Air strikes and shelling pounded Aleppo for a third straight day on Sunday, killing two young siblings and at least 24 others in Syria's largest city and former commercial capital. The northern city has been bitterly contested between insurgents and government forces since 2012....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 5 people, including three children, were killed and 40 others wounded on Sunday in regime air strikes on al-Houla region in central province of Homs, local activists said. Regime forces have stepped up its aerial and ground campaign on northern countryside of Homs...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- The conflict between the regime forces and Democratic Union Party (PYD) has come after a ceasefire deal reached on Saturday between both sides to stop tension in Qamishli city north of Hasaka province. The agreement resulted from intensive...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two to three cases weekly of abduction of women and children and robbery in central Hama city, local activists said. Activist Mueed al-Midani confirmed that al-Qusur neighborhood witnesses daily abduction of women and children even during the day time. The kidnap operations...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A child was killed and five injured in a bomb attack in Tarmaneen Camp in northern countryside of Aleppo on Sunday, local activists said. The bombs, likely handmade, caused a fire in several tents, according to the activists. Syrian Civil Defense (SCD) Directorate in Aleppo...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Students at American University of Beirut (AUB) protested the reception of Syria's veteran poet Adonis on Saturday. Syrian writer Ali Ahmad Esber also known by the pen name Adonis fiercely defended Bashar al-Assad and through his position as an influential writer distorted the...

Writing by Ethar Abdulhaq (Zaman Al Wasl)- Six Danish jihadists out of the 9 who were mentioned in Zaman al-Wasl's documents over ISIS personal data have been detained in Denmark two weeks ago. Zaman al-Wasl investigated the detainees’ data in the registration forms and it found that one of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Aleppo Operations Room, an alliance of rebel factions operating in northern Aleppo city, said in statement they will target regime-held areas if regime forces keep its brutal military campaign on civilians. The "cessation of hostilities" deal brokered by the United States and...

Clashes between Kurdish and Shi'ite Turkmen paramilitary forces broke out late on Saturday in northern Iraq, killing at least eight people and cutting a strategic road between Baghdad and the oil city of Kirkuk, security and medical sources said. Violence in Tuz Khurmatu, about 175 km (110...

A century after her forebears fled massacres in Turkey for Armenia, Alla has gone the other way, hoping to win Turkish citizenship after leaving her impoverished homeland. She works as a nanny in Turkey but fears deportation, one of thousands of undocumented workers from the former Soviet...

(EQTSAD)- Sociologist Abdul Hafiz al-Hulani founded the social support clinic for handicapped to be a social center for the marginalized population in Arsal, Lebanon. The clinic established in a house in Arsal, a town north-east of Beirut, receives 355 cases of disabilities and does not...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden belt near Ahrar al-Sham checkpoint in northern Binnish town, killing 4 senior commanders and wounding 10, local media center said. The suspected ISIS suicide attack in Idlib province has killed Islam Abu Hussein, senior Ahrar...

Writing by Ali Eid; Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- Doctors, university graduates, retired officers, thieves and criminals, volunteers, seniors over sixty and most of them past forty form the bulk of the “al-Baath Brigades” in Homs. Christians from the Homs countryside feature...

 German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited a refugee camp on the Turkish-Syrian border Saturday, kicking off a high-stakes visit aimed at boosting a month-old migrant deal plagued by moral and legal concerns. Merkel, joined by European Council head Donald Tusk and European Commission Vice...

  (Zaman Al Wasl- AFP)- Activists have accused Iran of standing behind the fire that broke out in the Asruniyeh market of the Old City of Damascus, a UNESCO world heritage site. The market is adjacent to the famed Al-Hamidiyeh bazaar in one of the world's oldest cities. "It began at 06:00...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime air strikes on rebel-held Aleppo have killed 12 civilians on Saturday as regime backed by Russian jets mobilize troops for major offensive, local activist said. Regim's aerial campaign hit a marketplace in Tareeq al-Bab neighborhood, killing 12 and leaving dozens...

Regional Kurdish security forces and pro-Syrian government forces have declared a ceasefire in northeastern Syria, the Kurdish side said, calming a three-day outbreak of violence which killed more than 26 people. The Kurdish Asayish forces said in a statement that the accord took effect at...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 11 civilians, mostly women and children, have been killed in Syrian regime air strikes on the embattled city of Douma, northeast the capital, local activist and medics said Saturday. The sporadic strikes hit city's main market and civil neighborhoods, killing 3 women,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A huge fire broke out early Saturday in the Old City of Damascus, leaving huge losses and damage in one the of Syria's most prominent bazaars, activists told Zaman al-Wasl. The plumes of Smoke have been seen from different parts in the government-held city. Head of Regime's...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The first Syrian drone, made in cooperation with Iran's army experts, is scheduled to carry out surveillance missions soon in Syria, source said. A well-informed regime source told Zaman al-Wasl, the drone called “Sahab” (clouds) was flown as a test in Iran. The drone has...