Supreme Military council of rebel Free Syrian Army has nominated Gen. Abdul Aziz Shlal to head Defence Ministry in the opposition government, source told Zaman Alwasl. The general commission of National Coalition will vote on the...

(AFP)- Western countries that back the revolt in Syria have started to shift position on the conflict because of the danger posed to them by jihadists, according to President Bashar al-Assad. "The United States and the West have started to send signs of change. Terrorism is now...

Tens of thousands of people have fled Iraq's second biggest city Mosul after the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), an al-Qaeda splinter group, took control of the city. An estimated 1,300 ISIL fighters overran Iraqi security forces and seized the city's airport...

(Zaman Alwasl)- Outrage has been sparked amid Syrian opposition after an official congratulation letter to Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on his inauguration as president of Egypt by the opposition National Coalition. Several Coalition members...