A Syrian opposition group tolerated by President Bashar Assad's regime said Tuesday it had asked the UN to merge all opposition factions into one delegation at the next round of peace talks. The comments came from Syria's former deputy premier Qadri Jamil, who was sacked by Assad in 2013 and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Five members of the Civil Defense Corps were killed on Monday in regime air strike on northern Aleppo province, media center said. The devastating strike hit the center of the voluntary group in Atareb town, destroying most of the rescue equipment and vehicles according to...

Egyptian police fired tear gas at protesters in Cairo who defied government warnings and held a rally Monday calling for the "downfall" of the regime, quickly scattering them and making arrests. A coalition of leftist and liberal groups had called for the protest, ostensibly against the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Prominent Syrian army defector Abdul Hamid Zakaria is still alive and has not been killed in Aleppo battles, source said as activists circulate news of Zakariya's death in clashes with regime forces. The man who had been mourned was a relative of Zakaria who had the same name...