Al-Qaeda affiliate seeks to solve its disputes in Atareb peacefully after threats to attack the northern town near Aleppo, local sources told Zaman Aalwasl.  The State of Iraq and al-Sham recently demanded the rebels based in the town to surrender and to...

  Tawhid Brigade has dismissed 6 rebel battalions today over abuses of the Islamic Shariah and accusations of corruption and disobedience. In a statement  issued by the brigade general leadership and  obtained by Zaman Alwasl,  the reason...

   UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, who arrived in Damascus Monday, believes President Bashar al-Assad could contribute to the transition to a "new" Syria, but not as the country's leader. Brahimi, who was in Syria on the latest leg of a...

United Nations officials confirmed an outbreak of polio among children in Syria on Tuesday, lending urgency to plans for vaccination campaigns there and in nearby countries to try to halt the spread of the disease. Tests confirmed polio in 10 out of 22 children in Deir...