The prominent Free Syrian Army commander captain. Ammar al-Wawi has been missed near Turkish border, Ababeel brigade announced yesterday. Capt. Al-Wawi and his 3 accompaniers were heading Syrian rebel-held areas near Bab al-Hawa from the Turkish side 3 days ago before...

An online forum that frequently features statements from jihadists has called on an Al-Qaeda-linked militant group to free two Spanish journalists who were kidnapped in September in Syria. The Honein jihadist forum urged "our brothers the mujahedeen (holy warriors) in the...

  Tens of people in the Rebel-held areas of Aleppo protested yesterday against the radical Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, demanding release of detainees and media activists, Zaman Alwasl reporter said.  Besides the Syrian detainees, foreign aid workers and...

Egypt said Tuesday it has granted three-month residence permits to 171 out of a total of 206 Syrian and Palestinian immigrants who were detained for illegally entering the country. Foreign ministry spokesman Badr Abdelatty said the Syrians and Palestinians had entered Egyptian waters...