A Syrian government minister said Sunday that foreign fighters who have come to the country to wage jihad are responsible for the outbreak of polio in the rebel-controlled north. Last week, the United Nations health agency confirmed 10 polio cases in northeast Syria, the first confirmed...

Gulf countries, led by Saudi Arabia, are moving to strengthen their military support for Syrian rebels and develop policy options independent from the United States in the wake of what they see as a failure of U.S. leadership following President Obama’s decision not to launch airstrikes...

Zaman Alwasl has obtained exclusively the Opposition demands and main points to participate in Geneva II which was delivered by Ahmad Jarba, the National Coalition president to the  foreign ministers from the Arab League’s member states which  will be announced during...

Palestinians Mahmoud and Ahmed fled Syria last month for Egypt, where they paid smugglers to bring them to Europe. Once at sea, they were robbed at knifepoint and herded onto an overloaded boat that sank, pitching over 100 into the sea.  The brothers made it back to shore while others...