Damascus, July 19 (IANS) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Saturday appointed Najah Attar as the new vice president, media reported. Najah Attar has served as the vice president for cultural affairs since 2006 and the new presidential decree has appointed her as the sole vice...

(Al Jazeera)- Syrian government forces have launched a counterattack to recapture a gas field seized by the Islamic State group, activists say, even as the death toll from three days of fighting there rises to 270. The intense fighting in the Shaer field, which lies in the...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Zaman Alwasl has obtained a copy of “Rescue Initiative” by Iyad Qudsi, Deputy of Syrian Interim Prime Minister, forwarded to Syrian Coalition’s new Leaders and members and the Interim Government. Uniting the opposition and...

(Translation by Dani Murad) The situation is changing rapidly in northern Syria as rebel fighters have launched widespread attacks against the “Sleeping Cells” of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in dozens of locations in Idlib, and...