The Islamic state in Iraq and the Levant posted online a decision to impose a blockade on areas under control of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) in northern Syria. The ISIL’s statement ordered people of ‘Aleppo State’ to prevent entry of food staples, fuel...

    The death toll in Syria's conflict has risen to at least 125,835, more than a third of them civilians, but the real figure is probably much higher, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday. The pro-opposition monitoring group also appealed to U.N....

  Syria’s Democratic Union Party, the country’s most powerful Kurdish group, hopes to create an autonomous Kurdish region in a federal Syria, its chief, Salih Muslim, told AFP in an interview.   Speaking during a visit to France, he confirmed that a...

    Fada'at Media Limited will launch a new Arabic newspaper soon with electronic and printed versions, according to Zaman Alwasl source. In a statement issued by the new-born media company and UK-based, said that Al-Jadid newspapers (En: The New) comes as...

The U.S. government has begun outfitting a ship in its reserve ready force with equipment to enable it to destroy some of Syria's chemical weapons at sea in the event Washington is asked to assist in the effort, a defense official said on Sunday, according to Rreuters. The Maritime...

Winter is fast approaching in Iraq’s Kurdistan and as heavy rain threatens to exacerbate an already dire situation for the region’s 235,000 Syrian Kurdish refugees, local organizations are fighting a battle against time in an attempt to soften the cold blow of winter. November gave...

  Syrian lawyers in rebel-held areas have denounced a circular by Shariah Authority in Aleppo ban practicing the civil law in courts and other legal institutions and eliminating the attorney profession. The Islamic Judiciary group that controls legal matters in Aleppo...

Tens of People have protested against Regime Army in the city of Suweida, south Syria after  harassing  a young girl by regular soldier. Many young men in the main market square  couldn't  bear the verbal harassment to their homeland’s girl by the...

5 Islamic groups in video statement  announced  a new Islamic bloc in Damascus suburbs Yesterday. ‘The Islamic Union for Levant soldiers’ is an alliance consisted  The Beloved Mustafa brigades, Capital Armor brigade, Al-Huda Martyrs, Sahaba Battalions and...

Suhair Atassi, vice-president of the National Coalition and the woman who leads Aid and relief file in the key Syrian opposition is facing mounting accusations by Syrian activists over allegations of corruption and mismanagement. More than 25 employees in the Aid Coordination...

 Syrian activists say a new government helicopter strike on a rebel-held town near the northern city of Aleppo has killed 20 people, activists said. Sunday's attack is the second reported air attack in as many days on al-Bab, located east of Aleppo, Syria's largest city. On...

European ambassadors and intelligence officials are making discreet trips to Damascus in a bid to resume contacts with the Syrian regime after years of outspoken support for the opposition, diplomats say. "Since May, little by little, we have begun to return, at first cautiously for a...

In recent months, leading diplomats and statesmen from the international community have been logging frequent flier miles and consulting technical treaties in order to curb the use and development of chemical and nuclear weapons in Syria and Iran. While these efforts have seemingly...

Rebel group posted online a photo of an identity card of Russian mercenary working for Moran Security group in  Syria, more  documents   come among the mounting facts of involving the Russian security companies in war-torn country.   The...

Syria's regime Prime Minister Wael Halki said on Saturday that Syrian government forces were winning the war with rebels and would not rest while a single enemy fighter remained at large. Maintaining Syria's unyielding response to Western calls for President Bashar al-Assad to step...

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees visited a new refugee camp in Lebanon on Friday and said "massive support" was needed for Lebanon and the Syrian refugees who are fleeing there.   Antonio Guterres toured the camp in Arsal village in northeast Lebanon, meeting some of the...

SYRACUSE, Sicily — Fifty miles off the southeastern coast of Sicily, the refugee boat first appeared as a gray spot on the horizon, rising up or dipping away with the churn of the Mediterranean. Then, as an Italian Coast Guard rescue ship drew closer, the small boat came fully into view,...

     Syria’s key opposition group formed an emergency committee to handle the urgent needs of the Syrian refugees in Lebanon, according to Zaman Alwasl source. National Coalition discison comes in response to the deteriorating situation in Qalamoun and...

The United States will destroy the most dangerous of Syria's chemical weapon stockpile on a ship at sea, the world's chemical watchdog said on Saturday.   "The neutralisation operations will be conducted on a US vessel at sea using hydrolysis," the Organisation...

  Syrian opposition fighters have re-entered the historic Christian town of Maalula north of Damascus, as they battle regime troops in the surrounding Qalamoun region, a monitoring group said on Saturday.   "Fierce clashes are under way between...