Not long after the uprising in Syria turned bloody, late in the spring of 2011, the Pentagon and the National Security Agency developed a battle plan that featured a sophisticated cyberattack on the Syrian military and President Bashar al-Assad’s command structure. The...

Almost three years into Syria’s civil war, civilians are still being targeted by all sides, and aid efforts continue to be prevented and undermined. This was the assessment delivered today by UN Deputy Humanitarian Chief,  Ms. Kyung-wha Kang  in a statement to the UN General...

Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah warned on Wednesday it will respond to Israel’s Monday night air strike. "We will retaliate for this Israeli aggression, and the resistance will choose the appropriate time and place as well as appropriate means to respond,” the militant Shiite group...

Scores of Islamist fighters were killed in an army ambush in the Eastern Ghouta area of the capital Damascus, Syria's national news agency SANA said on Wednesday. Lebanon's Al Manar television said the attack occurred near the town of Otaiba and that the death toll may have been higher...

A coalition of international diplomats and bankers will meet over a political and humanitarian crisis looming in Lebanon as it struggles with spillover from the war in neighboring Syria, a senior U.S. official said, according to the Associated Press. French Foreign Minister Laurent...

The State of Iraq and al-Sham commander in Homs has been killed on Tuesday; both Assad’s forces and rebel fighters claimed his killing. “During clashes which took place between two militant groups in al-Rastan town in Homs province Abu al-Qaqa al-Tunisi was killed,” a...

Turkey's foreign minister said Syria's worsening war now posed a danger to all countries because President Bashar al-Assad's government had been allowed to continue its "crimes" while jihadists from around the world flooded in to fight him. Ahmet Davutoglu told Reuters a robust...

Five thousand kilometers took a young Palestinian man to reach Syria to provide aid. “Maher Hayatla” with other volunteers in a long risky “marathon trip" travelled through many European countries, and their destination was Syria. The trip was part of a...

Syrians are about to replace Afghans as the world's largest refugee population, fleeing a conflict where barrel bombs leave bodies in pieces and a generation of children are physically and emotionally scarred, top U.N. officials said on Tuesday. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told...

The head of al Qaeda's Syrian arm has given rival Islamist militants five days to accept mediation to end their infighting or face a war which will "eradicate" them, according to an audio recording posted on Tuesday. Abu Mohammed al-Golani, leader of the Nusra Front, called on the...

Political Committee Secretary of the National Coalition has asked the key opposition members to vote yes or no over the nomination of Haitham al-Maleh as Syria’s envoy to the Arab League. Mr. Hadi al-Bahra, in a message sent Friday to NC’s members and seen by Zaman Alwasl,...

Life of many doctors in Syria have changed dramatically, especially those who lived or worked in hot areas. We all remember Dr. Mohammed Almohammed, the dentist from Baba-Amr who run the field hospital during the conflict and siege of Baba-Amr in 2012. Dr. Karam,...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday Israel was doing all that was "necessary" to ensure its security, following reports of an air raid against Hezbollah targets on the Syrian-Lebanese border. "We are doing everything that is necessary in order to defend the security of...

With very simple equipment, a group of Syrian activist from Hama city is trying to protect their people through mentoring jet fighters' movements. Hiding near a very important military airport near Hama , an activist warns his group each time he sees or hears through a...

Iraqi Shiite activists, loyal to Bashar al-Assad, have mourned top commander of Thu al-Faqqar militia who was killed in Syria recently. Haidar Jebouri, dubbed “Abu Shahd” reportedly has been killed in Daraa province by Syrian rebels, activists of the embattled city of Daraa...

Key Islamist groups in Aleppo have formed joint command room to unified efforts to repel Assad’s forces attacks, said in statement posted online. The commanders of Islamic Front, Al Mujahedeen Army and Al Qaeda-affiliated Al Nusra Front have signed a statement calling for...

Local human rights organizations are demanding that government agencies track down the Saudi biological fathers of children born to Syrian women who have since become refugees in Jordan and Turkey in the wake of the Syrian civil war. These citizens-turned-refugees have no documents to...

Abu Mohamed al-Golani, the leader of al-Qaeda-linked group Al Nusra Front, in voice statement has mourned Syrian rebel commander, who fought alongside al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden and was close to its current chief Ayman al-Zawahiri.  Abu Khaled al-Suri,...

In 2012, significant part of Aleppo was liberated by the Free Syrian Army “FSA” and regime kept controlling the rest especially West and centre of the City. Zaman Alwasl correspondent had visited in Regime’s controlled Area and reported that first and most important...

   Jordanian border guards foiled an attempt to smuggle a large amount of ammunition from Syria and arrested five people early Monday, the army said. "Border guards foiled an attempt to smuggle a large amount of ammunition and other material from Syria...