The sound of whirring helicopter blades fills Syrians with fear that "hell and fire" is about fall in a barrel bomb, a rescue worker told the United Nations Security Council on Friday as pressure mounts for the body to take action to stop civilian killings in Syria. "This sound means watching...

Syria's opposition leader denied reports say the United States has banned members of National Coalition from entering the American land over claims of participating in terrorist acts, according to Zaman al-Wasl sources. Khaled Khoja, NC's leader, said Coalition's members and their families are...

Facing inconsistent governmental policies and confusing bureaucracy, Palestinian Syrians in Lebanon are struggling to obtain and maintain proper residency status in the country. Palestinian Syrians are required to renew their residency permits every three months and risk arrest or a heavy fine...

(Reporting by Abdullah al-Ghadawi; transaltion by Yusra Ahmed) People’s Protection Units (YPG) prevented the “Facts Finding Committee” formed by the Syrian National Coalition from entering the town of Tel Abyad after defeating the Islamic State (ISIS), activists told Zaman al-Wasl on Thursday....

An Islamic State attack on the northeastern Syrian city of Hasaka is reported to have displaced 60,000 people, the United Nations office in Syria said on Friday, warning that up to 200,000 people may eventually try to flee, according to Reuters. Islamic State launched an assault on...

Islamic State fighters killed at least 145 civilians in an attack on the Syrian town of Kobani and a nearby village, in what a monitoring group described on Friday as the second worst massacre carried out by the hardline group in Syria. Fighting between the Kurdish YPG militia and Islamic State...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) A new leaked document from the lot published on WikiLeaks, shows that relationship between Bashar al-Assad and Farouk al-Sharaa worsened after the Syrian revolution, as he had expressed his opinion in what had been happening in the country during his meeting with...

Turkey's pro-Kurdish party described an Islamic State attack on the Syrian border town of Kobani as a massacre and blamed it on Turkish state support for the militants, comments which will fuel tension in Ankara amid attempts to form a government. Islamic State fighters launched simultaneous...

A coalition of some 81 human rights and aid groups blasted the United Nations Security Council on Thursday for a "woefully inadequate" response to the killing of civilians in Syria, and urged it to ensure that those responsible will be punished. The 15-member council has been largely deadlocked...

Southern Front rebels on Wednesday seized control of al-Sarou checkpoint, one of regime's powerful strongholds in Daraa, the border city with Jordan, activists said. Early Thursday, rebels in video statement said the International Road links between Daraa province and Damascus is a military...

Syrians rebels, in video statement issued Thursday, said the International Road links between the southern city of Daraa and Damascus is a military zone, warning civilians from getting close. Activists said rebels have seized parts of the city, storming the headquarters of air and military...

 Iranian state media say thousands of people have attended the funerals for eight Iranian volunteers killed in fighting against ISIS extremists in Syria, AP reported. Thursday's report by the official IRNA news agency says three of the volunteers were buried in the capital, Tehran, and the...

   Syrians rebels, in video statement issued Thursday, said the International Road links between the southern city of Daraa and Damascus is a military zone, warning civilians from getting close. Activists said rebels have seized parts of the road, such gain came hours after the...

Islamic State militants in Syria have stormed government-held neighborhoods in the predominantly Kurdish northeastern city of Hassakeh, capturing several areas of the city, AP reported. Thursday's attack comes after the Islamic State group suffered several setbacks in northern Syria against...

Rebels active in southern city of Daraa announced on Wednesday a new battle to take full control of the border city with Jordan. A motivational video that circulated online by activists has shown rebels' practices, weapons and readiness for the battle of 'South Storm.' The "Southern Front",...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) A new saudi diplomatic document published on Wikileaks showed opinion of Abdel Aziz Bin Abdullah, son of King Abdullah and deputy of Saudi Minister of foreign affairs, talked about Haitham al-Maleh, the prominent Syrian opposition figure and mentioned his long...

   Two suicide bombers from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group have killed 10 Syrian soldiers in the northeastern city of Hasakeh, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Wednesday. Separately, at least 13 civilians were killed in a car bomb attack against a mosque...

The United States and its coalition allies staged nine air strikes in Iraq and Syria in the latest round of daily attacks on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group on Tuesday, a Command Joint Task Force statement said. Eight of the strikes were near the Iraqi cities of Bayji, Haditha,...

Iraq’s most powerful Shiite force said it is relying more heavily on elite units who fought in Syria in the battle against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) for control of a critical Iraqi refinery and is now well placed to counter the militants’ guerrilla warfare. Iraq’s biggest refinery...

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) seems to have minted its own currency, according to Syrian activists. Anti-ISIS activist Abu Ibrahim Raqqawi, the founder of “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently” shared the photos of the coins on Twitter and said they would be put into use soon. The...