(Zaman Al Wasl)- Osama Abazeid, spokesman for the Syrian armed opposition, told Zaman al-Wasl the ceasefire agreement that had been signed by rebels was not the same one which was discussed in the United Nations Security Council on Saturday. The legal advisor and the representative of...

(Al-Monitor)- In northern Syria, a group of Western volunteers is trying to bring combat medics into the fight against the Islamic State (IS). In September, when northern Syria was still hot enough for sand flies to bite, John Harding sat at a makeshift table of plywood and concrete...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Zaman al-Wasl learnt that civil, revolutionary and military actors in Homs’ besieged northern countryside reached an agreement with the regime in recent days.  The agreement dictates that the regime can repair and restore the international electrical power lines,...

  Syrian rebel groups said on Saturday they would consider a ceasefire deal brokered by Russia and Turkey "null and void" if the Damascus government's forces and their allies continued to violate it. Russia, which supports Bashar al-Assad, has urged the United Nations to give its blessing...