(Zaman Al Wasl)- Fighting between Islamic State fighters and regiem forces continued for the third day near al-Shaer gas field east of Homs city, as the radical group's accounts reprted killing of 30 regime troops, sources said. The clashes that erupted on Sunday to capture al-Shaer gas field...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Top Syrian military commander in eastern Homs province has been killed in clashes with the Islamic State on Tuesday, local activists said. Brigadier General Qusai ABdul karim Ibrahim, one of the most notorious officers, was killed in a mortar shell targeted his checkpoint...

Syria's government is refusing U.N. demands to deliver aid to hundreds of thousands of people including many in Aleppo, the city at the center of an eruption of fighting in the past two weeks, U.N. humanitarian adviser Jan Egeland said on Wednesday. "We seem to be having new possible besieged...

The United States said on Wednesday it had agreed with Russia to extend a cessation of hostilities agreement to include Aleppo where intense day-long violence between Syrian rebels and government forces killed dozens of people. The State Department said the truce went into effect at 12:01 a.m....

(Zaman al-Wasl)- Dozens of Islamic State fighters were killed and injured in the past two days by the U.S.-led air strikes on the radicals group's strongholds in Markada town in southern countryside of Hasaka province. Activist Malaz al-Yousef said, the International alliance warplanes raided...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Syrian father was shocked to see news of his son’s death posted on Facebook on Wednesday and when the father asked to verify the identity of the martyr, the news came: “It’s your son! May he rest in peace.” Someone had posted on Facebook on Wednesday news of two young men...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- From their humble schools in the Kurds’ and Turkmen’s mountains, from their poor villages, the children of Latakia’s countryside moved with their parents to tents set up for them far away from the axis of conflict and regime bombing, hoping for safe residence. The honorable...

Fierce clashes raged overnight on the edges of Syria's second city Aleppo after a major rebel offensive, an AFP correspondent said Wednesday. A coalition of opposition groups fighting under the name "Fatah Halab" -- or Aleppo Conquest -- launched the assault on President Bashar Assad's forces...

The chance of unintentional confrontation between foreign powers involved in Syria has risen as its five-year-old conflict turns into a proxy war influenced by increasingly engaged outside powers, a European think-tank said on Wednesday. Foreign countries are involved on both sides, with...

Writing by Ethar Abdul Haq (Zaman al-Wasl)- A Moroccan jihadist joined the Islamic State in 2014 admitted that his brother was the mastermind of the 2004 Madrid train bombing, or 11-M,  saying the brother had been killed later in Iraq, according to the leaked Isis registration forms. Abu...

Writing by Faris al-Rifai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- A group of Syrian and Arab poets rallied in an online poetry event to draw attention to the deteriorating situation in Aleppo as regime backed by Russia wage brutal aerial campaign on rebel-held areas. The event was...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 10 people have been killed in regime air strikes on rebel-held towns of Aleppo province, activists said Tuesday as19 more people have been killed in rebel rocket attack on regime-held areas. The air strikes hit towns of al-Layramoun, Hraitan and la-Bouwaiydha...

Atletico Madrid made it through to their second Champions League final in three seasons on Tuesday after a 2-1 defeat away to Bayern Munich in Germany saw them win their semi-final on away goals. Bayern came into the second leg at the Allianz Arena trailing 1-0 from the first leg but Xabi...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- As prisoners of  Hama jail continue their revolt for the second day, demanding fellow inmates release, the regime forces has only agreed to free 25 political prisoners out of 200, source told Zaman al-Wasl Tuesday.   The regime troops keep surrounding the prison on...

Rebel fighters launched an assault in Syria's divided northern city of Aleppo on Tuesday and fired rockets on a hospital, in the latest violence to hit civilians as diplomats struggled to restore an unraveling ceasefire and resurrect peace talks. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a...

Turkey has accepted in principle visa-free entry for tourists from the EU, a notice in the official gazette said Tuesday. However, the measure will only be implemented once the EU accepts visa-liberalization for Turkish nationals. The European Commission is due to make a recommendation on...

A new report by Transparency International, the global coalition against corruption, said that 50 million people across the Middle East and North Africa have paid bribes in 2015. The report, which was released Tuesday, is based on a survey in Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt,...

 The Islamic State group is closely collaborating with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government, a new cache of leaked documents from the group has revealed, confirming long-held suspicions by opponents. The Islamic State [IS] group and the Assad regime in Syria have been colluding...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Eqtsad)- Sufferings of residents and displaced people in the town of Tal Kalakh in Homs province is increasing due to lack of electricity, water, increase in unexplained bills, as well as limitation of aid and mad raise in prices for all essential living...

More than 35 air strikes hit Islamic State's de facto capital in Syria overnight, killing at least 13 people and wounding many in the city of Raqqa, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The monitoring group said it did not know if the planes were Russian or belonged to the...