. So far, no further details have...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels thwarted Tuesday regime attack on Handarat Camp in northern Aleppo province, killing 18 pro-regime militants, local reporter said. Seizing Handarat district has become regime's main target since it overlooks on strategic Castillo road, the only gateway for...

 Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Ahrar al-Sham movement and Nour al-din al-Zenki have both denied any knowledge of 'Jaish al-Shamal', or the North Army,  that intended to fight the Islamic State (ISIS) in the North countryside of Aleppo. The military spokesman of Nour...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime intelligence issued 4 arrest warrants for the newly-elected head of the opposition's Interim Government, Jawad Abu Hatab, according to the the leaked archive that obtained by Zaman al-Wasl. The General Intelligence Administration issued 3 warrants to detain Abu...

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said Tuesday that if Syrian President Bashar Assad did not abide with efforts to establish a truce across Syria country, alternatives would need to be looked at. "We believe we should have moved to a 'Plan B' a long time ago," Adel al-Jubeir told reporters after...

Fighting between insurgent groups east of Damascus killed more than 50 people Monday, bringing to more than 500 the number of people killed in rebel infighting since late April, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. The fighting pits Jaish al-Islam, which is part of the opposition...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Billions of dollars were sent to hundreds of individuals, institutions and even government during the past years of the Syrian war without anyone revealing the total number of money of relief to the Syrian affected populations. The money which leaked to the wrong pockets....

The Red Cross is delivering assistance to greater numbers of Syrian civilians and visiting more detainees in government prisons but the situation remains "dramatic" in besieged areas, a senior official said Tuesday. Robert Mardini, regional director for the Near and Middle East, said that the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels took four checkpoints from regime forces and allied militias in the southern countryside of Hama, killing and wounding 40 troops, rebel source said Tuesday. The operation room of the northern countryside of Homs has also thwarted regime attack on al-Zara town...

Turkey will take it upon itself to deal with attacks on the border town of Kilis if it receives no outside help, President Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday, in a sign Ankara may be willing to act against ISIS on its own. "We will overcome the Islamic State (ISIS). We will solve that issue ourselves...