WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence agencies underestimated Islamic State activity inside Syria, which has become "ground zero" for jihadists worldwide, President Barack Obama said in a CBS television interview broadcast on Sunday. Conversely, the United...

Damascus, Sep 28 (IANS) As many as 1,500 Kurdish fighters joined their fellow Kurds in Syria's Kobani city to fight the Islamic State (IS) radical group, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Sunday. The 1,500 Kurdish fighters have streamed from Turkey through the borders...

Reporting by Sarah Abdul Hai; Writing by Dani Murad (Zaman Al Wasl)- It has become clear that the new international shifts relating to the elimination of the "Islamic state" are bringing a major change on the Syrian scene, both military and...

NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of miles from his ravaged homeland in the comfort and security of midtown Manhattan, Raed Saleh chokes up as he recalls some of the horrors he has witnessed as a rescue worker in northern Syria. He feels angry, cheated and most of all, deeply sad for his...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- As 345 Syrians migrants have been rescued on Thursday by a cruise ship near Cyprus, activists say the refugees who fled Syria are facing miserable arrest conditions by Cypriot army, appealing to the key opposition group to intervene....

AMMAN (Reuters) - The al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front on Saturday denounced U.S.-led air strikes on Syria, saying they amounted to a war against Islam and vowing to retaliate against Western and Arab countries that took part. "We are in a long war. This war will not...

(Reuters) - Wars in Syria and Iraq, and instability in other hotspots are driving ever more people to seek asylum in wealthy nations, with requests on track to hit a 20-year high in 2014, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday. Some 330,700 people sought...

Reporting by Sarah Abdul Hai; Writing by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- The former head of the Military Council in Sweida city south Syria, talked to Zaman al-Wasl about the recent situation of Syrian revolution, especially after the international...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime has released 8 detainees, 3 women and 5 men, in swap deal with rebels near Damascus, a monitoring group said on Saturday. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said that regime freed 8 civilians in  prisoner exchange...

Writing to Zaman English by Dani Murad (Zaman Al Wasl)- Partition and tension have risen in Lebanon to unprecedented levels recently, as the repercussions of what happened in the town of Arsal have increased people’s agitation more . And...

(Reuters) - Turkish troops could be used to help set up a secure zone in Syria , if there was an international agreement to establish such a haven for refugees fleeing Islamic State fighters, President Tayyip Erdogan said in comments published on Saturday. Turkey has so...

(Reuters) - New U.S.-led air strikes against Islamic State fighters failed to stop them from pressing their assault on a strategic Syrian town near the Turkish border on Saturday, hitting it with shell fire for the first time. The U.S. Central Command said the air strikes...

BEIRUT: Social Affairs Minister Rashid Derbas Saturday further lobbied for his proposal to establish refugee camps for Syrians, saying Kuwait was ready to fund the camps that would better organize the overwhelming presence of refugees in the country. “The proposal I made to...

Writing to Zaman English by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Alwasl- Special)- Information reported to Zaman al-Wasl revealed that Syrian Regime has distributed thousands of of Syrian passports' numbers via the Interpol, claiming to be stolen from the Immigration...

Reporting by Faris Al Rifai; Editing by Dani Murad) (Zaman Al Wasl)- During a search for suspected fighters accused of last month's deadly clashes in the town, which led to the death of at least 3 Lebanese soldiers, and in their intensified efforts to...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that a "no-fly zone" should be created in Syria to protect part of it from attacks by Syria's air force. In his comments to reporters on his return from the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Erdogan did not...

A senior Islamic State group jihadist was killed on Friday in an air strike in eastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. "A coalition warplane fired on a motorbike with two men on it after it left a headquarters" of IS west of Deir Ezzor city in the province...

BEIRUT (AP) — American warplanes and drones hit Islamic State group tanks, Humvees, checkpoints and bunkers in airstrikes Friday targeting the extremists in Syria and Iraq, as the U.S.-led coalition expanded to include Britain, Denmark and Belgium. The European countries committed...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Western-backed opposition force of around 12,000 to 15,000 will be needed to retake areas of eastern Syria controlled by Islamic State militants, the top U.S military officer said on Friday, as the Pentagon outlined the first steps in a U.S.-led...

Russia believes US-led air strikes against jihadists in Syria should be carried out in coordination with Syrian authorities and in accordance with international law, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday. Lavrov was speaking after the United States this week extended an air...