(Zaman Al Wasl)- Veteran cleric Sheikh Ahmed Al Saiasneh called on Southern Front rebels to uproot betrayers who still have place in Daraa province, according to video statement.  The old man, who stood against regime crackdowns at the beginning of Syrian revolution from al-Omari...

A Syrian group said on Thursday it had the bodies of five people shot down in a Russian helicopter and demanded the release of prisoners in exchange for the corpses. The Russian military helicopter was downed in Syria's rebel-held Idlib province on Monday, killing all five people on board in...

By Ammar al-Bakkour (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian resistance launched major offensive this week to break siege of the eastern Aleppo where about 250,000 people are under severe siege. Syrian regime forces backed by allied militias recaptured territory they lost to rebels in the battleground city on...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Many killing crimes happened within short time in southern Sweida city, have sparked fears among people of the predominantly Druze province about the disastrous effects of wide spread of arms in hands of criminals and gangs with intentional ignorance...

A leading Arab think-tank has hit back at what it has called "far-fetched assumptions" in the British media over its organising of a conference studying the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies  has rejected insinuations...

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi has denied any family tie with the prime minister he has just nominated following criticism that the two were related by marriage. The 90-year-old leader said Youssef Chahed "is not a member of my family." Sections of the media and opposition members have...

After a slow start, it appears increasingly likely that the Obama administration will hit its goal of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees into the United States before the end of September. State Department totals show that 2,340 Syrian refugees arrived last month in the United States. That's...

U.N. aid agencies have made their first deliveries of relief in weeks to thousands of Syrian refugees stranded on Jordan's northeastern border with Syria, the world body said on Thursday. More than 75,000 people, mostly women and children, have been stuck for months in makeshift camps in a...

The United Nations said on Thursday that intensive diplomacy was going on to try to agree a humanitarian pause in the fighting in the Syrian city of Aleppo, and it hoped to see an agreement for a comprehensive humanitarian plan in the next few days. The battle for eastern Aleppo, pitting...

Reporting by Mustafa Mohamed (Eqtsad)- The unity between the Syrian and Turkish people in their stand against the failed coup in Turkey July 15, has had positive effects on Syrian investors in Turkey. The Head of the Syrian Economic Forum Tamam al-Baroudi welcomed the Turkish-Syrian unity...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria resistance forces launched new attack to capture the strategic Artillery School from regime army in northern Aleppo city, local reporter said on Thursday. Rebels launched major offensive early this week three to break siege of the eastern Aleppo where about 250,000...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russian delegate met with senior air force leaders in Syrian regime army recently and got informed about the suffering of the air force before it conducted a field visit in the military airports, military source reported. The source confirmed the delegate took off on a small...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Revolt erupted early Thursday in Sweida central prison in southern Syria as inmates protested against an execution sentence to conduct against their fellows, source said. The mutiny started when the regime forces stormed inside the prison to take 4...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Eqtsad)- Although most of the regime’s official deny the existence of a pandemic affecting the cow herd due to distributing fodder of unknown source, the decision taken by the regime’s Prime Minister Imad Khamis in regard to dismissing the Director of General...

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman al-Wasl)- Spokesman of powerful Ahrar al-Sham movement said “the situation in Aleppo is good and and the determination high," as rebels launch major offensive to break regime siege on the eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo. Abu Yousef al-Muhajir said in the...

Syrian regime forces launched air strikes against six hospitals in the Aleppo area within a week in attacks that amounted to war crimes, a U.S.-based rights group said on Wednesday. Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) said it was the worst week for attacks on medical facilities in the Aleppo...

(Eqtsad)- The problem of lack of milk powder in Rastan city, biggest city in besieged Homs, came back again to warn of a human disaster threatening around 1883 children with health problems caused by malnutrition. Manager of Motherhood and Childhood office in Rastan Maha Ayoub told Eqtsad...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia's warplanes on Wednesday targeted aid trucks delivering aid to rebel-held Aleppo  province from Turkey, activists said.  6 civilians were  killed and 20 more were wounded due to the attack near Atareb town in the western countryside of Aleppo. ...

By Hassan Hassan and Bassam Barabandi (The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy)- In a well-publicized announcement on Thursday, Jabhat al-Nusra announced that it was changing its name in order to distance itself from the al-Qaeda brand. The maneuver was a well-executed public relations...

Lebanon’s Hezbollah said the partition of Iraq and Syria was a possible outcome of sectarian fighting across the region and there was no prospect of any end to the war in Syria until after November's U.S. presidential election. Sheikh Naim Qassem, deputy leader of the Iran-backed group, whose...