More than 12 million Syrians need assistance because of increasing violence and deteriorating conditions in the country, up from 10.8 million in July, UN Humanitarian chief has said. Half of the country's 22 million population have fled their homes with more...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Al-Qaeda's Syria wing Nusra Front said on Tuesday that mediation efforts to halt infighting with Jamal Marouf have been failed, assuring to resume fighting. Nusra Front, in statement posted online, said “the Front has exhausted all solutions” in order...

(Al Jazeera)- Syrian government air raids on the city of Raqqa, which the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has proclaimed as its capital, have killed at least 87 people, activists have said. About 100 more people were reported to have been injured in the air...

(BBC News)- At least 36 civilians have been killed in air strikes by Syrian government warplanes on the Islamic State-held northern city of Raqqa, activists say. Most of the casualties were caused by two strikes in quick succession on an industrial area, the UK-based...

    (Zaman Al Wasl)- General Commander of Mujahideen army denied news circulated by opposition media about alliance with West-backed rebel group, Hazm Movement, in new armed group . Lieutenant Colonel Abu Baker refuted to Zaman...

(Zaman Al Wasl)-   Ahmed Tomeh’s government failed to win confidence vote of National Coalition’s members where 5 ministers failed to reach the quorum of 56-vote to win. The last 72 hours witnessed sharp hassles among the the key opposition...

BEIRUT (AP) — Al-Qaida militants and Syrian rebels launched an attack against two predominantly Shiite Muslim villages in northern Syria that have been under siege for some 18 months, activists and a monitoring group said Sunday. The Local Coordination Committees and the...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Free Syrian Army founder, Riad al-Asaad, refused to meet former head of Syria's main political opposition who wanted to brief rebels by the outcomes of his recent visit to Russia, sources said. Moaz al-Khatib, the former head...

(Zaman Al Wasl)-   Ahmed Tomeh’s new government finally will see the light after three days of give-and-take among the political blocs of key opposition group National Coalition. The last 72 hours witnessed sharp hassles among the NC members,...

By Abu Abdullah Al Hourani; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- People in Southern of Damascus which have been under severe siege for 2 years, found a new source of fuel can be used in their daily activities, where plastic materials of any...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Head of the National Coalition on Saturday called on the Syrian opposition’s members to avoid polarization and partisan loyalties in order to form a new government. Hadi al-Bahra, in statement to Zaman al-Wasl, said the new...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey is determined to strengthen its cooperation with the U.S. against ISIL to maintain regional peace and security. Erdogan and U.S. Vice President Biden held a...

(Al Jazeera)- Heavy fighting has been reported in a suburb of Damascus as government forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad try to wrest the area from control of rebel fighters. The suburb of Jobar on Saturday was the scene of some of the heaviest fighting the rebels...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Air strikes by U.S.-led forces in Syria have killed 910 people, including 52 civilians, since the start of the campaign against Islamic State and other fighters two months ago, a group monitoring the conflict said on Saturday. The majority of...

(The Huffington Post)- The Islamic State group released a new video on Friday in which British hostage John Cantlie reveals that he believes he too will soon be executed like his former cellmates. Cantlie opens the video with an introduction of himself as the British citizen...

FISHERS, Indiana (AP) — The death of a U.S. aid worker at the hands of Islamic State militants is "barbaric" and is not a true reflection of Islam, a cleric told hundreds of people who gathered Friday for the first of three memorial services honoring the slain man. Sheikh...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 21 soldiers of forces loyal to Basher al-Assad have been killed by radical Islamic State group near al-Shaer gas field east Homs, monitoring group said on Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 21 soldiers of...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies have staged 30 air strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq since Wednesday, the U.S. Central Command said on Friday. The 23 strikes in Iraq included six near Baiji that hit Islamic State...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Fighters of Syria’s al-Qaeda wing al-Nusra Front attacked on Friday two checkpoints belong to Hezbollah militia on the Lebanese border, leaving number of the Shi'ite militants killed and wounded, according to statement posted...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden on Friday will become the latest in a parade of U.S. officials trying to push Turkey to step up its role in the international coalition's fight against Islamic State extremists. His visit follows weeks of public bickering between the two...