A Christian writer vows to convert to Islam if al-Qaeda main branch in Syria will release the Rev. Paolo Dall'Oglio, Jesuit Priest who was kidnapped in Raqqa, North east Syria last June. Mikhael Saad, a veteran Syrian dissident, who lives in Montreal, Canada, has...

Doha Centre for Media Freedom (DCMF) is organizing six training workshops for Syrian journalists, which will be held in Turkey and Jordan over the coming two months. From November 17-23, the centre is hosting two workshops in Istanbul; the first on international standards...

    The final list of the Syrian opposition Interim government is to be consisted of ten ministers only, well-informed source revealed exclusively to Zaman Alwasl from Istanbul where the National Coalition meeting is taking place. Mr. Ahmad Toumeh will handle the...

Al-Qaeda’s main branch in Syria, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), has raided a wedding party in the suburb of Aleppo and ordered stopping music and singing, the Asharq al-Awsat reported, quoting Syrian activists. “One leader of the Islamic State warned residents that if...

    FIFA has ruled out any possibility that Qatar could co-host the 2022 World Cup with neighboring countries, Sepp Blatter said on Saturday. The FIFA president added that soccer’s governing body had discarded a January-February World Cup in 2022 out of respect for...

Martyr Samira Kayyali, 20-year-old, has been kidnapped and killed by unknown armed group near Kafr Hamra town  in the northern Aleppo, during her trip to Turkey 40 days ago, activists reported.   Sources said that her body has been found buried in a...

Throughout the bloody Syrian conflict, the ruling regime of President   Bashar Assad   has derided the armed opposition for its reliance on foreign fighters, usually seasoned militants that come from the battlefields of   Chechnya ,   Pakistan ,...

Most known satirist in Syria’s revolution has been abducted by the Islamic rebels in Aleppo, activists said.   Abdul-Wahhab al-Mula, media activist and artist who worked for Aleppo Media Center (AMC)   was kidnapped with his colleagues in Aleppo rebel-held areas,...

    Since the eruption of violence in March 2011, Hand in Hand for Syria  charity organization  has been at the forefront of international humanitarian assistance inside Syria. In close conjunction with its partners on the ground, it has been able...

Violent clashes have renewed again in Idlib countryside between Binnish and al-Fu'ah neighboring towns, Zaman Alwasl reporter said . The militants of al-Fuah and Kafruya towns, predominantly Shia, launched an offensive on the rebels of Binnish on Friday, backed with...

Rebels recaptured again a military base after hours of being seized by Assad troops yesterday near Aleppo, activists say. The battle keep going on until this moment, sources said,  rebels got more enforcement what enable them to get back the military base. Heavy...

  Syria’s opposition Interim Prime Minister will deliver his cabinet nominees list to the National coalition today, well-informed source revealed to Zaman Alwasl. Mr. Ahmad Toumeh has selected 11 dissidents to lead his government including one woman with new ministerial...

Lebanon launched a massive public health initiative on Friday to vaccinate all children under five against polio, following a confirmed outbreak of the crippling disease last month in neighboring war-torn Syria. The task is a daunting one in Lebanon, where more than 800,000 refugees...

  The United States sought on Friday to persuade the Syrian opposition to agree to attend international peace talks in Geneva, a day before President Bashar al-Assad's opponents gather to decide on the issue, opposition sources said.   U.S. envoy Robert...

  Turkish riot police fired tear gas and water cannon at thousands of demonstrators who were protesting Thursday over the building of a controversial wall on the border with Syria, witnesses said.   Police took action to disperse a large crowd of people who...

  Syrian troops have recaptured parts of a military base seized by rebels earlier this year in a fierce fighting near Aleppo international airport, activists say. Heavy fighting erupted in the early hours of Friday around Base 80 outside Syria’s main northern city....

Albania confirmed on Thursday that the United States has demanded to dismantle Syria’s chemical arsenal on its soil, amid protests in the capital rejecting any plans of such. “We were contacted by the United States, but no decision has been made yet,” Agence France-Presse quoted...

  The leader of al-Qaeda has ordered the re-organization of jihadist efforts in Syria and Iraq by abolishing the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) and giving the Nusra Front sole responsibility for activities in war-torn Syria.   In an audio tape...

  Once upon a time this country was safe; by these few words the polish city of Lublin exhibits photos from the war-torn country in the municipality hall. Ali Mahfouz, University student, lives in the most tourist city in Poland has posted a photo in his Instagram...

  7 Rebel groups announced in video statement the establishment of a command room to launch the battle of al Badiya (Desert) in north Syria. The main goal according to the fighting groups is to cut the logistic supplies of Bashar al-Assad. More than 120,000...