The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has freed Mustafa Abdullah, commander of Sokour al-Islam brigades (Islam's Hawks) in Atimah after six days of detention, special sources told Zaman Alwasl.   The ISIL took control of the town of Atimah on the border with Turkey...

  Syrian authorities will attend talks in January aimed at resolving the civil war but will not succumb to Western demands for President Bashar al-Assad to step aside, a Foreign Ministry source said on Wednesday. It was the first formal response from Damascus to this week's...

Women refugees who escaped Syria's conflict to find sanctuary in neighbouring Lebanon have been sexually harassed by employers, landlords and an employee of a local aid group, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday. The organisation said it interviewed a dozen women who described being...

The UN has said that there has been no confirmation on any invitees for the international conference on Syria, scheduled to begin in Geneva in January. In response to a question at a daily news briefing here, Martin Nesirky, the UN spokesperson, said Tuesday that he could not confirm...