Jordan, where the US Central Intelligence Agency has been covertly training Syrian rebels for more than a year, is reluctant to host an expanded rebel instruction programme, US officials say. Jordan's reticence, confirmed by four US officials, is a potentially serious setback...

    Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Alwasl-Istanbul)- It has been reported to Zaman Alwasl that Nasr al-Hariri, the General Secretary for the Coalition has surprisingly and suddenly called for the General Authority’s meeting at its...

(By Violations Documentation Center- Jasem Al Hamwi)- “Several months ago, we documented the murder of two young girls from Qudsaya, Damascus Suburbs; their parents killed them because Syrian regime forces had raped them,” said Ameer, a member of...

Damascus, July 12 (IANS) The Syrian army has advanced into a key Damascus suburb, completely surrounding all militants in the area, a military official said Saturday. The eastern town of Mleiha in the countryside of the capital Damascus has been captured by the Syrian troops,...