The main Syrian opposition group within the Syrian National Coalition said Sunday it would not attend a proposed peace conference in Geneva and would quit if the whole coalition participated. “The Syrian National Council, which is the biggest bloc in the Coalition, has taken the firm...

Lebanon's government is enforcing new rules to limit the flow of Syrian refugees into the country, as the United Nations now registers about 3,000 a day. Yet many of the Syrians in Lebanon are not looking for assistance. Rather, they believe refugee status is a ticket to Europe or the United...

Almost 50 fighters have been killed in three days of skirmishes between jihadists and mainstream rebels in the Syria’s second city of Aleppo. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday that the violence began on Thursday between militants of the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic...

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal agreed with his French counterpart Lauren Fabius on Saturday that a political resolution is the best means to end the ongoing Syrian crisis. In a statement released by the French Foreign Ministry, the ministers called for strengthening the...

  The founder of Free Syrian Army denied to Zaman Alwasl rumors say he will be the Defence Minister of the opposition Interim government. Colonel Riad al-Asaad assured lack of communication with any opposition group including the National coalition. "I...

A Rebel brigade that controls Bustan al-Qaser, the main crossing between rebel-held areas and regime-held ones, has declared the withdrawal from the area after mounting complaints by people regarding abuses by rebels. Ahrar Syria brigade cited in statement issued by its...

Three deadly Mediterranean shipwrecks that claimed the lives of hundreds of would-be asylum-seekers fleeing war and repression sharpened calls Saturday for humanitarian corridors to allow safe passage to Europe. At least 34 people drowned in Maltese waters south of the Italian island of...

In an audio message Friday, the leader of al-Qaida urged jihadis in Syria to unite, an appeal likely aimed at rival affiliates of his terror network operating in the country. Ayman al-Zawahri said fighters must "rise above organizational loyalties and party partisanship" and unite behind the...

Two mortar shells hit Syria's capital Saturday near a hotel where international chemical inspectors and United Nations staff are staying, state media and a hotel guest said. An 8-year-old girl was killed and 11 people were hurt in the blasts in the upscale Abu Roumaneh area of Damascus, the...

        Turkish Authorities reopened Bab al-Salameh border crossing  from its side only after being shuttered according the conflict over Azaz town between al-Qaeda affiliate The State of Iraq and al-Sham and the north storm. The...

  A Russian photographer has been abducted by a group of Syrian rebels who accuse him of being a spy, the Russian foreign ministry said Saturday. Konstantin Zhuravlev is being held by the Islamist group Liwa al-Tawhid, said foreign ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich,...

Rebel leaders and activists in Damascus countryside appealed through Zaman Alwasl for all battalions and FSA brigades to defend the Syrian capital suburbs and to break out the siege of Ghouta towns.    Yesterday, Assad army troops and Shia fighters loyal to...

Yesterday’s shipwreck off the coast of Alexandria that drowned at least 12 people, many believed to be refugees from Syria, highlights the crushing life-and-death decisions facing many who fled to Egypt to escape Syria’s armed conflict, Amnesty International said.  The organization...

Syria's National Council (SNC) have decided on Friday meeting not to participate in Geneva peace conference regarding Syrian conflict, threatening to quit from the main opposition group, National Coalition, if its agreed to negotiate with Bashar al-Assad regime in Geneva 2, reliable...

 Syrian air force warplanes bombarded rebel-held targets close to a major chemical weapons facility on Friday in fighting that highlights the perils facing an international mission to eliminate President Bashar al-Assad's chemical arsenal.   The...

The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to a chemical weapons inspectors has been attacked as premature and giving support to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Opponents of the Syrian dictator said the award of the prize to the Organisation for the Prohibition of...

  University student Abu Yassin never imagined picking up a gun and fighting the Syrian regime, but all that changed when he saw a little boy bleeding to death in his father's arms . Source: AFP  

  Jihadi-led rebel fighters in Syria committed a war crime when they killed at least 190 civilians and abducted more than 200 during an offensive against pro-regime villages, an international human rights group said Friday.   The Aug. 4 attacks on...

France Ambassador to Syria has delayed his flight from Gaziantep, Turkey to Paris days ago to pick up a sample of the first high school exams that took place in the rebel-held areas of Aleppo, according to the director of Education office in the local Council of the city....

A French Muslim, fighting alongside armed rebels against the Syrian regime, has carried out a suicide bombing against an army position in Aleppo province, a monitoring group said on Friday, France Press Agency reported. The man killed 10 soldiers in the bombing during a...