Lebanese rights activist Tareq Shandab was the target of an assassination attempt earlier this month after delivering a presentation at the UN’s Geneva headquarters, according to a statement issued Monday by the International Jurists Union. Describing the incident as "barbaric", the...

Syrian rebels said on Tuesday they had repelled an army offensive in southern Aleppo as Russian and Syrian warplanes pounded residential areas, while nations spoke of rebuilding a peace process the United States broke off this week. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who announced on Monday...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Free Syrian Army backed by Turkey has Tuesday controlled the strategic village of Turkman Bareh northern countryside of Aleppo, after severe battle with the Islamic State. Moreover, the opposition managed to stop and attack of the Syrian regime forces and supporting militias at...

HASAKA (Zaman al-Wasl)- Masked armed groups subordinate to Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) launched during the past two days arrest and storming campaigns of Free Syrian Army (FSA) personnel and defected army officers in Hasaka southern countryside. The arrests extended to groups of...