Aleppo's Sharia Council also issues a "fatwa" forbidding the killing of anyone accused of blasphemy without referring them to specialists. The Council condemns the killing of a 14-year-old boy for blasphemy after a statement delivered by  of Jabhat al-Nusra said, ''We...

    The activists and civil society in Aleppo have organized a protest   in front of Sharia Council headquarter, demanding justice for a 14-year-old boy, allegedly by al-Qaeda-linked fighters who accused him of blasphemy.. In response to the increasing condemns,...

A total of 24 Ukrainians and four Syrians will be evacuated from Syria to Ukraine on Tuesday, spokesman of the Foreign Ministry Yevhen Perebyinis told a briefing. "In the context of ensuring the evacuation of Ukrainian citizens from Syria, 24 citizens of Ukraine and four Syrians –...

  Nick Griffin , the leader of the British National Party, has waded into controversy about the Syrian crisis by paying a "fact-finding visit" to Damascus as part of a delegation of far-right and nationalist European politicians. Griffin, the MEP for North-west England, used his...

My name is Ahmed, I was fan of Barcelona football team, before my tragic death in Bayda massacre- Syria 2013. Zaman Alwasl joins the campaign ''Tweet for the Syrian Child' Tweet4SyrianChild .   '' Ahmad Othman was a child who loved FC Barcelona and...

    Eyewitnesses confirmed for "Zaman Alwasl that dozens of bodies have been burned with garbage every few days ago nears the military security branch in New Aleppo district. According to the witnesses, the unpleasant smell came from the spread mounds of garbage...

     An explosion targeted the so-called "National Defense Forces (NDF)" Kurdish Militia, near the roundabout (alziara) in-Qamishli yesterday, that left two people killed and 5 wounded according to Zaman Alwasl sources.   The sources said that the...

The   International Criminal Court   could have its hand full if it ever investigates   Syria 's civil war - the alleged killing of hundreds of civilians by government shelling of Homs last year may well constitute a war crime or   crime against humanity . So...

  The German Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle, has warned France and Britain of the consequences of arming the Syrian opposition, and stressed that there were terrorists in Syria that target Israel. In an interview with German newspaper 'Welt am Sonntag' published on Sunday,...

 Austria has announced that it is going to withdraw its contributions to UN forces in the Occupied Golan Heights after Syrian rebels and Assad’s forces battled near a crossing point close to the border with Israel.  The Austrian forces represented around 380 out of the...

The United Nations refugee agency is talking to Germany about resettling up to 10,000 Syrian refugees, UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards said on Tuesday. Edwards said UNHCR was also working with other European governments to find ways to help the 1.6 million Syrians who have fled the country, a...

 Two suicide bombers hit a central Damascus square Tuesday, killing at least 14 people, activists and the state media reported. Activists said one of the explosions took place inside the police station there and that many among the dead were policemen. Syrian state TV quoted a...

The Pentagon totally pinky-swears that this has nothing to do with Syria. It just happens to have sent 5,000 troops to neighboring Jordan to participate in a nine-day air defense, disaster relief and humanitarian assistance exercise, dubbed Eager Lion.   While the Pentagon says this...

Syrian rebels converged Monday on a military airport in Aleppo, where troops massed for a threatened assault, as the United States said it was considering "all possible options" to help the opposition. Buoyed by victory in the strategic town of Qusayr on the border with Lebanon, President...

 a statement apparently from Jabhat al-Nusra about the killing of a 14-year-old boy, who parents say was killed by three armed men after he said he won't offer coffee to customers for money to be paid later: "We Jabhat al Nusra confirm the following: We have nothing to do with the issue...

The president of the National Co-ordination Body for Democratic Change Abroad, Called for an urgent meeting to have unified opposition with one political vision before going to Geneva 2.   Haytham Manna said in a statement for "Zaman Alwasl", It is time to open a new page...

  U.S. President  Barack Obama  will consider a wide range of options on  Syria  during meetings at the White House this week, a State Department spokeswoman said on Monday, expressing concern over a worsening situation in Syria. "A wider range of options...

  According to "Los Angeles Times'' newspaper,  U.S. President Barack Obama are considering resettling refugees fled from Syria, as part of an international effort may receive thousands of Syrians in U.S. cities and towns. An official in the U.S. Secretary of...

  A woman from Aleppo who fled to the Turkish borders has left her infant 8-month-old since month ago in Gaziantep Children Hospital, according to "Zaman Alwasl" reporter in Turkey. The hospital nurses used to bring milk and diapers to 'Sarah Mustafa', waiting her mother's coming....

Fighting is intensifying in northern  Syria , where rebels say President Bashar al-Assad's forces and their Lebanese Hezbollah allies are preparing an offensive after success last week in seizing a strategic town further south. The capture by Assad's forces and Hezbollah of the town...