In another split among Chechen jihadists in Syria, at least one member of the jamaat (group) formerly led by Chechen jihadi Sayfullakh Shishani (pictured) — the commander killed last month in the insurgent attack on Aleppo Central Prison — has said he is leaving to join another jamaat,...

Syria has relinquished about a third of its chemical weapons for destruction abroad, The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague said. According to Reuters, the watchdog said Damascus has handed over six consignments of the toxic agents it declared as part of...

“12 member of my family, with many others were on a small old boat, in their frightening journey via Mediterranean sea to Italy” Hosam said. He explained that their journey cost them $3500 for sea trip plus $2000 for land journey in Europe, each. Usually the...

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a Syria-based Islamist militant group, has imposed strict rules in Syria’s northern city of Raqqah, after gaining complete control in the beginning of this year. Rules established by ISIS in a statement released by the group last year include...

A Russian surveillance plane flew near Turkey’s Black Sea coast on Tuesday prompting the Turkish Air Force to scramble eight F-16 fighter jets, amid increased tensions between Russia and the West over Ukraine. The incident occurred on Monday and the Russian plane remained in international...

It was cold and dark in the psychiatrist's office in downtown Damascus. The electricity had just gone out, a regular occurrence these days in the Syrian capital, and he wore a jacket and scarf for warmth. Patients used the light from their mobile phones to climb a narrow staircase up...

   Syrian rebels have ambushed forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad near the rebel-held Yabrud, leaving 75 dead, pro-opposition activists said on Tuesday. Qalamoun Media Center said more than 350 soldiers, mostly from Republican Guards, have been killed since...

Syrian helicopters dropped explosives-packed barrels near rebel-held Yabrud on Tuesday, a monitoring group said, nearly three weeks into a major offensive targeting the strategic town near the Lebanese border. The strikes come a day after at least 15 rebels were killed fighting in the...

Russia  paid a heavy financial price on Monday for its military intervention in neighboring Ukraine, with  stocks ,  bonds and the ruble plunging as President Vladimir Putin's forces tightened their grip on the Russian-speaking Crimea region. The Moscow stock...

FiSyria, the website close to the Islamic State of Iraq and as-Sham’s Chechen military Amir Umar Shishani, has posted a Russian-subtitled video in which an ISIS fighter talks about outreach and conflict with insurgent factions in Syria: It is not clear exactly when the video was...

Even as it is proclaiming a political strategy of “reconciliation” through local truces and aid to civilians, the Assad regime has renewed its long-standing siege on the Damascus suburb of Moadamiya. Activists said that the Syrian military is demanding that Free Syrian Army fighters...

The Islamic Front top commander and Islam Army Leader has refuted a statement, attributed to IF, saying Islamist rebels will halt fighting with al-Qaeda splinter group, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Zahran Alloush denied on his official twitter account...

Firefights and shelling on Sunday shattered a weeks-old truce at the Yarmuk Palestinian camp in Damascus, but a ceasefire allowed residents to return to another besieged area near Syria’s capital. Syria’s three-year conflict is estimated to have killed more than 140,000 people,...

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon urged on Monday for the need to re-launch the Syrian peace process, stressing that Damascus in particular must return to Geneva with a more “constructive position,” Agence France-Presse reported. The U.N. secretary general calling to reinstate the peace process...

Syrian troops seized control Monday of a village near the strategic rebel bastion of Yabrud as they pushed closer to the town near the border with Lebanon, state television said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group, meanwhile, said the army, backed by Lebanon’s...

Two Los Angeles gang members appear to have joined the flow of foreigners flocking to fight in Syria – in this instance, on the side of President Bashar al-Assad. In a video posted online, the two men boast that they are on the front lines and fire their guns in the direction of what they...

    Documents obtained by Zaman Alwasl showed that Bashar al-Assad’s Authorities had agreed to arm Syrian Business men, especially in the embattled city of Aleppo over security precautions. Activists said that most merchants of Syria's commercial capital had...

Field sources have confirmed that the nerve agent sarin was used by Bashar al-Assad's forces in an attack on Islam Army in Adra city near Damascus on Sunday, leaving four rebels dead and twenty infected. The victims' symptoms were similar to the Aug. 21 2013 chemical...

Appeal calls went on loud from mosques in Deir al-Zour, requesting urgent support for rebels in their hardest battle against Syrian Regime in the city airport. Sources reported to Zaman Alwasl that regime in the beginning of the battle sacrificed low-ranked soldiers in...

An al Qaeda splinter group in  Syria  has denied it was behind the killing of a prominent al Qaeda figure last week and appeared to reject an ultimatum from rival fighters to accept mediation or face all-out assault. The Islamic State in  Iraq  and the...