British prisoner Dr Abbas Khan found dead in Syrian jail days before he was due to be handed over to MP George Galloway In a scandal that will inevitably embrace the Syrian and the British governments, a British prisoner in the hands of the Syrian state security police has been...

Western nations have indicated to the Syrian opposition that peace next month talks may not lead to the removal of President Bashar al-Assad and that his Alawite minority will remain key in any transitional administration, opposition sources said. The message, delivered to...

  Two Syrian displaced families who fled to Jarmana from besieged Eastern Ghouta towns were kidnapped by the Air Forces intelligence to enforce rebels, who took control of Adra al-Ummaliya, to release hostages loyal to Assad. Sources detailed the incidence to Zaman...

Syria Islamist rebels denounced in statement, obtained by Zaman Alwasl, claims of killing over 80 civilians in the city of Adra al-Ummaliya northwest of Damascus. The statement denied also kidnapping some families in order to be used as human shields. Adra battle...