AMMAN ( The National )  The deadline to resolve a dispute that brought the Free Syrian Army and Jabhat Al Nusra to the brink of war in southern Syria expired on Monday without resolution. Conditions in southern Syria were tense on Monday night but it appeared as though moderate...

Local activists assured to Zaman Alwasl mass acts of robbery and looting for the former rebel-held areas in Homs by Bashar al-Assad forces and its backed militias with participation of many Alawite civilians including women. Many photos have been circulated on social media...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama met with Syrian opposition leader Ahmad Jarba on Tuesday and praised the coalition's role in trying to find a political solution to the crisis in Syria, the White House said in a statement. The meeting came near the end of Jarba's...

WASHINGTON (AP) — France's foreign minister on Tuesday accused the Syrian government of attacking its people with chemical weapons at least 14 times since October, including as recently as a few weeks ago. Speaking to reporters in Washington, Laurent Fabius cited "credible...