Emir of The Islamic State of Iraq an al-Sham, al-Qaeda affiliate group, declared opening a new Shariah court and Police station on Thursday in 'the new Islamic Emirate', Azaz, according to his twitter account . The Sate new ...
Russian President praises Syrian cooperation with chemical weapon removal, proposes other countries' participation Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Syria was "very actively" cooperating with international chemical weapons inspectors and suggested Indonesia join...
The cultural heritage of the entire nation of Syria is on the World Monuments Fund's 2014 watch list. The group said Tuesday the landmarks it chooses are threatened by neglect, overdevelopment, or social, political and economic change. It listed 67 sites in 41 countries and territories....
The balance shifted toward Islamists because we didn't support the rebels enough. And now, the U.S. is even less willing to support the rebels. The announcement of a new Islamist "alliance " in Syria—bringing together the largest and most influential rebel factions—is...
Translation by Yusra Ahmed - Zaman Alwasl has obtained a draft resolution to re-establish the opposition group, Syrian National Council, that will be discussed in upcoming SNC meeting 11th October. The draft proposal identifies the council which consists of 15 Syrian...
Many Syrian refugees in Mersin, the Turkish city, accused the “Syrian Social Gathering" of corruption and demanding support and aid on their behalf, while they have not received any thing from the gathering so far. Moreover, the school of the opposition...
Syrian rebels have announced the start of “Earthquake Battle” to control Wadi al-Daif camp and surroundings in the countryside of Idlib. Field sources reported to Zaman Alwasl that Battle started yesterday late afternoon and 22 military bodies have participated in it....
The walls of the embattled Aleppo have become a place for freedom of expression through the expressive drawings and paintings, in addition to being a place to commemorate the martyrs . Rebel council in liberated areas of Aleppo has launched new initiative to naming...
The U.N. secretary-general recommended Monday that approximately 100 people from the United Nations and the world's chemical weapons watchdog agency be part of an unprecedented and dangerous joint mission to eliminate Syria's poison gas stockpile. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in...
The head of the Syrian National Coalition Monday listed conditions that need to be “guaranteed” in order for the main opposition group to participate in the proposed Geneva II conference aimed at solving the 30-month Syrian conflict. “We do not reject participation in Geneva II but we...
A top British official warned Sunday of the growing number of Brits going to Somalia and Syria for jihadi training, only to bring that dangerous knowledge back to their homeland, the Telegraph reported . “What we have seen for some time now, is that...
The United Nations is reportedly predicting a potential massive increase in Syrian refugees in the coming year should fighting between the government and rebels continue, increasing the number of those who have fled their homes by up to four million. Since it began in 2011, the crisis in...
Ahrar al-Sham movement in a brief statement said it downed a fighter jet belongs to the Assad air force in Daraa province. The Russian-made Mig-16 was hit by rebels' anti-aircraft. Days ago Free Syrian Army has downed a developed drone in step makes form the...
Rebels of the embattled city of Homs threatened to retaliate on The Pro-Assad suburbs as the siege enters the month sixteen. The crisis management Committee, rebel group, in Homs declared in a statement its intention to attack the suburbs of Assad supporters...
Syria won foreign praise on Monday for starting to destroy its chemical arsenal, although an opposition activist said the world was merely giving President Bashar al-Assad time to kill more people with conventional weapons. An official from the international mission overseeing the...
Syria Untold is a new online storytelling project dedicated to the non-violent Syrian uprising. Project participants, both in and outside of Syria, are working to collect, curate and provide context for content related to civil disobedience, nonviolent movements, and creative...
Bashar al-Assad forces captured again a strategic road from rebels between Hama province and Aleppo near the town of Khanaser in step to deliver its supplies and ammunition, field sources reported to Zaman Alwasl. The vital town has witnessed fierce clashes between rebels and Assad...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that the United States and Russia are "very pleased" with the progress made so far in destroying Syria's chemical weapons stocks. Kerry, speaking at a press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, said Syrian President...
An Al-Qaeda front group said it carried out an attack on security forces in Iraq's usually-quiet autonomous Kurdish region, in a statement posted on the Honein jihadist forum on Sunday. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant said the September 29 attack was in response to Kurdish...
Syrian State-run media has committed a new moral crime by abusing a 13-year-old child who confess working as a serial killer with more than 30 people half of them were regime army soldiers. The child interview came after 3 weeks since broadcasting Rawan Kaddah interview ,...
