Rebels posted photo online showed 3 men slaughtering a lion in the besieged Ghouta suburbs, east Damascus; they  try to 'm ake a virtue of necessity' , activists said. Zaman Alwasl source said the old lion came from the embattled Douma Zoo in Damascus countryside....

The UN and Arab's special envoy to Syria demanded a wide representation from the Syrian opposition in Geneva Peace Conference, January 22, 2014, according to Zaman Alwasl’s sources.   The source said that  Lakhdar Brahimi  had informed the key...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday that Tehran was prepared to take part in the Syria peace talks in Geneva, slated for January 22, if invited. "Participation of Iran in Geneva 2 is in our view an important contribution to the resolution of the problem. We...

The head of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) said on Tuesday that rebel forces loyal to him would not join a planned peace conference in Switzerland in January and would continue their fight to topple President Bashar al-Assad throughout the talks. General Salim Idriss's rejection highlights...