Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have recaptured a Christian town on the main highway north of the capital, the army said, putting them back on the offensive in the strategic region near the Lebanese border. Assad's forces have made advances in recent months and are...
Rebel forces said Thursday that they had shot down 3 fighter jets in Damascus countryside. The first Bashar al-Assad’s MIG-23 has shot down by Islam Army near Dumeir airbase, second downed close to al-Nasseriya military Airport and the third was a helicopter in eastern...
British al-Qaeda members are using Twitter and other social media to advertise their “five star” jihad in Syria, and to keep diaries and blogs of their experiences there The rush of foreign jihadists to Syria from Britain, the United States, and other parts of...
Employees in the Aid Coordination Unit “ACU” in the Syrian National Coalition Of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces, which is headed by Suhair Atassi, announced their strike since last Tuesday, till their demands are fulfilled. In their statements, they explained...
Another Scud missile by Bashar al-Assad army hit al-Raqqa city within two days, leaving mass destruction with unconfirmed number of casualties, activists said. First footage posted online showed huge rubble in Seif al-Dawla neighborhood. The first Scud missile...
One Syrian was killed and nine others were injured on Thursday when mortar fire struck the Russian embassy in Damascus, the foreign ministry said in a statement. It added that no Russian nationals were hurt in the attack by suspected rebels and that the building suffered...
A nephew of Lebanon's agriculture minister has been killed along with three other Hezbollah fighters in Syria's Qalamoun region, a source close to the Shiite movement said on Thursday. "Ali Rida Fuad Hajj Hassan, aged 22, was killed along with three...
Since 2011, large numbers of European Muslims have gone to Syria to fight with the rebels. But exactly how many are they, and which countries are providing most of the fighters? The question matters because some of these foreign fighters may return to perpetrate attacks in the West, and Western...
Destroying Syria’s deadliest chemical weapons on land would come with vexing diplomatic and security problems as well as environmental issues. To avoid those potential troubles, U.S. officials say, the Obama administration is exploring the use of a government-owned ship to carry out the...
Syrian peace talks planned for January must put in place a timeframe for a transitional government and should not involve any opposition group other than the National Coalition, Gulf Arab foreign ministers said. In a statement issued on Wednesday after they met in Kuwait,...
Al-Qaeda affiliates have involved in internal skirmishes over merits in Raqqa city, east Syria. Field sources said that The State of Iraq and The Levant and its rival Jabhat al-Nusra went through in-between clashes this week over a building to make it a military...
A draft for a project to establish a “Women’s Committee” within the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces has been drafted. Zman Alwasl has obtained a copy of that draft, which has been signed by 19 members of the coalition, including the...
Sheikh Zahran Alloush, leader of key armed opposition group in Syria, tweeted on his official account that the road to break Ghouta's siege is very close. Islam Army, with 50 fighting groups operate under its command, has lost 65 jihadist during the liberation...
A Scud missile stormed al-Raqqa city east Syria, killing 35 people at least and wounding dozens, activists said. The long-range and destructive missile was fired from '3rd Division', Assad's Scud big arsenal in Qalamoun Hill. UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human...
A member of the Syrian opposition coalition has warned the Syrian community in the Gulf countries against sending money to armed fighters in Syria. He also appealed to Syrians living abroad to increase humanitarian aid for the Syrian refugees within Syria, who are bracing themselves...
The Syrian National Coalition opposition group will attend the "Geneva 2" talks in January aimed at resolving the civil war, its president, Ahmad Jarba, said on Wednesday. In an interview with Reuters and the Associated Press, he also said regional power Iran should only be...
An Al-Qaeda-affiliated group in Syria has announced the execution of two soldiers and three "collaborators" with President Bashar al-Assad's regime near Damascus, according to a statement published on jihadist sites. The Al-Nusra Front also published a photograph showing...
The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has freed Mustafa Abdullah, commander of Sokour al-Islam brigades (Islam's Hawks) in Atimah after six days of detention, special sources told Zaman Alwasl. The ISIL took control of the town of Atimah on the border with Turkey...
Syrian authorities will attend talks in January aimed at resolving the civil war but will not succumb to Western demands for President Bashar al-Assad to step aside, a Foreign Ministry source said on Wednesday. It was the first formal response from Damascus to this week's...
Women refugees who escaped Syria's conflict to find sanctuary in neighbouring Lebanon have been sexually harassed by employers, landlords and an employee of a local aid group, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday. The organisation said it interviewed a dozen women who described being...
