Translation by Dani Murad (Zaman Alwasl)- One of the tactics used by Bashar al-Assad against the Syrian revolution is to increase estrangement between the Syrian people using purely sectarian motives, by deepening the feeling of “them” and “us”, a reminder of the destruction of the...

Damascus (IANS) Syrian government Tuesday welcomed global cooperation in its fight against terrorism. Hailing the international support, deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad stressed his country's resolve to cooperate with any country battling terrorism "except those who pretend...

The jihadist Islamic State has more than 50,000 fighters in Syria and recruited 6,000 last month alone, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday. The group, which relies on activists, doctors and lawyers on the ground in Syria for its reporting, said...

Damascus, (IANS) At least five people were killed and 18 wounded Tuesday in a renewed mortar shelling against a central Syrian town, state media reported. The victims were killed and injured when the rebels fired mortar shells against Qamhaneh town in the northern countryside...

(Reuters) - Islamic State insurgents who control territory in   Iraq and   Syria   released a video on Tuesday purportedly showing the beheading of U.S. journalist James Foley, who had gone missing in Syria nearly two years ago. The video, titled "A Message To...

  (Zaman Alwasl)- Rebels have intensified shelling on Alawite villages in Hama province, pressing slow advances in the northern countryside and sparking fears of Bashar ’al-Assad loyalists. Normal 0 false...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Warnings from an international research group and the Federal Aviation Administration underscore the rising threat to commercial aircraft posed by hundreds of anti-aircraft weapons that are now in the arsenals of armed groups in Syria and could easily be diverted to...

( Reuters)- Fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah have killed a top militant from the Islamic State group in Syria who allegedly planned bloody attacks in Lebanon, according to a monitoring group on Tuesday . The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said...

BEIRUT: More than 6,000 new fighters joined Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Syria last month in the militant group's fastest expansion to date, a body monitoring the war said Tuesday. ISIS, previously estimated to number some 15,000, has seized control of large areas...

(Reuters) - A specially equipped U.S. ship has finished neutralizing all 600 metric tons of the most dangerous of Syria's chemical weapons components surrendered to the international community this year to avert threatened air strikes, the Pentagon said on Monday. It said the...

n">(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has barred all American airlines from flying over Syria , saying the ongoing conflict poses a "serious potential threat." The FAA had previously warned American carriers to avoid flying over Syria . The new rule...

(Reporting by Lama Shammas; Translation by Dani Murad) “Syrians have not shown gratitude and respect toward the Turkish’s hospitality”, is a sentence that began to spread among Turks in the city of Istanbul, after it was considered the “reality” by...

(Zaman Alwasl)- At least 16 Syrian army troops have been killed in Morek town in the northern countryside of Hama province, field activists said. Activists said 16 soldiers form Republican Guards, regime’s elite forces, were killed as fierce clashes...

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has established an “Islamic curriculum” for students living in the Syrian northern city of Raqqa and banned the study of philosophy and chemistry, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported Friday. The militants called on...

(Reuters) - Syrian government forces struck Islamic State positions in and around the eastern Syrian city of Raqqa, residents said on Monday, part of a growing campaign against hardline militants who control a third of the country. Raqqa is a major stronghold of the Islamic...

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SWEIDA (Zaman Alwasl) - Syrian regime refused to arm Druze sect in their southern province over recent skirmishes with al-Qaeda group and Bedouin, saying 'civilians’ arming is disaster', Zaman Al Wasl source quoted Druze cleric as saying. Last...

  (Zaman Alwasl)- Radical Islamic State group on Sunday have beheaded top Syrian army defectors in al-Tabqa near Raqqa. General Mahmoud Shlash, 55, former head of Southern region in Syrian Army were beheaded by IS fighters, activists said....

Reporting by Abdullah Raja   (Zaman Alwasl)- Syrians abroad face a travel ban to Jakarta imposed by Syrian intelligence as the Indonesians embassies require an approval from regime authorities in Damascus. Indonesian diplomatic...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad hammered the eastern Syrian city of Raqqa with more than two dozen air strikes on Sunday, targeting areas controlled by the Islamic State militant group, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human...