Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) strongly denounced the systematic destruction of mosques and Islamic monuments in Syria by the forces of the Syrian regime and its sectarian militias. ISESCO stated that tens of mosques and Islamic landmarks have...

Military support from  Iran  and its Shi'ite ally Hezbollah has given Syrian President Bashar al-Assad new impetus in his fight against the insurgents intent on ousting him, but at a price. Assad now risks losing much of his autonomy to Tehran and becoming a pawn in a wider...

  Syrian Center for documenting Violation has appealed against the Egyptian security forces to release more than 40 Syrians detainees. Syrians' conditions in Egypt, either refugees or residents are going through serious developments as many of them were harassed and the...

  Despite difficult security conditions and restricted access, UN agencies continue aid delivery in Syria   A spokesperson of the WHO declared that United Nations agencies are working to deliver humanitarian assistance, in spite of difficult security conditions and...

Free Syrian Army had expelled Assad's troops and Hezbollah militants from North Aleppo after fierce clashes inflicted heavy losses to the Assad regime, Commander of the Military Council in Aleppo told Zaman Alwasl. Colonel Abdul-Jabbar al-Aqidi denied arming claims and...

  Syrian Human rights Observatory said more than 60 opposition fighters were killed in violence that has raged in the northeastern province of Hassakeh this week. Pro-government Kurdish fighters captured a major checkpoint Saturday morning in the province after intense clashes with...

  Arab TV star Abbas al Nouri of Syria grieves for his nation. Abbas al Nouri pauses as a particularly loud car roars past the cafe on the main thoroughfare. The overly solicitous waitress lingers, a hint of recognition in her eyes. At the table, the conversation inevitably focuses...

    Assad's forces bombed a strategic rebel town in the country's north for the third straight day Saturday, pounding it with airstrikes that killed at least five people, activists said.   Assad's troops in recent weeks have seized the momentum in the civil...

  Khadija Qunbus, 7, was martyred killed by Assad's mortar bombs two days ago. She was standing at the verandah, perhaps she was following as all children follow the noise of shelling, and perhaps she was at the balcony observing the fighter-jets in the sky. It's the bitterest pleasure...

  While the Prime Minister has been keen to 'do more' on Syria - the British public, media and parliament are war-weary and don't see a clear policy that can improve the situation on the ground and fear that arming the rebels will put weapons in the hands of people who cannot be...

   Syrian rebel fighters killed 12 members of a pro-regime militia during clashes overnight in the central city of Homs, and troops responded by shelling them on Friday, monitors said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported that,...

The U.S. and European Union are seeing an increasing number of radicalized young Muslims going to  Syria  to fight, a development that raises the danger that they will return to conduct terrorist attacks at home. The war is providing both a rallying point and a training ground for...

Two al Qaida-linked rebel groups in Syria appear to be distancing themselves from each other in what may be an effort by the Nusra Front, which the United States has branded as an international terrorist organization, to remain relevant amid signs that major portions of the Syrian population...

A rocket strike near a Shia Muslim shrine in Damascus killed a custodian of Zainab (AS) on Friday, activists and residents said, in an attack that could inflame sectarian tensions in Syria’s 28 month old conflict. Opposition activists and residents said shrapnel killed Anas Romani, the...

  Free Syrian Army has liberated parts of Khan al-Assal in Aleppo what considered as strongholds for the Assad regime, according to activists. The rebels have captured ammunitions and weapons amid ongoing clashes with Assad forces in the town.     In breaking news,...

National Coordination Committee denied killing its veteran dissident in the Assad regime's chambers. NCC said that Dr. Abdul-Aziz al-Khair is still alive via a statement was posted on the committee FaceBook page after rumors deliberated by Social Media and broadcasted by Al Arabiya...

Assad's Forces give no respect for the holy month,  Syrian Network for Human Rights said in detailed paper documented the killing since beggining of Ramadan. The victims killed by shelling that doesn't subside in day or night, and the huge number of killings among...

  Turkey on Friday vowed to "respond immediately" to any violation of its borders by Kurdish separatists fighting in Syria. Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu made the warning following the seizure of a Syrian town on the border with Turkey by rebels from the Kurdish...

 The nation's top military officer told a Senate panel Thursday the Obama administration is deliberating whether to use military power in Syria, where a civil war entering its third year has killed almost 93,000 people.   Amid an increasing clamor among President Bashir...

Most people in Damascus know the influence of "Shiites" in Shaghour and Al-Amin area, and it was aggravated in latest years by the sectarian schools, mosques and centers which educating the Shiite sect principles.  Some years ago, it was a taboo to speak about religious sections....