Leader of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) did not meet at all   Dr. Riad Hijab, Defected Syrian Prime Minister, he said in a reply to rumors spread on regime’s websites to Zaman Alwasl. More rumours said that Mr. Saleh Muslim met Refaat al-Assad, Uncle of Bashar...

Source from al-Tawhid Brigade has rejected any attempt to suspect the leader Abdul Qader Saleh’s death. The source has confirmed that he was killed by shelling on the infantry school in Aleppo, and reported that al-Tawhid brigade is going to distribute photos of his...

  Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad captured on Wednesday Dweirina village next to the International Aleppo Airport, Zaman Alwasl source said.  The regime forces have entered the s trategic  village without any r esistance  where the...

Assad Security forces have arrested the Secretary General of the National Co-ordination Body for Democratic Change  in Damascus Wednesday, president of the Co-ordination said. In a statement posted on his Facebook page, Haytham Manna, France-based external head of the...

A prominent advocate for Syrian detainess said that the Lieutenant Colonel Hussein Harmoush ''is still alive, not executed.'' Artist Yara Sabri quoted a former detainee who had been released recently as saying the revolution's icon and the first Syrian Army defector is arrested in...

Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani held a private meeting with the Syrian opposition leader Ahmed Jarba yesterday in Doha, a Coalition source told Zaman Alwasl. National Coalition president have discussed the recent developments on the...

Assad warplanes hit harshly the Children Hospital in the al-Wa'er neighborhood of  Homs two days ago, killing 8 civilians, including 2 nurses, Human Rights Watchdog said. ‘’The regime is thought to have used a surface-to-surface missile on the hospital,’’...

State-run media has fabricated reports purporting that no 400 thousand people trapped in Waer neighborhood in the city of Homs for 37 days without power or food supplies, source assured to Zaman Alwasl.  State TV filmed a convoy carrying food staples and vegetables and...

Syrian regime has started in Suweida province, south Syria, to distribute compensations for its victims' families. Assad's gift was no more than two goats for each family, State-run media said. The "generous" compensation would cover 60 rural families so far. Ahmed...

After escaping shelling in Damascus and terrifying bloodshed at sea, 14 month-old Palestinian twin girls are now among hundreds of people living in limbo in grimy Egyptian police stations, with no end in sight to their plight. Of the 2 million people who fled Syria's civil war, none...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urged a visiting Syrian regime delegation on Tuesday to provide urgent humanitarian assistance to the multitude of civilians left destitute by war. Lavrov met Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Muqdad for talks aimed at preparing Russia's main...

Syrian troops on Tuesday captured the village of Qara in the mountainous Qalamoun region along a key supply route between Damascus and Homs, a military source told AFP. The reported capture came after days of air strikes on the region near the Lebanese border, which is also...

  At least 23 people were killed, including the Iranian cultural attache, following two blasts near the Iranian embassy in Beirut on Tuesday. The death of the cultural attaché was confirmed by the Iranian ambassador. Most of the other casualties are civilians,...

Shariah Authorities in the rebels-held areas of Aleppo called on people to confront the abuses that committed by rebels' and revolution's name through reporting the abusive. The Public Prosecutor in the Judicial Council of liberated Aleppo has urged citizens, In circular...

  While most of the high-profile Gulf-based financiers sending money to Syrian rebel groups emerged in late 2011-mid 2012, there are late entrants still getting in the game. One of these sheikhs, referenced in a recent article  by  Ben Hubbard...

Russia hosted Syrian and Iranian delegations for separate rounds of talks on Monday in a renewed diplomatic push for a Syrian peace conference in which Moscow says Tehran must play a role. President Vladimir Putin, who has stepped up his personal involvement on the Syrian issue, also...

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Monday hit back at charges that his country is allowing extremists to flow across its long border with Syria, calling for greater intelligence cooperation. "In no way Turkey tolerates or will be tolerating any extremist groups crossing...

Many sources have expressed their worries about safety of Abdul Jabbar al-Oqaidi, the former head of the Aleppo military council, and the threat he might be  surrounded . A well-informed sources reported that Oqaidi is under close guarding and monitoring as Syrians...

When the Syrian revolution started  to drift toward armed struggle  b y the end of 2011 , the Syrian Pound’s value started to fluctuate, and it became clear that the crisis would last for long. Therefore, people who keep large amount of money in form of Syrian pounds...

Syrian websites loyal to Bashar al-Assad posted a list of nearly 160 of Assad's military officers and soldiers said to be hostages by the opposition armed groups in northern Aleppo countryside. Pro-Assad media said a reconciliation committee, headed by Mr. Saleh al-Nuaimi...