Jamal Karsli, a former German MP, with Syrian origins,  a political activist for more than 30 years and a strong supporter to the Syrian revolution since its start on March 15, 2011. Eqtsad, Zaman Alwasl business newspaper, has an opportunity to...

Syrian forces seized a suburb of Damascus on Thursday from rebels fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad in a push that has shored up government control of the capital's outskirts, state television reported. Assad's forces, backed by Shi'ite fighters from Lebanon,  Iraq...

Assad's court freed 'The youngest known convicted prisoner' Tal al-Mallouhi  Syrian First Criminal Court in Homs issued on Wednesday judicial decision to release immediately the youngest known convicted prisoner Tal al-Mallouhi, 22-year-old, after 45 months of imprisonment,...

Syrian mainstream and Islamist rebels pressed an advance Wednesday against Bashar al-Assad troops in Homs province aimed at capturing major weapons depots, rebels and a monitoring group said. Several brigades, among them the Al-Qaida-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and the...