By Abdullah Gadawi   (Zaman Al Wasl)- Badr Jamous, member of the  political commission in the  National Coalition said the key opposition group is at a pivotal stage, calling on all members to moblize efforts to preserve this political entity which is recognized...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian Women's Association held their founding conference in the town of Ma'arat al-Nu'man in northern Idlib province this week including 35 women representing various women's centers operating in the province. During the conference, an Association president, deputy...

For about four years Sarah has gone around her community in the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon speaking with fellow female Syrian refugees who have been victims of sexual violence, comforting them and telling them about local services. Her advice comes from the heart - having being raped...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 7 people from the same family have been killed Wednesday in the US-led coalition airstrikes on Raqqa city, as its allied Kurdish fighters reached the northern entrance of the city, the activist-operated Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently said. The intense...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The opposition’s National Coalition on Wednesday has suspended the membership of the military council and has agreed on 12 rebel factions to be representened in the once Syria's key opposition group. The newly-elected chairman of the National Coalition, Riad Seif, seeks to...

By Faris Rifai (Zaman al-Wasl) The city of al-Lataminah has been at the forefront of events since the start of the Syrian revolution. The regime forces destroyed al-Lataminah city located on the right bank of the Assi River by bombarding it with various types of weapons. Most of the city’s...

Western-backed Syrian rebels said on Wednesday that Russian jets attacked them as they tried to advance against Iran-backed militias in a region of Syria's southeastern desert. They said six jets bombed their positions as they moved towards Zaza checkpoint near Sabaa Biyar, a small town near...

Russians warships in the Mediterranean Sea have fired four cruise missiles at ISIS' positions in Syria, the Russian defense ministry said Wednesday. The ministry said in a statement that the Admiral Essen frigate and the Krasnodar submarine launched the missiles at ISIS targets in the area...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Abdul Basset al-Sarout, Syrian revolution Icon and vocal supporter, has been detained by former a Qaeda group in northern Idlib province, such a move sparks anger of the opposition activists who demanded his imminent release.   Haya’t Tahrir al-Sham, powerful...

(Zaman Al Wasl)-  Faylaq al-Sham, rebel group operating in Aleppo province, has made a prisoner exchange with Iran-backed Shiite militias, activists told Zaman al-Wasl Tuesday.   The Iraqi militia of al-Nujaba’ that fights in support of Bashar al-Assad in the northern province,...

U.S.-backed fighters on Tuesday reached the northern entrance of the Syrian city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of ISIS, amid intense clashes and airstrikes on Raqqa's northern and eastern edges, opposition activists said. The latest push by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces brings...

Syrian rebels say the United States and its allies are sending them more arms to try to fend off a new push into the southeast by Iran-backed militias aiming to open an overland supply route between Iraq and Syria. The stakes are high as Iran seeks to secure its influence from Tehran to...

Algeria and Morocco should to take action to assure safe passage to 41 Syrian refugees stranded along the border between both countries for weeks, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR)said on Tuesday. The Syrian refugees, including babies and a pregnant woman in need of medical care,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 13 people were killed in eastern Deir Ezzor city when the Islamic State struck regime-held neighborhoods with mortar shells and rockets late on Monday, the group's news feeds said.   ISIS has stepped up its shelling on the besieged neighborhoods of al-Joura...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Free Syria Army launched 40 Grad rockets on military convoys near the town of Izra’ in Daraa province, mostly Shiite militiamen, field sources said Tuesday. The militants were heading the southern province as regime army is mobilizing troops to face an imminent battle with the...

With oil production at its lowest in years, a total halt in phosphate exports and power generation sharply reduced, Syria's economy is on its knees, government ministers have said. The ministers were speaking at a conference hosted by the British Syrian Society in Damascus this week titled...

By Tareq Haj Bakri (Eqtsad) Syrian refugees have introduced foreign customs into Turkish commercial practices regarding residential and commercial rental contracts. These practices have a negative effect on Syrians in Turkey, and were exploited by opportunistic brokers and...

Turkey is backing the formation of a new army in Northern Syria. The army, which will be called the National Army, will operate in the land gained with Operation Euphrates Shield. The army aims to bring together the factions of the Free Syrian Army, to ensure unity in the future,...

The sound of the blast in Syria’s capital Damascus brought worried residents running, but rather than carnage they found a crew filming one of the country’s famed television drama series. Moments before, director Rasha Sharbatgi had been wielding her loudhailer, calling for silence...

By Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl)- Measles has been diagnosed in southern Daraa province during the last few weeks, after absence for 11 years from the area. Measles, a viral infectious disease, but it can cause severe complications, it affects children mainly, but it can infect adults as well,...