An Islamist rebel group in eastern Syria has beheaded a defected army officer who pledged allegiance to al-Qaeda renegade group the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS), a statement said. Shoura al-Mujahideen council said Captain Abu Haroun,...

Syria’s opposition National Coalition leader to visit China on Tuesday, source said. Mr. Ahmed Jarba, who meets the invitation of China’s foreign minister to visit Beijing, is trying to build more ties with Bashar al-Assad’s main ally, especially after a pragmatic...

Executive director of National Coalition’s Assistant Coordination Unit (ACU) has resigned after months of ‘skirmishes’ with controversial head Suhair Atassi, sources said. Dr. Osama Kadi told Zaman Alwasl that will keep his post until...

(AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL)- The conviction today of three Al Jazeera English journalists accused of “falsifying news” and belonging to or assisting the banned Muslim Brotherhood movement in Egypt is a ferocious attack on media freedom, said Amnesty International.  The three...