A newly formed rebel alliance said Tuesday it wants to replace Syria's regime with an "Islamic state," but insisted it would protect minorities and not create an "oppressive, authoritarian system". The covenant of the Islamic Front, Syria's largest armed opposition grouping with tens of...
The United Nations says its aid convoys cannot reach around 250,000 people in areas besieged by Syrian government forces or rebels, despite "growing needs and intensifying conflict". The detailed assessment was included in a confidential paper that Valerie Amos, U.N. emergency relief...
Rebels posted photo online showed 3 men slaughtering a lion in the besieged Ghouta suburbs, east Damascus; they try to 'm ake a virtue of necessity' , activists said. Zaman Alwasl source said the old lion came from the embattled Douma Zoo in Damascus countryside....
Jabhat al-Nusra, al-Qaeda main branch in Syria in a statement issued Tuesday confirmed capturing Syria's largest oilfield four days ago, cutting off President Bashar al-Assad's access to almost all local crude reserves, activists said. The loss of the al-Omar oil field in the...
