Supreme Military council of rebel Free Syrian Army has nominated Gen. Abdul Aziz Shlal to head Defence Ministry in the opposition government, source told Zaman Alwasl. The general commission of National Coalition will vote on the...

Tens of thousands of people have fled Iraq's second biggest city Mosul after the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), an al-Qaeda splinter group, took control of the city. An estimated 1,300 ISIL fighters overran Iraqi security forces and seized the city's airport...

Jihadists stormed the Turkish consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Wednesday and kidnapped 48 people including the head of the diplomatic mission, a Turkish government official said. "48 Turks including the consul, staff members, guards and three children were...

(Zaman Alwasl)- Opposition activists said fighters of al-Qaeda- affiliated group took control of Um Sharshouh village in the northern countryside of Homs province. Early today, al-Nusra’s explosives-laden vehicle has exploded and killed several...