Islam Army in a statement circulated today on the Internet said many Russian soldiers have been killed by rebels ambush hit Assad army convoy in Palmyra province. The statement also said 3 Russian soldiers one of them in critical condition were  transferred...

  This report would not provide definite information and figures about Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham “ISIS” and its sources of funding, because it is not that easy especially with the great deal of ambiguity around ISIS’s fund and financial support, besides most powerful forces...

Russia issued a statement on Saturday calling the U.S. proposal for Syria’s chemical weapons to be shipped out of the country “premature.” The remarks issued by the Russian Foreign Ministry were a response to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s statement to National Public Radio on...

At least 16 members of Syria's security forces were killed by a suicide vehicle bomber and ensuing clashes with rebels at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Damascus on Friday, an opposition monitoring group said. Syrian state television reported the blast but did not specify a death...

    Qatari Foreign Minister Khaled al-Attiya on Friday announced that “the Qatari mediation has led to the release of the nine Lebanese” hostages who were abducted in Syria's Aazaz and Lebanese officials have confirmed his remarks.   Qatari-owned...

In the northern city of Raqqa, the condemned – some civilians, some soldiers, shabiha or alleged Assad collaborators – are brought blindfolded and handcuffed to the city square to be shot in the head in public.  Once celebrated as one of Syria’s first fully liberated cities, Raqqa, now...

Journalists in Syria have been killed by snipers, accused of spying, and kidnapped by gunmen, and with the threats growing, many say the conflict is now too dangerous to cover. The risks have increased the challenge of reporting from the country, which was already difficult because of...

Regime forces and Syrian rebels fighting for control of a small but strategic town in the country's embattled northern province of Aleppo have killed at least 20 people, most of them civilians, activists said Friday. Meanwhile, rebels killed at least 30 Syrian soldiers, including ten who...

    Saudi Arabia said on Friday it refuses to accept its rotating U.N. Security Council seat, saying the council is incapable of ending wars and resolving conflicts . “ The kingdom sees that the method and work mechanism and the double standards in the...

Amnesty International slammed Egypt on Thursday for unlawfully arresting and deporting hundreds of Syrian refugees, including women and children. “Instead of offering vital help and support to refugees from Syria, the Egyptian authorities are arresting and deporting them, flouting human...

 More than 9.5 million Syrian citizens between refugees and IDPs,  Syrian Network for Human Rights  says Number of IDPs within Syrian territories blatantly exceeded the limits that can be controlled by relief organizations and local committees, where they...

Syrian refugees, who fled Syria looking for better and safer place, can travel to Haiti, the Caribbean country, according to George Dagher, adviser of Haiti Foreign Minister for the Arabic and Islamic Affairs.   Eqtsad , Zaman Alwasl Business...

 A leading Syrian comedian fainted after being slapped by a woman asked him to mediate with Bashar al-Assad authorities to get her son out of prison.   Activists have circulated via social media pages a story of a woman from Quneitra province was begging Duraid...

The rise of al Qaeda in parts of Syria's north has left  Turkey  facing a new security threat on its already vulnerable border and raised questions about its wholesale support for rebels battling President Bashar al-Assad. Turkey  has long championed more robust backing...

  A Canadian lawyer working for a UN peacekeeping mission in Syria has escaped from rebel fighters who held him for eight months, the Syrian government said.   State television showed Carl Campeau being handed on Thursday over to the senior UN official in...

Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday that he hoped the Syrian government's chemical weapons will be rapidly consolidated into one location, put on a ship and removed from the region.   Kerry said in an interview with National Public Radio that the...

As hundreds of thousands of Syrians flee the war in their country, others are doing everything they can to reach the battle zones. Around 150 Kazakhs said to be from the same family – including very young children, teenagers, women and men – left their country “to fulfil their duty of jihad in...

Head of the Military security in Deir el-Zour has been killed by a sniper bullet. Assad-run television reported Thursday that  top Syrian army general has been killed in fighting with rebels, as the country's deputy prime minister floated Nov. 23-24 as possible dates for...

  The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham denies being hit by Turkish mortar as the Turkish Chief of General Staff has said in response to a mortar shell fired on Tuesday from Syria's Parsaia Mountain near the border town of Azaz, sources told Zaman Alwasl.  ...

Syrian Deputy Prime Minister Qadri Jamil said on Thursday that Geneva II, an international conference aimed at seeking an end to the country’s civil war, is scheduled to be held between Nov. 23-24, reported Reuters. Jamil announced the dates at a news conference in Moscow when asked...