(Zaman Al Wasl)- Al Qaeda's Syria branch, the Nusra Front, has killed the captive pilot after his warplane was shot down by the powerful Islam Army group northeast of Damascus on Friday, according to statement posted online by Islam Army.   A spokesman for Jaish al-Islam rebels, who...

 A Syrian warplane crashed northeast of Damascus on Friday and its pilot was captured by rebels in the area, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Syrian state media said the crash was caused by a technical fault and a search was under way for the pilot, who had ejected....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels made Friday more gains in the Coastal Latakia province, recapturing strategic town of Kasnaba and three hilltops after week of major offensive against regime forces and allied militias in Jabal al-Akrad area, rebel commanders said. An Ahrar al-Sham commander...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces waged an arrest campaign tracking 17,000 people who escaped conscription in the coastal city of Latakia, amid severe shortage in manpower in the army, activists said. Activist Abo Ahmed Lazqani reported to Zaman Al Wasl that the...