Syrian citizens, being away from their native land, in Turkey welcomed  Ramadan  with a heavy heart. Syrians, wishing peace settlement in their country, were praying to return to  Syria. "We pray for ending the pain and tear in holy  Ramadan  month" said one...

Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet  Davutoglu  received the newly elected interim Prime Minister of the Syrian National Coalition Ahmad Assi Jarba in Turkish capital Ankara on Tuesday. Davutoglu  came together with Jarba at the ministry's residence where...

Tony Blair has criticised the "inaction" of governments that have failed to intervene in the conflict in Syria as he called for a no-fly zone in the region and said Britain should consider arming the rebels in the country. Mr Blair, the former Prime Minister, said that the...

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed on Monday for forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and rebel fighters in  Syria to put down their weapons during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. In a statement, Ban said Ramadan is one of the four months on the Islamic...

Congressional committees are holding up a plan to send U.S. weapons to rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad because of fears that such deliveries will not be decisive and the arms might end up in the hands of Islamist militants, five U.S. national security sources said....

  Syrian troops fought with rebels in Homs on Monday in a battle seen as crucial to the government's attempts to drive a wedge between opposition-held areas and establish links between the capital and President Bashar al-Assad's coastal strongholds. Assad's forces have been on the...

Two suicide bombers in pro-Assad neighborhoods in Homs,  killing 10 people and dozens wounded. Nuzha and ekremah suburbs which dominantly by Alawites are considered as strongholds for 'Shabiha' Militia. Activists said that Jabhat al-Nusrah declared the...

Syria's rebel prime minister Ghassan Hitto announced his resignation on Monday, nearly four months after his appointment and having failed to form a government, AFP reported "I announce I will not continue in my capacity as prime minister tasked with leading the interim government,...

    A new regional leadership of al-Baath Arab Socialist Party was selected on Monday during a plenary meeting of the Party's central committee. 'Syrian Arab News Agency reported on Monday . This appointing of new regional command discord with the...

Egypt's foreign ministry spokesperson announced on Sunday that Egypt and Syria have agreed to keep relations between the two countries on a consulate level, state news agency MENA reported according to Ahram Newspaper. This does not mean restoring full diplomatic relations...

Egyptian officials denied entry to Syrian nationals arriving in Cairo International Airport on Monday, Egypt Independent reported. New Egyptian regulations require visas and security clearances for Syrian nationals. Ninety-five passengers on a Syrian Airlines flight...

  National Coalition has elected the political commission which supposed to participate the new president, the decisions he will take, it consisted of:    Ahmed Jarba, and his deputies Mohamed Farouk Tayfur, Suheir Atassi, Salem al-Muslet, the Secretary-General Badr...

The new president of the opposition Syrian National Coalition said on Sunday he expected advanced weapons supplied by  Saudi Arabia  to reach rebel fighters soon and change their military situation, which he described as weak. Ahmad Jarba, who has close links to ...

The Syrian opposition has offered Assad's forces a truce for the duration of the holy month of Ramadan to stop fighting in the besieged city of Homs, Reuters reports citing Syrian National Coalition chief Ahmad Jarba. In his first interview to the news agency since the vote, Jabra also said...

  The United States faces "a 10-year issue" in Syria as it weighs how deeply it wants to get involved the country's civil war, the top U.S. military officer    warned in an interview that aired Sunday on CNN. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey told CNN's State of the Union that...

       'The Independent Decision' Bloc is the newest opposition rally founded by 30 members of the Syrian National Coalition. Zaman Alwasl Arabic has exclusively published the founding statement. The new bloc comes day after the election of new...

  Former Coalition president in a message obtained by Zaman Alwasl had accused some members in the coalition by corruption and irresponsibility. Mouaz al-Khatib addressed his colleagues in statement saying that Syrian people very sad and depressed according to the bitter...

Shells smashed into a central prison in the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo, killing some prisoners, a rights group said Sunday, part of a long battle for control of the ancient city. The explosions killed six prisoners, said the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which...

“He is not going to fall. The entire world is on his side. Even God is on his side! I pray every day for the souls of martyrs and I read the Quran every morning, but something is wrong with my heart.” The woman is a mother of three kids and migrated with her family to Istanbul from...

Two members of a German aid group who went missing in Syria are alive and well, and on their way home, the Foreign Ministry has announced. The fate of a missing third person is unknown. The Grünhelme (Green Helmets) aid organization said last weekend that three of its members were missing...