(Writing by George Hadad; Translation by Dani Murad) A confidential document by regime’s ministry of interior showed that the ministry had hidden the confiscated weapons, so it would not be seized by Syrian intelligence services. ...
(Zaman Alwasl)- Syria's opposition National Coalition has appointed Mrs. Hanan al-Balkhi as its envoy to Norway, well-informed source told Zaman Alwasl. Al-Balkhi is a prominent female activist and an active...
(Reporting by Aabed Melhel; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) ALEPPO (Zaman Alwasl)- 25 people were killed when a barrel bomb hit Bostan al-Qasr neighborhood in Aleppo on Monday, destroying 2 buildings. Activists said that that lack of...
Activists and Zaman Alwasl sources said that rebels have taken the full control of Khan Shaykhoun town , northwest Syria , saying that Assad’s forces have used chlorine gas in response. The regime forces have retaliated for...
(Reuters) - U.S. ally Jordan said on Monday it was expelling Syria's ambassador for accusing the kingdom of backing Syrian rebels, prompting Damascus to retaliate by barring Jordan's top diplomat. A Jordanian foreign ministry statement gave Syrian Ambassador Bahjat Suleiman, a...
The West-backed opposition group National Coalition has nominated Mr. Mohamed al-Merwih,36 , as its envoy to Amman in agreement with Jordanian authorities, Zaman Alwasl source said. The move Coincides with expelling Syria’s ambassador to Amman on Monday and the approval for the Syrian...
AMMAN (Zaman Alwasl)-Coinciding with expelling Syria’s ambassador to Amman, Jordan’s king Abdullah II gave approval Monday for the Syrian opposition to open a formal mission in the kingdom, a well-informed source told Zaman Alwasl....
AMMAN- (AP)-Jordan on Monday expelled the Syrian ambassador and ordered him to leave Amman within 24 hours, accusing him of making "offensive" statements about the kingdom. The development was unexpected, since Jordan had kept a Syrian ambassador ever since the conflict...
A British jihadist has been filmed training foreign fighters in Syria, the Sunday Times reported, describing the fighters as “ninjas” as they are seen fully dressed in black in a video uploaded to YouTube. In the clip, the Briton, aged 23 according to the newspaper, said: “There is...
Agence France Presse, Tehran- Iran said Sunday that Syrian opposition chief Ahmad Jarba was the "most inappropriate person" to lead the war-torn country and confirmed it would send observers to next month's presidential election. Jarba, president of the Syrian National Coalition,...
BEIRUT (AP) — The main al-Qaida affiliate in Syria has claimed responsibility for the two latest car bombings in a pro-government neighborhood of the central city of Homs that killed at least 10 people. The Nusra Front made the claim in a statement posted Monday on its Twitter...
DAMASCUS (Zaman Alwasl)- Local sources from the embattled Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, southern Damascus, said vigorous efforts had been made by Syrian regime to reach a cease-fire agreement after number of failed truces last months. The...
BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah warned Sunday that hard-line foreign fighters in Syria posed a global threat as they trickled home, accusing European countries of facilitating their joining the rebellion against President Bashar Assad. Sheik Hassan...
Syria's Al-Qaeda branch staged four suicide bomb attacks on army positions Sunday, leaving dozens of casualties, in a bid to cut off Idlib province from the coast, a monitoring group said. The attacks came a day after the Al-Nusra Front announced the creation of an arms factory....
BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 13 people were killed when a car bomb exploded on a busy roundabout in the central Syrian city of Homs on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said. Another 40 people were wounded in the explosion in the mainly Alawite...
Translation by Yusra Ahmed Mulham Akidi, a field leader in Mujahedeen Army and a member of the operation room of “Ahel Alsham” confirmed to Zaman Alwasl the arrival of heavy support to many battalions near Aleppo central prison and Sheikh Najjar front....
Translation by Yusra Ahmed In a statement Zaman Alwasl exclusively obtained, a rebel leader in the joint room for Ahel Alsham, has requested forming a Shariah Court to investigate with the battalions within the room because of their big mistakes,...
Translation by Dani Murad After long months of negotiations, a swap operation has been conducted to free a number of regime’s soldiers who were held prisoners with Ghutta's rebels in exchange for a family of four, a father (Mohammad Murjan, a mother...
(Reuters) - Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan told a cheering arena of 16,000 diaspora supporters in Germany on Saturday to integrate but not assimilate and slammed German criticism of his response to a mining tragedy, in a defiant hour-long speech. Earlier in Cologne some 45,000...
DAMASCUS (Zaman Alwasl)- Local sources from the embattled neighborhood of al-Esali near Damascus said vigorous efforts had been made by Syrian regime to reach a cease-fire agreement amid objections by regimes backed militias. The cease-fire...
