Some 200 Russian Islamists who back North Caucasus insurgents are fighting in Syria for Al-Qaeda, the head of the Russian security service (FSB) said Thursday, Russian news agencies reported. "The fact that around 200 fighters from Russia are fighting on the side of the Caucasus...
The capture by Syrian pro-government forces of the strategic Qusayr region is a major victory for President Bashar al-Assad, who is now better placed than ever if a US-Russian plan for peace talks materialises. The nearly three-week battle for Qusayr in central Syria exposed the central role...
Istanbul- Micheal Kilo, the new member of the Syrian National Coalition considered that the recent expansion is expressing the Syrian national will. He pledged in a statement to "Zaman Alwasl," to quit from the coalition if it is not independent in its decisions and performance, pointing...
Jordanian Foreign Minister, Nasser Judeh, said on Thursday, that the Syrian ambassador to Amman, Bahjat Suleiman has exceeded all diplomatic norms and practices which is supposed to represent his country's policy, according to Petra agency news. Al-judeh said he...
Several U.S. lawmakers are expressing frustration with the continued slaughter of civilians in Syria, and some are calling for more clarity and tougher action from President Barack Obama according to 'Voice of America'. The Chair of the House Foreign Affairs...
U.S. intelligence agencies have identified three Russian amphibious warships in the eastern Mediterranean that are believed to be carrying weapons shipments that might be used to resupply the Syrian regime, according to a Pentagon official told CNN. The official...
The regime army has reportedly retaken the only border crossing between Israel and Syria, after rebels had captured it earlier in the day. The crossing in the Golan Heights lies in an UN-controlled demilitarized zone. Israeli and Syrian opposition sources said on...
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) reported that Minsk sold arms to Damascus. According to researches, Belarus is among three largest arms suppliers to the Syrian dictator. Cooperation with Assad doesn't cover only trade. Belarusian specialists...
Head of the Legal Committee in the National Coalition has accused the main opposition body members by wrestling on political merits. Haitham al-Maleh, the oldest coalition member said in a letter distributed on the members that the members contributed in...
Member of the National Coalition asked his colleagues to submit collective resignation in protest against the international community silence for the bloodshed in the town of Qusair . Mohamed Yehia Maktabi in a letter has been send to the National Coalition for...
In the aftermath of the EU's decision to lift arms embargo on Syria, Italian Defense Minister, Mario Mauro said he was "totally against any form of intervention or complication of the Syrian crisis out of the framework of mandate from the international institutions, particularly the UN."...
The White House has condemned the assault on the Syrian border town of Qusayr by Syrian government forces, who worked with Lebanese Hezbollah allies to take control from rebel fighters . " The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms the Assad...
The preparatory talks regarding the peace conference on Syria ended today without agreement on the participation of Iran, which is a point of contention between United Sates and Russia. Diplomatic source told Reuters. ''Another round of the preparatory US-Russian talks will...
It's the irony between past and present, between virility and arrogance. Social media circulated double image of al-Qusair 2006 and Southern Suburb of Beirut 2013. At the first one you can read the banners of welcoming to the Lebanese refugees who run away from the...
I am on my knees, hands behind my head, on a border-crossing between Turkey and Syria. A Turkish border guard stoops over me menacingly, the nozzle of his Kalashnikov pressing against my upper thigh as he barks something in an unfamiliar language. What does he want? My...
The military chief of the main umbrella group of Syrian rebels says his men are ready to fight Hezbollah militants inside neighboring Lebanon. according to his interview with BBC World. Gen Selim Idriss of the Free Syrian Army said that Hezbollah fighters were...
Syria's Sana state news agency said the "heroic armed forces have returned security and stability to all of the town". Sana said a large number of "terrorists", as the state refers to the rebels, had been killed and many had surrendered. It said the army was now destroying...
An Iranian semi-official news agency says Tehran has summoned Qatar’s envoy over an alleged Qatari link to a sabotage and terrorism group . The Tuesday report by Fars agency says Iran’s Foreign Ministry wished to relay a strong protest to the Arab country ....
The International Commission of Inquiry report on Syria’s grave human rights situation is yet further evidence to prompt the UN Security Council to refer the situation to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Amnesty International said. The report, released at the...
Dr. Yusuf al-Qaradawi, President of the World Union of Muslim Scholars, has called for al-Jihad in Syria against the regime of Bashar al-Assad, calling for supplying Syrian men by arms and support. Al-Qaradawi revealed that al-Assad had asked Khaled Meshaal,...
