“A unit of the armed forces released Monday 48 kidnapped civilians and military members, including officers, in al-Tabqeh area in Raqqa province,” Assad’s news agency (SANA) reported. The release operation was a result of a special...

    The new U.S. chief envoy for Syria on Monday pledged continued American backing for political opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as   the country’s conflict   moves into a fourth year. “Assad will go to any length to maintain...

At least 10 people were killed and 50 wounded in a car bombing on Monday in Zahra'a, pro-regime neighborhood in ‪ the embattl ed city of ‎ Homs, which considered a main supply line for militants fighting with Bashar al-Assad, activists said. (Developing story)

Lebanon's army blew up a car on Monday in the border region with  Syria  which they suspected contained explosives and was being prepared for use in a bomb attack, security sources said. They said the car was found in a rural area between the Bekaa Valley villages of...

  German foreign Minister urged Syria’s opposition, in meeting took place last month with the interim PM Ahmad Toumeh, to accept Bashar al-Assad’s regime in the transitional governing period, well-informed source said. Mr. Frank Steinmeier, the veteran diplomat and German...

At least three people were killed and six wounded when a suicide car bomber struck a petrol station in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley near the border with  Syria , a security source said. He said two of the dead were members of Hezbollah who had approached the vehicle in the town of...

Groups of youths on motorcycles drove around Beirut’s southern Dahiyeh area Sunday in celebration of the Syrian government’s successful assault on the rebel held city of Yabrud which was achieved with the aid of Hezbollah fighters. The celebratory parade was photographed by NOW’s...

Syrian forces backed by Hezbollah militants took full control of the town of Yabroud on Sunday after driving out rebels, helping President Bashar al-Assad secure the land route linking the capital Damascus to Aleppo and the Mediterranean coast. The fall of Yabroud, the last...

Many wonder about ways of support, the Assistance Coordination Unit “ACU”, run by the coalition, provide to Qalamoun in these crucial period of heavy fight with regime. In a reply to such query, Dr. Osama Kadi, the Executive Director of the ACU said to Zaman Alwasl: “we managed to establish a...

This month marks three years of an uprising that has swept through Syria, leaving death and ruin in its wake. Aleppo has suffered 18 months of brutal, divisive conflict. The city now lies split, both in territorial control and along social, political fault...

France will not "close its eyes" to the Syrian conflict despite other crises taking center stage, French President Francois Hollande said on Saturday, promising to increase efforts to reach a political solution. More than 140,000 people have been killed and 2.5 million have...

Regime’s decision to close Syrian Embassy in Kuwait causes disturbance in Syrian community and encourages bribery. Syrian Regime’s decision to close its Embassy in Kuwait caused great deal of disruption among Syrian community in the country, subsequently, dozens of Syrians queued in...

One person was killed and three wounded on Saturday in eastern Lebanon by rockets fired from neighbouring Syria, a security source told AFP. Four rockets hit the Nabi Uthman and Labweh areas, both of which are sympathetic to the Shiite Hezbollah movement, the source said. One...

 Syria rebels in Qalamoun have denied reports that Assad’s forces entered the embattled city of Yabroud. “Yabroud did not fall,” Yabroud local coordination said in statement posted online, “Assad's forces and Iran proxy Hezbollah have retreated due to the patriotic resistance of rebels....

Syria's parliament has set residency rules for presidential candidates, state media said on Friday, a move that would bar many of President Bashar al-Assad's foes who live in exile as the uprising in the major Arab state enters its fourth year. Assad has not yet announced...

The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the March 11 suicide bombings that killed nine civilians in the city of Qamishli, the unofficial capital of the Kurdish regions of Syria. The al-Qaeda offshoot asserted in a statement released March...

Syria's government has promised greater access for aid groups supporting millions of Syrians, but faster progress is needed to tackle a dire humanitarian crisis, the head of the United Nations children's agency said on Friday. UNICEF executive director Anthony Lake, speaking at a...

In the heart of Syria's devastated city of Homs, once hailed as the "capital of the revolution," President Bashar al-Assad looks down from a banner calling for his reelection. "Because you are a symbol of our victory and our resistance, we implore you to be a candidate for the...

The third anniversary of the outbreak of the Syrian uprising has been marked with powerful, creative new campaigns designed to stir the world’s conscience. Save the Children UK’s heart-wrenching video of the collapse of a young girl’s life into civil war has been viewed more than 25...

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem is scheduled to undergo bypass surgery after being admitted to a Beirut hospital, medical sources said Friday. The sources told The Daily Star that Moallem is in stable condition at the American University of Beirut-Medical Center's intensive...