(Zaman Alwasl)- Opposition activists said fighters of al-Qaeda- affiliated group took control of Um Sharshouh village in the northern countryside of Homs province. Early today, al-Nusra’s explosives-laden vehicle has exploded and killed several...
BEIRUT (AP) — Activists say a coalition dominated by Islamic rebel factions in Syria has announced a new push to dislodge fighters from a rival, al-Qaida-inspired group from the northern province of Aleppo. Wednesday's announcement, reported by the Britain-based Syrian...
(AFP)- International prosecutors said on Tuesday it is still possible to go after those responsible for war crimes in Syria despite Russian and Chinese efforts to block cases being referred to the International Criminal Court. "Just because we have had one veto in the (UN)...
BEIRUT (AP) — An offensive by a breakaway al-Qaida group in eastern Syria against Islamic rebel factions has killed more than 630 people and uprooted at least 130,000 since the end of April, an activist group said Tuesday. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's campaign in the...
(Reporting by Aabed Mellhem; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Clashes have broken up between fighters of FSA and other Islamic battalions from one side, against ISIS from the other, in Tal Sha’eer and Tal Jijan villages in Aleppo's countryside....
(Zaman Alwasl)- Rebels of the embattled neighborhood of al-Waer near the central city of Homs have refused the Iranian mediation over ceasefire agreement, according to video statement. A document, obtained by Zaman Alwasl, showed main...
(Zaman Alwasl)- Al-Qaeda renegade group took control of Al-Rabiea’ town and its crossing border with Iraq after fierce clashes with the Iraqi troops and Kurdish Peshmerga units on Tuesday, Zaman Alwasl correspondent reported. Several Iraqi army...
(By Al Hussein Al Shishakli- Special to Zaman Alwasl) A prominent Muslim Brotherhood figure quitted Syrian National Coalition in protest against congratulating Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on his inauguration as president of Egypt by the opposition leader...
The International Committee of the Red Cross and Syria's Red Crescent have made rare aid deliveries in rebel-held territory in northern Aleppo province with government consent, a spokesman said Monday. "Together with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC), we were able to deliver...
The Interim Government has not refused to allocate salaries to the families of Civil Defence martyrs in Aleppo, an opposition senior official told Zaman Alwasl . The official says the government is in process of issuing a new law to guarantee the rights of...
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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Bashar Assad declared a general amnesty Monday for prisoners in the country, state media reported, less than a week after he was re-elected to another seven-year term amid a bloody civil war. It was not clear how many — if any — prisoners would be freed by...
BEIRUT (AP) — Activists say rebel infighting in Syria has killed 45 opposition fighters over the past two days. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the fighting flared up in eastern Deir el-Zour province on Sunday and continued into Monday. The Observatory...
ALEPPO (The Daily Star)- At least 40 people, including women and children, were killed during operations allegedly carried out across Syria Sunday by forces loyal to the regime of President Bashar Assad, according to opposition activists. Air and land operations involving heavy...
(Reuters) - Syria is descending into a Somalia-style failed state run by warlords which poses a grave threat to the future of the Middle East, former peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has said. Brahimi, who stepped down a week ago after the failure of peace talks he mediated in...
(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Zaman Alwasl obtained a copy of the agenda for the Authority of the General National Syrian conference for the independent National decision, while preparing for its foundation conference. A source from inside...
Reporting by Abdullah Raja (Zaman Alwasl)- Sources refuted rumors saying that former Free Syrian Army leader had left north Syria to Arab Gulf after being ousted last February. General Salim Idriss still a military...
(Zaman Alwasl)- The Islamic Front, Syria’s main rebel group, has merged its factions in Aleppo in four sectors in order to unify efforts in war-torn province, rebel sources said. This step aimed to have the same formation of regular armies,...
Hundreds of Syrians have been released from government prisons after an amnesty granted by President Bashar al-Assad to mark his re-election this week, a monitoring group said Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 320 prisoners were released from northern Aleppo...
(Zaman Alwasl)- A document, obtained by Zaman Alwasl, showed main points rebels and regime forces agreed on to reach a ceasefire truce in al-Waer neighborhood near the central city of Homs. The document called for the withdrawal of rebel and...
