The United States refused to set new "red lines" for Syria Wednesday as claims of a horrific chemical arms strike reignited debate over Washington's reluctance to intervene in the civil war. Claims by Syrian rebels that President Bashar al-Assad's forces massacred 1,300 people in a chemical...

Zaman Alwasl knew Muhammed Al-shaar, the representative of Chief of Staff in the National Coalition, resigned from the largest opposition body because he could not offer what he was supposed to offer and because of his desire to return to revolutionaries rank. Al-shaar, the...

Major General Selim Idriss considered al-Ghouta massacre a response to Free Syrian Army heroic achievements in al-Ghouta   and to their resistances to Assad and Hezbollah Forces trials of raiding the towns of  Ghouta. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...

Revolution Coordinates Union disclosed, Assad Regime's strike on Eastern Ghouta using chemical weapons is to occupy FSA fighters in Ghouta in order diverge attention to what will happen in the next coming days. The RCU confirmed 50 tanks headed to Al-abbasyyin Square to...

Saudi Arabia  called on Wednesday for an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting to discuss reports of a chemical attack that opposition groups say killed hundreds of people in  Syria , Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said according to Reuters. "It is time for...

At least 1,300 people have been killed in a nerve gas attack on Syria’s Ghouta region, leading opposition figure George Sabra said on Wednesday.  In response, the opposition Syrian National Coalition called for an urgent U.N. Security Council meeting on the subject. “I call on...

Syrian activists said at least  1188  people, including women and children, were killed on Wednesday in a nerve gas attack by President Bashar al-Assad's forces on rebel-held districts of the Ghouta region east of Damascus. 140 people killed in Kafr Batna Hospitals,...

The trial of five peaceful activists in Syria on “terrorism” charges tomorrow is further evidence of the increasing and systematic repression against anyone speaking out against human rights violations in the country, Amnesty International said. Mazen Darwish, Hussein Gharir, Hani al-Zitani,...

                                         Syrian Democratic Union invites individuals and political organizations to join its constitutive conference. The conference is to be...

  Twenty militants of Hezbollah, Iran proxy, were killed in an army ambush free Sayyida Zeinab south of Damascus, according SANA al-Thawra. Two day ago, A military commander of Hezbollah was killed in fighting near the Syrian capital and has been buried in his southern Lebanese...

The government of Iraqi Kurdistan has put in place an entry quota of 3,000 refugees a day to cope with an influx of Kurds fleeing the civil war in  Syria , aid agencies said on Tuesday. About 30,000 refugees, believed to be mainly Syrian Kurds, have poured into  Iraq...

This is turning into a dark and nervous summer in Lebanon. Peace depends on maintaining a delicate balance of power between different religious groups, Jeremy Bowen, the Veteran BBC Correspondent said. This summer, the formula isn't working. The reason is the war in Syria. From the...

After a long silence, the Central Leadership for the Syrian Communist Board issued a statement regarding the detention of one of its members, the Lawyer, Amar al-Drubi. Al-drubi got detained while he was leaving to his office in courthouse by a security patrol in 23/05/2013....

Former National Coalition Candidate, and current member, Ziyad Abu Hamdan, confirmed to take a unified stand against kidnapping acts and to fight kidnapping using media and other methods on the ground. In a letter, which Zaman Alwasl obtained, he considered kidnapping, "one of the...

  Zaman Alwasl learned from documented testimonies Islamic brigades entered the villages of Afrin three days ago to purge the area from PYD, Kurdish party fighters. Eye-witnesses declared the fighting brigades did commit neither killing nor displacing acts against the...

Sunni Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir said in an audio recording released on YouTube on Monday that the Dahiyeh explosion was a result of Hezbollah’s crimes in Syria.   “The Dahiyeh explosion is a result of the crimes committed by Hezbollah against our brothers in Syria,” Assir stated....

  Continuous pleas by the revolutionary rally in Latakia for Arms supply and Aid to the rebellious battalions in the embattled province. The last appeal made by 13 opposition and revolutionary groups for an urgent support. The statement, obtained by Zaman Alwasl,...

    Syrian refugees whose living standards have further deteriorated after the military coup in Egypt are returning to Syria   Syrian refugees whose living standards have further deteriorated after the military coup in Egypt are beginning to...

Syria's opposition National Coalition has appointed Mr. Muwaffak Nyrabia, the veteran dissident and former Political prisoner, as the Coalition representative in the European Union. Two weeks ago, Nyrabia was appointed as a head of the opposition Bureau in Berlin, sources said...

 Head of the Syrian Opposition National Coalition, Ahmed Jarba has decided to form a committee to investigate  Zaman Alwasl leaks. In an attempt to publish several reports by the coalition to the public to stop any future leaks. The decision came after Zaman Alwasl has...