Britain has accepted 1,500 asylum seekers from Syria in the past year, the Deputy Prime Minister has disclosed. The government has been criticised by politicians including Nigel Farage, the Ukip leader, for refusing to admit Syrian refugees to Britain. However,...

Former Syrian Prime Minister Riad Hijab, who defected in July 2012 from Bashar al-Assad's government, and NC former secretary general, Mustafa Al-Sabbagh have resigned from the National Coalition, Zaman Alwasl reporter said.   NC newly re-elected president Ahmad...

Four rebel factions remain in Yarmouk in violation of an agreement to secure peace for the beleaguered Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus, a PLO official said Tuesday, according to Ma'an News Agency. PLO executive committee member Ahmad Majdalani told Ma'an News that four...

  Al-Qaeda group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Tuesday urged its fighters to “crush” other rebel groups in Syria, in an audio message from the group’s spokesman. Abu Mohammad al-Adnani called on ISIL fighters in Syria to “crush...