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BEIRUT (AP) — Islamic militants using weapons they recently seized in neighboring Iraq intensified an offensive against Kurdish areas in northern Syria as they fight to expand the territory under their control, activists said Thursday. The clashes came as a Syrian watchdog...
(Zaman Alwasl)- A day after withdrawal from Aleppo's Sharia Authority, Al Nusra Front is preparing to leave its checkpoints and barracks in Aleppo city, rebel source says. NF, al-Qaeda group in Syria, has called for an urgent meeting on Thursday with...
(Zaman Alwasl)- Commander of Soqour al-Sham brigade, in statement posted online, called on rebels loyal to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in Idlib to surrender and to deliver their weapons in a maximum period of 12 hours. Abu Issa...
(Zaman Alwasl)- Islam Army commander in statement circulated online said his fighters had expelled the Islamic State’s militants from Misraba in Eastern Ghouta on Wednesday. Zahran Allosh, commander of Islamic Front’s main unit, said hundreds...
Damascus, July 9 (IANS) As many as 20 fighters from the Islamic State (IS), formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria, were killed Wednesday morning in Syrian airstrikes on the northern city of al-Raqqa, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Veteran Italian-Swedish diplomat Staffan de Mistura has been chosen by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to replace Lakhdar Brahimi as the international point man on Syria, U.N. diplomats said Wednesday. The diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity ahead of...
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian armed forces have taken strategic ground around Aleppo this week, residents and state media said on Wednesday, squeezing the main rebel supply line into the city after months of battlefield gains by Damascus. The government advance, after close to...
Hundreds of tonnes of chemicals “likely” to have been used by Syria to make the deadly nerve gas sarin were exported by British firms in the 1980s, Foreign Secretary William Hague said Wednesday. Hague said the chemicals, which can be used legitimately for making plastics and...
(AP)- Before she began working as a hairdresser, poverty forced Syrian Umm Mahmoud to seek donations for food and rent money to survive as a refugee in Lebanon. Often men suggested she have sex with them to show her gratitude, the 32-year-old said. Her experiences echo among Syrian...
(Reuters) - Only four percent of Syria ns believe Islamic State insurgents, who have captured large swathes of Syria and Iraq, represent their interests, according to research conducted by a British polling group published on Wednesday. The survey, conducted by Opinion...
At least 14 people, among them women, were killed by Syrian rebels in the village of Khatab in central Hama province overnight, state media and an NGO said Wednesday. Syrian state television said rebels carried out a...
(Zaman Alwasl)- Opposition activists say Daoud brigade fighters have evacuated their stronghold in Sarmeen in Idlib to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in Raqa province as ISIS declared an Islamic caliphate, days ago. In January, Daoud brigade pledged...
Al-Nusra Front, al-Qaeda group in Syria, has withdrawn from Aleppo's Sharia Authority over lack of concord with main rebel alliance in the northern Province , according to statement issued Tuesday. Activists warnof further rifts between rebels...
(By Ma’moon Abu Mohamed; Translation by Dani Murad) Since the infamous pictures of pro-regime women stealing blankets and furniture from old neighborhoods in Homs, and some political figures affiliated with the coalition have been trying with all...
(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) (Zaman Alwasl)-A source from inside the Democratic Bloc in the National Coalition, that Ahmad Jarba belongs to, described the bloc position as “critical” and things have become quite “chaotic” The source who...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says the destruction of Syrian chemical weapons on board the U.S. cargo vessel MV Cape Ray began Monday. Army Col. Steve Warren says it will take about 60 days, depending on the weather and sea conditions, to destroy the approximately 600 metric...
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A top European Union official appealed to the EU's 28 member states on Monday to step up their efforts to resettle Syrian refugees, saying Europe must offer a legal alternative to migrants who risk their life to reach the continent by sea. EU Home Affairs...
Rebels on Monday seized control of strategic stronghold for Regime forces near Aleppo’s central prison, source told Zaman Alwasl. By controlling the battalion of 'Regime Keeping', rebels can halt the advances of regime troops, source said....
(Reporting by George Hadad; Translation by Dani Murad) An intelligence source close to the rebels has informed Zaman Alwasl that the Lebanese authorities arrested on 27/8/2014, an intelligence cell of 4 Syrians affiliated with the Syrian...
