(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 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...