Rebel Free Syrian Army shelled sites of the State of Iraq and The Levant (ISIL) in western countryside of Aleppo by mortar bombs, sources told Zaman Alwasl. FSA's Division 9 is looking to expel al-Qaeda group from Kafr Joom village in step to expel al-Qaeda,...

A National Council member called on his bloc to quit the National Coalition after the main political opposition group in exile agreed on Saturday to attend internationally sponsored peace talks. Jamal al-Wadi in a message submitted to SNC leaders and obtained by Zaman...

Major Islamist groups are endorsing political solution for the Syrian crisis, Zaman Alwasl sources say.  The powerful Islamic Front, Syria revolutionaries and Jund al Islam have agreed on a political solution, “that did not mean their approval to go to the planned Geneva...

 Syria's main political opposition group in exile agreed on Saturday to attend internationally sponsored peace talks, and said for the first time three rebel fighting forces also wanted to take part. Zaman Alwasl source said that fierce debates within the coalition about who will lead...

US Secretary of State John Kerry has warned the Syrian regime it would fail to divert next week's peace talks away from the aim of installing a new government. Syria's foreign minister said on Friday he has handed Russia plans for a ceasefire in Aleppo, and was ready to exchange lists...

  In recent weeks Russia has stepped up supplies of military gear to Syria, including armored vehicles, drones and guided bombs, boosting President Bashar al-Assad just as rebel infighting has weakened the insurgency against him, sources with knowledge of the deliveries say....

  Two British men were charged on Friday with travelling to Syria for the purposes of terrorism, police said, while another man was arrested on suspicion of attending a terror camp in the war-ravaged country. Yusuf Sawar and Mohammed Ahmed, both 21 and from Birmingham...

Syrian rebels counteracted Al Qaeda reinforcement's convoy to the city of Manbij north Aleppo, source said. The State of Iraq and The Levant (ISIL) waged a severe campaign to recapture its bases and strongholds in Aleppo province in similar scenario to Raqqa east Syria. But...

 Rebel Free Syrian Army seized Friday parts of border village with Lebanon after ambushing forces loyal to Basher al-Assad and its backed militia Hezbollah. FSA source told Zaman Alwasl that rebels have made advances in Jouciya, a neighboring village to Qusayr city,...

‘President and Women’ is a Syrian sitcom will be streaming soon on YouTube, it follows in a comedian approach the relationship between presidents of the dictatorship regimes and women, as their romantic relationships and scandals. The sitcom which is produced by Zaman...

For a modest fee Ibrahim leads Syrians across the Turkish border, one of many services his organisation, the Al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Nusra Front, provides to those in need. On a recent day he led a line of taxis up a muddy road through olive groves toward Turkey's border with Syria,...

Syria's opposition gathered in Istanbul on Friday to vote on whether to attend peace talks next week with President Bashar al-Assad's government, under heavy pressure from Western backers to endorse negotiations. With just five days to go, the opposition National Coalition remains...

The Syrian government, preparing for peace talks with rebels next week, handed the Russian co-sponsors of the conference a proposal on Friday for a local ceasefire and an exchange of prisoners. There was no immediate response from President Bashar al-Assad's opponents, whose very...

  Islamist rebels have seized Base 46, last headquarters for the State of Iraq and The Levant (ISIL) in western countryside of Aleppo, Islamic Front sources told Zaman Alwasl. The former regular army base was under rebels’ control before expelling them by ISIL...

A string of car bombs have hit the Islamist rebels' barracks and checkpoints, carried by the Islamic State of Iraq and The Levant (ISIL) since the infighting has erupted two weeks ago. Suicide attacks and blasts seemed to be one of most dangerous war strategies by Al Qaeda...

  Islamist rebels ambushed Assad’s army troops in Sheikh Said district of Aleppo on Thursday, leaving 20 soldiers dead, Islamic Front source told Zaman Alwasl. IF rebels also made a progress in the industrial zone of Sheikh Najjar near Aleppo city against the Islamic...

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has lost its HQ in Jarabulus city, north Aleppo,  after fierce fighting with Islamist rebels for the last few days, local sources told Zaman Alwasl. ISIL’s commander in Jarabulus (Emir) Abu Huffs al-Masri has been killed,...

Syrian regime ambassador to Jordan, Bahjat Suleiman, exceeded again the diplomatic norms and practices after issuing an aggressive statement against a Jordanian parliament member. The statement described MB, Abdulla Ubeidat, as ‘a pawn in the Wahabist-Zionist axis with more...

Turkey’s embattled government has been accused of suspected weapons shipments to Syria—but tighter border controls could end up harming moderate rebels and helping jihadists. Al-Qaeda could emerge as the unlikely winner as supplies for more moderate rebels crossing the long...

  As Western countries display increasing alarm at the strength of multinational Islamist extremists among rebels in Syria opposed to President Bashar al-Assad, a Syrian official was quoted on Wednesday as saying Western intelligence agencies had sent representatives to Damascus...