(Reporting by Abu Abdullah al-Hourani; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Free Syrian Army arrested number of its fighters during a defection attempt in Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus to join regime forces last Saturday, rebel source said. Abu Abdul...
(Reuters)- The European Union and France denied any change in Western policy on Syria on Monday after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States would have to negotiate with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for a political transition there. French Foreign...
Moscow invited the U.N. envoy for Syria to a second round of meetings scheduled for the beginning of April between some Syrian opposition figures and the Damascus government, Interfax reported on Monday citing a deputy foreign minister. The first round of Moscow talks were...
A remark by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that President Bashar al-Assad should be included in negotiations on a Syrian political transition provoked alarm and dismay on Monday among commentators close to Gulf Arab governments opposed to his rule. Saudi Arabia, the top oil...
The United States insisted on Monday it would never negotiate directly with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, edging away from comments made by Secretary of State John Kerry, and it cast doubt on any immediate prospects for third-party talks to resolve Syria’s civil war....
( Syrian Mirror News )- Addressing the people of Syria, the general commander of Ahrar al-Sham Islamic movement, Hashim al-Sheikh gave a speech to mark the fourth anniversary of the Syrian revolution. The speech, that came during a military parade by Ahrar...
At least 5 people were killed, one family, in chlorine gas bombs on eastern Syrian town of Sarmin in Idlib province late Monday, local activists reported. Medics told Zaman al-Wasl that 75 suffocation cases were recorded amid lack of Ambulatory...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad dismissed on Monday remarks made by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that Assad should be included in negotiations to reach a political transition, saying "declarations from outside do not concern us". In a Sunday CBS interview, Kerry did not repeat...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States would have to negotiate with Syria n President Bashar al-Assad for a political transition in Syria and was exploring ways with other countries to pressure him into agreeing to talks. But State Department...
( Translation by Yusra Ahmed) When the hardline Islamic State group started its war against rebels and other Islamist factions in liberated areas , Islam Army was one of the first battalions to face the Islamic State in...
Syria 's military targeted a group of combatants linked to al Qaeda's Nusra Front late on Friday in southern Syria, state media reported, saying that dozens including three senior members of the group had been killed. Syria's army and allied combatants from Lebanon's...
Head of Syrian National Coalition, in press conference held Saturday, emphasized on the role of Local Coordinating Councils in rebel-held areas as will assured there is no intention to dissolve the interim government since the latter has been facing financial problems and managerial...
U.S.-led coalition jets struck Islamic State positions in northeast Syria for the second day in a row, in an area where the militants are battling Kurdish forces, a Kurdish official and a group monitoring the war said on Saturday. The Kurdish YPG militia, which has...
Translation by Yusra Ahmed “Raise Your Revolution’s Flag” campaign, which launched by activists in Aleppo has widely spread among social media by activists in and out Syria in In reviving the fourth...
Syrian rebels, in letter to the Syrian opposition, called for urgent reinforcements and Arms supply for fighters of Qalamoun mountains since Lebanese militias have gripped the bond on rebel enclaves in the strategic border territory. Qalamoun...
As Syria descended further and further into a bloody civil war, Damascus-born clarinetist Kinan Azmeh found that he was unable to write new music. “Especially for the first year,” Azmeh, who lives in Brooklyn, said, “because there’s something much bigger happening than what I...
Four peop le , including 2 children, have been killed on Friday in Syrian regime's air strikes on embattled city of Douma northeast of Damascus, local coordination said. Douma coordination said Bashar al-Assad's air...
(BY Abdullah Al Ghadawi ; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) ٍSyrian opposition group, the Free National Rally for State workers, has revealed its budget and spending for the last two years (2013-2014), documented wit h precise figures...
(Reuters) - The Red Cross has only sporadic access to areas of Iraq and Syria held by Islamic State, despite huge needs of 10 million people living under their control, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Friday. Peter Maurer, in...
Fighters of the N usra Front on Thursday have withdrawn from B eit Sahem suburb of Southern Damascus in step to end infighting with Sham al- Rasoul rebel group, Islam Army's spokes man told Zaman al- Wasl . ...
