Unknown armed group kidnapped rebel commander in Manbij north Syria, local sources revealed to Zaman Alwasl. The missing of sheikh Mohamed al-Kanj, leader of Ashab al-Yamin brigade came after an argument between Kanj and the Emire of al-Qaeda affiliated group, State of...

A  video   message purporting to show a Russian man abducted in  Syria  set a deadline of five days for the release of a detained Saudi national in exchange for the Russian's freedom, Reuters reported. The footage posted on YouTube showed a bearded man...

Syrian forces seized a suburb of Damascus on Thursday from rebels fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad in a push that has shored up government control of the capital's outskirts, state television reported. Assad's forces, backed by Shi'ite fighters from Lebanon,  Iraq...

  Syria's opposition National Coalition is to meet November 9 to decide on the divisive issue of whether to take part in peace talks in Geneva, a Coalition member said Thursday. "We have decided to put off the (Coalition's) General Assembly and political committee...