As Western countries display increasing alarm at the strength of multinational Islamist extremists among rebels in Syria opposed to President Bashar al-Assad, a Syrian official was quoted on Wednesday as saying Western intelligence agencies had sent representatives to Damascus...

An expert in Turkish affairs said to Zaman Alwasl that Gul’s speech had driven out of context by media outlets, especially by Assad's loyal media. Analyst Abdul Qader Abdully said that President Gül did not mention any changes in Turkish policy regarding the Syrian people in...

Syrian rebels have made a progress in the industrial zone of Sheikh Najjar near Aleppo city against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Zaman Alwasl reporter said. Since a fortnight, the Syrian Revolutionaries Front and the nascent Mujahedeen Army, the...

Donors meeting in Kuwait have pledged nearly $2.4bn in humanitarian aid for victims of the Syrian war, which the UN chief says has left half the population in need of urgent help. Millions of Syrians have been driven from their homes as a result of the crisis, now in its...