More than two years into Syria's civil war, President Bashar al-Assad is settling his bills for Russian arms orders through the Russian banking system to try to shore up ties with his most powerful ally, according to a Russian arms industry source. The payments, which have increased in...

  Prime Minister David Cameron's government on Thursday accused the Labour party of "giving succour" to   Syria n President Bashar al-Assad, after the opposition party made clear it would not support an imminent military strike against   Syria . In a move that...

As the world argues over how to prevent more civilian deaths in  Syria , UNESCO warned on Thursday that a rich cultural heritage was being devastated by the conflict now in its third year. Clashes have damaged historical sites and buildings throughout the country, from Aleppo's...

 Assad's forces have removed several Scud missiles and dozens of launchers from a base north of Damascus, possibly to protect the weapons from a Western attack, opposition sources said on Thursday. The move from the position in the foothills of the Qalamoun mountains, one of Syria's...

 While the alleged US strike is getting close, the Assad regime is looking for an escape for its soldiers, the suitable shelter is schools and Universities according to reports by activists and eye-witnesses. Previous reports reported that Assad had evacuated the...

Russia will send two ships to the east Mediterranean to strengthen its naval presence because of the “well-known situation” there, Interfax news agency said on Thursday referring to the Syria crisis. The agency quoted a source in the armed forces’ general staff as saying an anti-submarine...

French President Francois Hollande said “everything must be done to seek a political solution” to end the Syrian crisis after meeting with the Syrian opposition chief, Ahmed al-Jarba, who earlier championed military action against regime of President Bashar al-Assad, in Paris on Thursday....

Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013: [Time in GMT]  5-6 p.m. White House: Obama to authorize military attack on Syria even without Congressional approval   4-5 p.m. Canada won't join in military strike on Syria: PM Five permanent UNSC members to meet on Syria again at...

Military source in the Joint chiefs of free army staff revealed that Washington had impeded the entry of Atropine material and other anti-chemical gases to Syria, before the use of chemical weapons last week in al-Ghouta near Damascus by Assad forces. The source disclosed that...

Opposition National Coalition stated on its official website  that Syrian regime is planning to hit Christian areas with chemical weapon in near future and before the anticipated military strike that US and West countries are planning to. This statement has been obtained...

Former Damascus U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford said The American military strike will not topple Bashar al-Assad but will be a disciplinary strike what make him more stubborn, Opposition  dissident  told Zaman Alwasl.  The decision of a military strike was...

  Sadness and grieve prevail Wadi Al-Nasara area, north west Syria with mosaic textile of charming Christian village. In general people there support Syrian regime and regular army in its war against radical Jihadists, as they see it.   Photos of "martyrs " who were...

Medical sources reported that 13 civilians were killed on Wednesday, most of them from "Gharibi" family following the missile bombing of the Ariha city.  The sources pointed out that the shelling of the city accelerated after sudden withdrawal of the regime forces after the...

"The Syrian regime must not hope to be able to continue this warfare that violates international law, an international reaction is inevitable” the Merkel and Cameron agreed. Steve Zaybert, the German government spokesman said on Wednesday that the leaders of Germany and Britain...

President Obama warned Wednesday that a potential U.S. military strike on Syria’s ruling regime in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack on its own people would send “a pretty strong signal that they better not do it again.” In  an interview with PBS’s “NewsHour”  at the White...

The  NATO  Secretary-General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, says that information points to President Assad’s forces being responsible for the use of chemical weapons in Syria, according to Euronews. He was speaking after a meeting of  NATO  ambassadors in Brussels to discuss...

Barack Obama is unlikely to have much trouble mustering a  Nato coalition of the willing if Washington opts for military intervention in  Syria in response to the  alleged chemical weapons atrocities by the Assad regime . There is, however, no prospect of a UN mandate for...

Israeli youth in the Bnei Akiva program pray for an end to the killing of innocent Syrian civilians. A group of youth involved in the religious-Zionist Bnei Akiva program have started organized prayers on behalf of Syrian civilians who are at risk due to the ongoing civil  war in...

 Turkey may open its strategic İncirlik air base for possible military operations into neighboring Syria, if the Western defense alliance NATO decides for an intervention in the ongoing civil war, a ranking Turkish official told the Hürriyet Daily News on Aug. 26.  ...

  Kurdish National Council and Syrian opposition National Coalition concluded an initial agreement that included recognition of the identity of the Kurdish people to consider their issue as an essential part of the overall national issue in unified Syria. The agreement also...