BEIRUT (AP) — The Islamic State group launched an attack Saturday on the Syrian border town of Kobani from Turkey, a Kurdish official and activists said, although Turkey denied that the fighters had used its territory for the raid. The assault began when a suicide bomber driving...

By Zaman Staff; Translation by Yusra Ahmed Gaziantep (Zaman Al Wasl)- Many armed groups and battalions in Syria, have announced yesterday forming the “Syrian Revolution Leadership Council” as a part of “Hang on” initiative, which aims to unite the...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Islamic State decided to insilate “Fajr el-Islam” group in Qalamoun , known as Imad Jomma’s group, for breaching the Sharea rules, and the decision had been implemented. The decision was took...

(Reuters) - Syria's foreign minister said U.S.-led air strikes had failed to weaken Islamic State it in Syria and the jihadist group would not be tackled unless Turkey was forced to tighten border controls. A U.S.-led alliance started attacking Islamic State targets in Syria...

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Reporting by Mohamed AL Hussein; Translation by yusra Ahmed AL HASAKAH (Zaman Al Wasl)- Clashes between Syrian regime and the Islamic State for two days in al-Hasakah, where heavy arms and air-strikes were used. Sources reported that regime forces supported with the...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- 700 rebel fighters have defected Suqour al-Sham brigades to join Ahrar al-Sham Movement in Idlib countryside, filed commander in the Islamist group told Zaman al-Wasl. Sheikh Hussam, who uses an alias, did not reveal the reasons...

(Reuters) - Syria rejected as "fabricated" U.S. accusations that its forces are targeting civilians with air strikes and said Washington would do better to criticize hardline Islamic State militants who have killed American citizens. The U.S. State Department said on...

(AFP)- Once-proud shop owners in Aleppo's picturesque old city market, the merchants of Syria's former economic capital now live on a pittance selling goods on pavements and stalls. After a major rebel offensive on Aleppo in July 2012, the city's historic souk fell prey to a war...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian government forces have killed at least 30 rebels in an ambush in the suburbs of Damascus where troops and allied gunmen have been on the offensive for weeks, activists and state media said Thursday. State news agency SANA said 50 "terrorists" were...

  The Syrian regime and key ally Russia have agreed to support a UN proposal to suspend fighting in the battered northern city of Aleppo, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said. Muallem's remarks, reported by state news agency SANA, followed a meeting between President...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The clashes between Al-Qaeda's Syria wing Nusra Front and Syria revolutionaries’ Front have been renewed on Thursday in Ma’rret Harmeh town in Idlib countryside, field sources said.   Nusra Front, in statement posted online, said...

BEIRUT  (The Daily Star) : The Nusra Front threatened Thursday to execute one of the 26 Lebanese captives being held by jihadis on the northeast border unless Lebanon releases a female terror suspect within 24 hours. “This is the final warning for negotiations to start...

  (Zaman Al Wasl-Arab News)- At least 500 Haj pilgrims from Syria have refused to return home after completing the pilgrimage citing the ongoing political unrest and have appealed for asylum in the Kingdom. Saudi authorities did not prosecute the...

(Reuters) - The websites of British and North American media organizations and retailer Wal-Mart's Canadian unit were hacked on Thursday in a suspected attack by the Syrian Electronic Army, an amorphous hacker collective that supports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Among...

By Zaman Staff; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Opposition agreed to partially re-open water supply to Damascus, until the regime agrees on their demands. Water supply came back to Damascus after three days of complete cut-off, which was as a...

(Reuters) - As winter sets in along the front lines of Aleppo, residents are desperate for the sort of relief United Nations officials hope a new ceasefire push will soon bring to the war-battered Syrian city. The plan, led by the U.N. peace envoy to Syria , Staffan de...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels and Islamist fighters on Wednesday thwarted regime’s attack on Sheikh Miskeen town in Daraa province, killing and wounding dozens, opposition media feeds said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the clashes...

(Reuters) - At a desert base, Gulf state Qatar is covertly training moderate Syrian rebels with U.S. help to fight both President Bashar al-Assad and Islamic State and may include more overtly Islamist insurgent groups, sources close to the matter say. The camp, south of the...

ALEPPO (Zaman Al Wasl)- Key rebel groups of Aleppo province are massing efforts to unite in one military command as fall of the city seems imminent by Syrian regime forces, field source said. A rebel commander told Zaman al-Wasl that a unified command...