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...

Opposition coalition member Rima Flaihan has accused Islam Army leader of kidnapping Razan Zaitouneh in a letter submitted to the coalition members, Zaman Alwasl source said. The prominent Syrian human rights lawyer who went into hiding for her widely publicized work on...

Syria's government on Wednesday slammed the Gulf Cooperation Council for interfering in the country's conflict and condemned the bloc for what it called "inflammatory rhetoric". The foreign ministry statement came after the GCC called for the withdrawal of foreign forces taking part in...

  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...