In his first-ever media interview, Abu Mohammed al-Joulani, leader of Jabhat al-Nusra, says conflict is nearing end. The leader of al-Qaeda’s branch in Syria, one of the most powerful groups in the war-torn country, has told Al Jazeera that that the conflict is nearing an end and...

Gen. Mohsen Mousa, top commander of 156-Brigade, has been killed near Dumeir depots due to rebels' ambush, northeast Damascus, field sources said. Islam Army activists have posted online photo showed Mousa's body. Rebels have welcomed the priceless gain by...

      In a short video, featuring a host of British film stars and musicians, has been released to highlight the plight of children caught up in the Syria conflict, and as a part of UNICEF "Syria Winter Appeal" for the children of Syria. Ewan McGregor, Michael Sheen, Tom...

Spokesman of the Syrian opposition National Coalition and member of political committee has resigned, according to Zaman Alwasl source. Louay Safi said  in a statement  that his resignation after 34 month in opposition ranks was a personal decision and it was...

The head of UNESCO sounded an alarm about widespread illegal archeological excavations across war-ravaged Syria on Friday, saying the U.N. cultural, education and science arm has warned auction houses, museums and collections about the problem. More than 100,000 people...

"The United States has not met to date with the Islamic Front but it's possible it could take place," Kerry told a news conference in Manila where he is visiting. "There is an effort afoot among all of the supporting nations of the Syrian opposition to want to broaden the base of...

Russia is ready to provide security at the Syrian port of Latakia and in Syrian waters while the country's chemical weapons arsenal is destroyed, Itar-Tass news agency quoted a Russian official as saying on Wednesday. Syria is due to hand over deadly toxins which can be used to make...

The West's policies on Iran and Syria are a "dangerous gamble" and Saudi Arabia is prepared to act on its own to safeguard security in the region, a top Saudi diplomat said. "We believe that many of the West’s policies on both Iran and Syria risk the stability and security of the...

British prisoner Dr Abbas Khan found dead in Syrian jail days before he was due to be handed over to MP George Galloway In a scandal that will inevitably embrace the Syrian and the British governments, a British prisoner in the hands of the Syrian state security police has been...

Western nations have indicated to the Syrian opposition that peace next month talks may not lead to the removal of President Bashar al-Assad and that his Alawite minority will remain key in any transitional administration, opposition sources said. The message, delivered to...

  Two Syrian displaced families who fled to Jarmana from besieged Eastern Ghouta towns were kidnapped by the Air Forces intelligence to enforce rebels, who took control of Adra al-Ummaliya, to release hostages loyal to Assad. Sources detailed the incidence to Zaman...

An unknown number of casualties have been reported after a car bomb exploded at a Hezbollah position near the town of Labweh in eastern Lebanon at dawn on Tuesday. "A blast went off at around 4:00 am (0200 GMT) ... causing deaths and injuries," a security source told Agence...

    Syrian Kurdish groups were holding talks in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region on Tuesday aimed at patching up differences ahead of a peace conference planned for next month, an official said. Two main Syrian Kurdish groupings -- the People's Council of Western...

    Hospitals in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo are overwhelmed with patients injured in an ongoing wave of airstrikes that have already killed more than 100 people, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)...

Syria Islamist rebels denounced in statement, obtained by Zaman Alwasl, claims of killing over 80 civilians in the city of Adra al-Ummaliya northwest of Damascus. The statement denied also kidnapping some families in order to be used as human shields. Adra battle...

The Islamic Front and Syria Revolutionaries Front have signed reconciliation agreement in Idlib countryside, activists said. Sheikh Abdullah al-Hamawi, IF representative and Jamal Ma’rouf, commander of Syria Revolutionaries Front agreed to end up disputes after the...

The Syrian government excluded the largely rebel-held province of Deir al-Zor - where polio broke out this year - from a 2012 vaccination campaign, arguing that most residents had fled although hundreds of thousands were still there, a Reuters investigation shows. Public health...

 Syrian opposition rebels have acquiesced to the Assad army threats of committing genocide in Dumeir city, and they give back 150 corpses of forces loyal to Assad, local activists said. Gen. Jayez Mousa, Commander of Dumeir Military airbase, most Assad army powerful...

Syrian rebels have posted videos on YouTube showed dozens of bodies for Iraqi Shi’ite militias reportedly were killed in Eastern Ghouta near Damascus in what they called ‘Ghouta Epic’. General leadership of rebels command in Eastern Ghotua in statement issued today said...

The United Nations has appealed for a record $6.5 billion for Syria and its neighbours to help 16 million people, many of them hungry or homeless victims of a conflict that has lasted 33 months with no end in sight. The Syrian appeal accounted for half of an overall...