The Syrian opposition scheduled to meet on 5 and 6 January in Istanbul to elect a new leader or to re-elect the current president Ahmad Jarba, according to sources. Zaman Alwasl source said that Mr. Ahmad Jarba likely to keep his position as Geneva peace conference on the...

Al-Qaeda-linked fighters have besieged some areas in the northwestern Syrian province of Aleppo and are readying to storm the village of al-Atareb nearby, Al Arabiya News Channel reported activists as saying on Friday. Zaman Alwasl reporter said the Emir of the Islamic...

  On Dec. 9, the Syrian human rights lawyer and founder of the Violations Documentation Center (VDC), Razan Zaitouneh, was kidnapped in the city of Duma (Eastern Ghouta, east of Damascus) with three other activists from the VDC: Samira al-Khalil, Wael Hamada and Nazim al-Hamadi....

9 Islamist groups have merged in new fighting bloc in Aleppo province, according to Zaman Alwasl source. The newly formed Al Mujahideen Army consisted of Division 19, Islamic Al Nour Movement, Istakem Kma Amart Gathering, Nor Al din Al Zinki Battalions,...