(Zaman Al Wasl)- The newly-formed rebel group al-Shamiya Front on Monday pressed slow advances north of Aleppo, killing 20 troops loyal to Bashar al-Assad and taking control of strategic district near the main entrance of the city. Field sources told Zaman...

  (Reuters) - Syria's Western-backed political opposition group, the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, has elected a new presidential committee and a president widely seen as free of links to any of the body's international sponsors. Despite...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- About 40 Syrian army soldiers were killed by Islamist rebels on Sunday in Jobar neighborhood in Damascus, rebel commander said. Mohamed Abu Kamal, press officer of ‘al-Rahman Legion’ told Zaman al-Wasl that the group fighters have...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria's National Coalition has elected Khaled Khoja, its representative in Turkey, as the new president for the opposition group after three days of fevered meetings . Sources say Khoja has good ties with regional countries. He is...