Jordanian authorities refused on Saturday to allow an opposition figure based in Amman to enter the kingdom after short visit to Istanbul, source told Zaman Alwasl. The national coalition member, Dr. Jawad Abu Hatab, who runs a hospital in Jordan...
Despite a war, the Syrian government appears determined to go ahead with presidential elections on June 3. It is widely believed that President Bashar al-Assad will easily be elected to a seven-year term. The vote is to be held under new rules that block major Syrian opposition figures...
AP, Beirut- Activists say a makeshift bomb dropped from a Syrian government helicopter has killed at least five people, including two children. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory says the air raid took place Saturday in the town of Sarmeen in the northwestern province of Idlib. It...
A French government spokesman denied on Sunday a report that it paid a ransom for the release a week ago of four French journalists held captive in Syria for more than 10 months. Focus, a German magazine, published on its website a report that France paid 18 million dollars for their...
Syria’s rebels seized control Saturday on strategic highway that links Damascus with eastern Syria and Iraqi borders, as they killed dozens of Bashar al-Assad’s forces, rebel group said in statement posted online. Baghdad International highway the vital route to Bashar...
Syria's Aleppo has been hit by a power cut for seven consecutive days, a monitoring group said Friday, the day after some 50 civilians were killed in air raids there. Regime-controlled areas of the city and countryside “have been deprived of electricity for seven days, after the...
At least 88 rebel and regime forces have been killed in two days of clashes for control of strategic sites in Syria's southern Daraa province, an monitoring group said Saturday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights based in Britain said 45...
Syria maintains an ability to deploy chemical weapons, a senior Western diplomat has said, citing intelligence from Britain, France and the United States. "We have some intelligence showing, that they have not declared everything", a senior diplomat told the Reuters...
Moscow (AP) | Russia on Friday dismissed recent reports of the Syrian government using chemical weapons on rebel-held areas as fabrication. The U.N. Security Council called for an investigation Wednesday over allegations that government forces have attacked rebel-held areas with...
Controversial amendments to Jordan's anti-terrorism law seek to curb the influence of homegrown Al-Qaeda affiliated jihadists fighting the regime of the kingdom's northern neighbour Syria, analysts said. New articles added to the law approved by MPs on Tuesday deem "joining or...
Hezbollah militia has arrested at least 240 people from the besieged neighborhoods of Homs in response to killing of 14 militants in al-Waer neighborhood and seizing 8 corpses two days ago, source told Zaman Alwasl. Activists assured that Hezbollah...
By EA World View | While Syria’s military consolidates its position between Damascus and the Lebanese border, insurgents continued to advance on the southwestern front, taking a key military position on Thursday. Opposition fighters claimed the hilltop position of Brigade 61, the...
Islamist rebels blew up Friday morning Tamico Complex, well-known Assad’s stronghold near Mleiha in the eastern districts of Syrian capital, activists reported. The key Islamist rebel group, Islam Amy, backed by Shabab al-Huda rebel group have detonated the complex, no...
T he baby-faced boy waited patiently for his turn at the small ice cream shop, his Kalashnikov balanced precariously over his shoulder. The rifle was pointed down and his hand occasionally cupped the muzzle, far from the proper way to carry a gun. He stood just a few inches...
Syria's rebels shoot down two fighter jets in Qalamoun area, east Damascus on Thursday, source told Zaman Alwasl. The anti-aircraft missiles of main Islamic Front group, Islam Army hit ‘Sukhoi’ jet near al-Nasseryia military...
A new Islamic alliance to be announced next month which will include most Islamist groups fighting in Syria under one banner called, ‘Mashrou’a Ummah’, the Arabic for ‘Nation Project’, Islamic Front spokesman told Zaman Alwasl. ...
Israel on Thursday suspended U.S.-sponsored peace talks with the Palestinians in response to President Mahmoud Abbas's unexpected unity pact with the rival Islamist Hamas group. The negotiations had appeared to be heading nowhere even before Wednesday's reconciliation...
Reuters- The head of the global chemical weapons watchdog overseeing the destruction of Syria's toxic stockpile is considering launching a fact-finding mission on his own initiative to investigate reports of chlorine gas attacks there, sources said. Syria became a member of the...
Syria's air force killed 27 civilians Thursday in a raid on a market in an Aleppo provincial village, as a businessman became the second hopeful to register for the country's controversial presidential election. Meanwhile, a team overseeing Syria's chemical weapons handover said...
Syria declared on Wednesday that it was looking ahead to the dismantling of the international mission overseeing the destruction of the conflict-torn country's chemical arsenal, though Western officials said they want the team to keep working....
