(Zaman Al Wasl)- The recent attack by regime forces to recapture al-Kabaneh village, the highest point in Latakia province, has been failed for the11th time in seven months. The strategic al-Kabaneh is a cross point between Hama, Idlib and Latakia Provinces. The regime lost 200 soldiers...

 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday insisted that Syria peace talks in Geneva were "not frozen" as he slammed main opposition chiefs for walking out. Lavrov said that while the main opposition High Negotiations Committee has announced it is putting its participation on...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Three people killed in the embattled northern countryside of Homs on Tuesday as regime forces step up aerial and ground attacks on rebel-held areas since first of April, local reporter said. Regime war planes have conducted 12 raids on Taldo, Tal Zahab and al-Tyba al-Gharbiya...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria regime's third deadly air strike on Tuesday has killed 9 people in eastern suburb of Damascus as death toll of Idlib's markets rises to 48 people, activists said. The deliberate air strike on a crowded street in Bala town has left 9 people dead, mostly a family members...

Turkey may call on the U.S.-led coalition to take stronger action in its fight against Islamic State along its border with Syria, Turkish officials said on Tuesday, as the border town of Kilis came under rocket fire for a second straight day. Turkish forces returned fire into an...

The leader of the Syrian opposition’s delegation to peace talks in Geneva on Tuesday called for the international community to enforce the truce that has broken down across large parts of the country. Riad Hijab, chief coordinator for the High Negotiations Committee (HNC), declared that the...

Three rockets hit the southeastern Turkish town of Kilis near the Syrian border Tuesday, security sources said, the second straight day the town has come under fire. Kilis, which is just across the border from an ISIS-controlled region of Syria, has been hit by repeated rocket fire in recent...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 57 civilians have been killed on Tuesday in regime air strikes on two marketplaces in northern Idlib province, activists told Zaman al-Wasl. A least 42 people have been killed and dozens more people wounded in Maaret Nu'man town when regime's warplanes...

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu warned Monday that Turkey could not be expected to stick to its commitments if it was not granted visa-free travel in the EU by June. Under a deal with the EU late last year, Turkey agreed to take back refugees from Greece while Turkish nationals were promised a...

Writing by Abdulsalam Haj Bakri (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces jave continuted its shelling on rebel-held areas in Latakia province in a flagrant violation to the U.S.-engineered ceasefire deal seven weeks ago amid an international silence and obvious hesitation of rebels to respond...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Elite Forces, the armed wing of the al-Ghad movement, said on Monday it had controlled four villages in Hasaka and Deir ez-Zor provinces. The footage released by al-Ghad show the villages controlled and they are Badiyet Abu Khashab, Malehet al-Zaru, Raj’aan, and Um Madfa’. The...

The Syrian government's chief negotiator said his team was pushing for an expanded government led by President Bashar al-Assad at U.N.-led peace talks, and Assad's own future was not up for negotiation. Bashar Ja'afari told Lebanese TV news channel al Maydeen the larger government...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels took two villages from regime army on Monday in al-Ghap Plain in central Hama province, local activists told Zaman al-Wasl. Free Syrian Army (FSA) backed by Jund al-Aqsa Brigade seized control of Kharbet al-Naqus and al-Hakura villages in surprise attack. Two...

The main opposition High Negotiations Committee says it is pulling out of formal mediation citing a worsening situation in Syria. Assad's regime has been accused of more than 2,000 violations since the end of February. The latest interruption to the on-off peace talks, brokered...

( EQTSAD )- The Syrian labor milieu in Turkey is witnessing a rising debate and severe divisions about calls being made on social media websites for Syrian laborers in Turkey to strike for three days starting first of May. Muhammad al-Naemi, the head of the Syrian Association for Refugee...

The 12 Syrian asylum seekers Pope Francis brought back with him from Lesbos are settling into new lives, with Italian lessons and strolls around Rome, their hosts said Monday. The three Muslim families are being housed temporarily by the Saint'Egidio religious community in the Rome...

Around 50,000 Syrians are stranded in no-man's land along the border with Jordan, a three-fold increase since January because of increased security checks, state news agency Petra reported Monday. The agency, quoting government spokesman Mohamed Momani, said the estimated 50,000 refugees were...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syria regime's air force has transported 6 Aero L-39 Albatros aircraft which belong to the Air Force Academy. The number of Albatros aircrafts reached 8 in Tifour Airport. The airport previously had only two crafts of this type, military source told Zaman al-Wasl. The...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Ten Islamist factions launched Monday a new battle against regime forces in the coastal Latakia province, seeking to regain ground they lost early this year. The rebel groups, in statement posted online, said they formed a command room to deter...

Syrian opposition groups have advanced in the northwestern province of Hama after fierce clashes with regime forces, sources said. The sources, who spoke to Anadolu Agency on condition of anonymity for safety reasons, said opposition fighters took control of the villages of Kherba al-Naqos and...