At least 23 people were killed, including the Iranian cultural attache, following two blasts near the Iranian embassy in Beirut on Tuesday. The death of the cultural attaché was confirmed by the Iranian ambassador. Most of the other casualties are civilians,...

Shariah Authorities in the rebels-held areas of Aleppo called on people to confront the abuses that committed by rebels' and revolution's name through reporting the abusive. The Public Prosecutor in the Judicial Council of liberated Aleppo has urged citizens, In circular...

  While most of the high-profile Gulf-based financiers sending money to Syrian rebel groups emerged in late 2011-mid 2012, there are late entrants still getting in the game. One of these sheikhs, referenced in a recent article  by  Ben Hubbard...

Russia hosted Syrian and Iranian delegations for separate rounds of talks on Monday in a renewed diplomatic push for a Syrian peace conference in which Moscow says Tehran must play a role. President Vladimir Putin, who has stepped up his personal involvement on the Syrian issue, also...

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Monday hit back at charges that his country is allowing extremists to flow across its long border with Syria, calling for greater intelligence cooperation. "In no way Turkey tolerates or will be tolerating any extremist groups crossing...

Many sources have expressed their worries about safety of Abdul Jabbar al-Oqaidi, the former head of the Aleppo military council, and the threat he might be  surrounded . A well-informed sources reported that Oqaidi is under close guarding and monitoring as Syrians...

When the Syrian revolution started  to drift toward armed struggle  b y the end of 2011 , the Syrian Pound’s value started to fluctuate, and it became clear that the crisis would last for long. Therefore, people who keep large amount of money in form of Syrian pounds...

Syrian websites loyal to Bashar al-Assad posted a list of nearly 160 of Assad's military officers and soldiers said to be hostages by the opposition armed groups in northern Aleppo countryside. Pro-Assad media said a reconciliation committee, headed by Mr. Saleh al-Nuaimi...

Burak Karan had a bright future as a professional soccer player in Germany and even played for the national team's youth side. But he ended his career at 20 and joined radical Islamists. He was killed in Syria in October.   Burak Karan's first life ended on March...

The four small Syrian children and their father who drowned on Friday had been rescued only five days before from another boat off the coast of Kefalonia. They were fleeing the Syrian war, which had claimed the life of their mother, for a better future in Europe A doctor has...

‘’Our martyr Abdul-Qader Saleh was buried in his hometown, Mare’a, two days ago; no funeral ceremony to take place today in Aleppo,’’ Tawhid brigades’ source told Zaman Alwasl.  The prominent military commander died of his wounds in Turkish hospital after 2 days of...

Tawhid Brigade's head, Abdul-Qader Saleh, has been died of his wounds in Turkish hospital after 2 days of being attacked by Assad airstrike with top rebel leaders, well-informed source told Zaman Alwasl. A coalition member spoke to Zaman Alwasl on condition of anonymity...

Mass destruction for Assad's military headquarters in Harasta, Damascus suburb  by huge bomb attack  today, killing 31 of regime soldiers including top general, Syrian  Observatory for  Human Rights  reported. Footage has surfaced on the internet...

Al-Wa’er neighborhood in Homs has been under fierce siege by the regime forces, after the siege on old Homs, Joret Al-Shayah and al-Qarabis neighborhoods. Activists confirmed to Zaman Alwasl that more than half a million people suffer from severe scarcity of food where...

A Syrian government delegation is due to meet officials in Moscow on Monday to discuss an international peace conference that Russia, the U.S. and the United Nations are trying to convene, a Russian diplomatic source said. Russia...

Abduction series to be continued in Aleppo after kidnapping journalist Ahmed Brimo by an armed group affiliated to al-Qaeda today, local activists told Zaman Alwasl. Human rights watchdogs say that the bigger fear for Syrian Journalists comes from abductions, which have...

Historically bitter relations between Syria and Israel have been bypassed by the civil conflict as a wave of injured Syrians get urgent medical help from Israelis. The two countries remain technically at war (Israel is frequently demonised as "Zionist Imperialism" by the Ba'ath...

  ‘’Traffic emir ,’’  is a new position in one of the emirates of Islamic state of Iraq and the Levant, al-Qaeda-affiliated group, who controls the traffic movement in Raqqa with tens of Staff wearing a unified costumes completely black, local sources said to Zaman Alwasl....

    Iran has launched an “organized invasion” of the suburban areas of the capital Damascus, the Syrian opposition Defense Minister Asaad Mustafa told Al Arabiya News Channel on Saturday.   Mustafa said the suburb of Ghouta - where a chemical weapons attack...

  A senior Hezbollah commander died on Saturday after he was wounded in Syria several days ago, a pro-Hezbollah website reported. “The Islamic resistance in Hezbollah proudly weds a new Knight...Ali Shabeeb (Abu Trab al-Rweis) who died as he was performing his sacred...