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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian armed forces have taken strategic ground around Aleppo this week, residents and state media said on Wednesday, squeezing the main rebel supply line into the city after months of battlefield gains by Damascus. The government advance, after close to...
Hundreds of tonnes of chemicals “likely” to have been used by Syria to make the deadly nerve gas sarin were exported by British firms in the 1980s, Foreign Secretary William Hague said Wednesday. Hague said the chemicals, which can be used legitimately for making plastics and...
(AP)- Before she began working as a hairdresser, poverty forced Syrian Umm Mahmoud to seek donations for food and rent money to survive as a refugee in Lebanon. Often men suggested she have sex with them to show her gratitude, the 32-year-old said. Her experiences echo among Syrian...
(Reuters) - Only four percent of Syria ns believe Islamic State insurgents, who have captured large swathes of Syria and Iraq, represent their interests, according to research conducted by a British polling group published on Wednesday. The survey, conducted by Opinion...
At least 14 people, among them women, were killed by Syrian rebels in the village of Khatab in central Hama province overnight, state media and an NGO said Wednesday. Syrian state television said rebels carried out a...
(Zaman Alwasl)- Opposition activists say Daoud brigade fighters have evacuated their stronghold in Sarmeen in Idlib to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in Raqa province as ISIS declared an Islamic caliphate, days ago. In January, Daoud brigade pledged...
Al-Nusra Front, al-Qaeda group in Syria, has withdrawn from Aleppo's Sharia Authority over lack of concord with main rebel alliance in the northern Province , according to statement issued Tuesday. Activists warnof further rifts between rebels...
(By Ma’moon Abu Mohamed; Translation by Dani Murad) Since the infamous pictures of pro-regime women stealing blankets and furniture from old neighborhoods in Homs, and some political figures affiliated with the coalition have been trying with all...
(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) (Zaman Alwasl)-A source from inside the Democratic Bloc in the National Coalition, that Ahmad Jarba belongs to, described the bloc position as “critical” and things have become quite “chaotic” The source who...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says the destruction of Syrian chemical weapons on board the U.S. cargo vessel MV Cape Ray began Monday. Army Col. Steve Warren says it will take about 60 days, depending on the weather and sea conditions, to destroy the approximately 600 metric...
Rebels on Monday seized control of strategic stronghold for Regime forces near Aleppo’s central prison, source told Zaman Alwasl. By controlling the battalion of 'Regime Keeping', rebels can halt the advances of regime troops, source said....
(Reporting by George Hadad; Translation by Dani Murad) An intelligence source close to the rebels has informed Zaman Alwasl that the Lebanese authorities arrested on 27/8/2014, an intelligence cell of 4 Syrians affiliated with the Syrian...
The political Authority meeting in Istanbul in last two days resulted in 8 important decisions. Source reported to Zaman Alwasl that recommendations to support the military council within the available fund were decided, because Aleppo witnesses the worst...
(Zaman Alwasl)- A rebel source in al-Mleiha town in Eastern Ghouta denied reports of an imminent truce with Bashar al-Assad’s forces. Activists have circulated news of a ceasefire agreement in the embattled town which controlled by Islam Army,...
(Reporting by Abdullah raja; Translation by Dani Murad) Sources and eyewitnesses in the border town of al-Bukamal east Syria informed Zaman Alwasl that many factions affiliated with FSA have pledged allegiance with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria...
BEIRUT (AP) — The Western-backed Syrian opposition group will begin a three-day meeting in Istanbul later Sunday to elect a new president and discuss the offensive by Islamic militants straddling Iraq and Syria, an official with the group said. The meeting comes amid reports that...
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(AFP)- The opposition Syrian National Coalition said Sunday that regime forces are preparing to launch a major assault on rebel-held areas of the northern city of Aleppo. The group’s leadership, meanwhile, was meeting in Istanbul to elect a successor to SNC chief Ahmad Jarba....
(Al Arabiya News)-Following the rare appearance on Saturday of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a self-proclaimed 'caliph' - social media users took to Twitter and Facebook to speculate over the brand of watch. From Tag Heuer to...
