The Supreme Military Council has dismissed General Salim Idriss and his deputy. Idriss, who defected from the Syrian Army in July 2012 and was elected head of the SMC five months later, has been succeeded by Brigadier Abdel-Ilah al-Bashir....
All Syrian opposition fighters in the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmuk in southern Damascus have withdrawn, a Palestinian official told AFP on Sunday. Anwar Abdel Hadi, an official with the Palestine Liberation Organisation, said the pullout came after an agreement...
A well-informed source reported to Zaman Alwasl that Col. Abdel Jabbar Al Aqidi will be the top military figure for the opposition in coming period, according to European and Saudi will in particular. Al Aqidi has a good reputation within the armed opposition and...
The evacuation of civilians from Syria's Homs city has halted, with no new efforts to extend a truce and the governor saying Sunday "armed groups" prevented operations a day earlier. In a statement, Talal Barazi said "the evacuation of civilians was not carried...
