Beirut (AFP) - The jihadist Islamic State group took control of the rebel-held half of the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor on Monday, buoyed by advances in neighbouring Iraq, a monitoring goup said. Rival rebel groups fighting forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad either gave...

(Reuters) - Seven fighters from the Lebanese group Hezbollah were killed in fighting with Sunni Islamist insurgents in a mountainous area on the Syria-Lebanon border in which at least 16 rebels were also killed, a monitoring group reported on Monday. The Syrian Observatory...

(AFP)- A rocket fired from Syria hit the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan Heights on Sunday, falling on open ground and causing no casualties, an army spokeswoman told AFP. "The assumption is that it was not a stray," she said. And early on Monday the army said that...

BEIRUT (AP) — Heavy fighting broke out Sunday between an extremist group and Kurdish gunmen in northern Syria, activists said, adding that jihadis have captured a dozen fighters. Kurdish fighters and jihadis have been fighting each other since last year and clashes between the...

(AFP)- A Syrian rebel commander was shot dead in Amman in an apparent revenge killing by family members, Jordanian police said Sunday as the opposition blamed the Damascus regime for his death. Maher Rahhal, who headed the Liwa al-Mujahideen Brigade, one of the groups fighting...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Stories of Martyrs died under torture continue in Syria after more than three years of century’s disaster, most of them were not handed to their parents to bury them in dignity. Moreover, many painful stories are told about...

 (Zaman Alwasl- Special)- An opposition figure accused the newly-elected National Coalition president and the former head of corruption and conspiracy against Syrian revolution, according to an official letter obtained by Zaman Alwasl....

(Reporting by Hussein Al Shishakli; translation by Yusra Ahmed) Riyadh al-Hasan, a member of the National Coalition has suggested on the legal committee in the Coalition to write a statement to be forwarded to the Arab League via an Arabic country or...

    Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Alwasl-Istanbul)- It has been reported to Zaman Alwasl that Nasr al-Hariri, the General Secretary for the Coalition has surprisingly and suddenly called for the General Authority’s meeting at its 15th...

(Reporting by Faris al-Rifai; Translation by Dani Murad) Syrian regime militias, more commonly known as ‘Shabiha’ portray the structure and goals of the Assad regime to accumulate personal wealth and ensure its own survival at all costs, surfacing...

(By Violations Documentation Center- Jasem Al Hamwi)- “Several months ago, we documented the murder of two young girls from Qudsaya, Damascus Suburbs; their parents killed them because Syrian regime forces had raped them,” said Ameer, a member of...

  The roadblocks and sandbags are back, cafes and hotels are nearly empty and many of the tourists are gone. Anxiety is gripping Lebanon following a spate of suicide bombings, and an ongoing security sweep targeting militants - some of them who...

Damascus, July 12 (IANS) The Syrian army has advanced into a key Damascus suburb, completely surrounding all militants in the area, a military official said Saturday. The eastern town of Mleiha in the countryside of the capital Damascus has been captured by the Syrian troops,...

(Zaman Alwasl)- A Syrian rebel commander was killed in Amman when unknown group opened fire on him in Abu Nuseir neighborhood on Friday, activists and pro-opposition websites reported. Maher Rahal was a field commander of al Mujahideen brigade in...

 (Al Arabiya News)- Syrian rescue workers have pulled out, on Friday, a two month-old infant from beneath the rubble of a building in the battle-scarred city of Aleppo, Syria. The rescue workers, who call themselves the Aleppo Civil Defense,...

(Reporting by Ma’moon Abu Mohamed; Translation by Dani Murad) In a war that grew out of pro-democracy protests in the summer of 2011, Forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad have used sieges as a war tactic to root out rebel forces from residential areas,...

(Zaman Alwasl)- Opposition activists warn of further rifts between rebels ranks in the northern province of Aleppo as regime troops have been making rapid advances since last week. Aleppo’s activists have organized a campaign to mobilize efforts and...

(Zaman Alwasl)-   Islam Army commander in statement circulated online said his fighters had expelled the Islamic State’s militants from Misraba in Eastern Ghouta. Zahran Allosh, commander of Islamic Front’s main unit, said hundreds of radical group fled their...

    (Reporting by Abdullah Raja)   (Zaman Alwasl) – Syrian opposition’s new leader will visit Saudi Arabia next week combined with Free Syria Army leader, well-informed source says. Hadi al-Bahra, the new elected...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Tension prevailed Yarmouk Camp yesterday when a group of young men wanted to sort out their legal situation with Syrian regime, Nusra front did not like that act and shot at people resulted in one injury at least....