U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will chair a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Friday to push efforts to end the conflict in Syria, the State Department said on Wednesday. While in New York, Kerry will also host a meeting of the International Syria Support...

Reporting by Lama Shammas; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrians refugees  in Narlija town near Antalya resort southern Turkey have complained the mistreatment of an association funded by the U.N. Fadi Al Ghazo, a Syrian refugee told Zaman Al Wasl that most Turkish...

An Iranian news agency said on Wednesday the commander of foreign operations for Tehran's elite Revolutionary Guards had met Russian President Vladimir Putin last week, but his spokesman flatly denied the report. Fars news agency said General Qassem Soleimani, who visited Moscow in July to aid...

The Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi forces in Yemen has accused the Iranian-allied group of repeatedly violating a ceasefire and warned the truce could collapse, Saudi television reported Wednesday. "The number of violations is around 150 and this does not represent true intentions,"...

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says it's unacceptable that a solution to the Syrian civil war depends on the fate of one man – President Bashar Assad. He told a news conference Wednesday that the United Nations is pressing for a nationwide cease-fire and the start of negotiations on a political...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Justice House in southern Daraa province has appointed Sheikh Ismat al-Absi as a head for the powerful body that manage Shariah affairs and conflict resolution among rebels. On Tuesday, unknown assailants have killed Shiekh Osama al-Yateem, head of the Justice House with...

Turkey will establish a military base in Qatar as part of a defense agreement aimed at helping them confront "common enemies," Turkey's ambassador to Qatar said on Wednesday. Establishment of the base, part of an agreement signed in 2014 and ratified by Turkey's parliament in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Free Syrian Army fighters took ground from Isis in the Syrian desert near the Iraqi border on Tuesday, killing 15 militants, field sources told Zaman al Wasl. Martyr Ahmed al-Abdo Brigade and Osoud al-Sharqiya Brigade have captured number of Isis checkpoints near the...

Syrian regime troops and allied militia pushed rebel fighters back on Wednesday from a hilltop overlooking a strategic highway in President Bashar al-Assad’s coastal heartland, state media said. Citing a military source, state news agency SANA said army units and pro-government militia “took...

(Zaman Al Wasl) - 96,000 people were listed by Syrian regime security services between 2011 and med 2013 and thousands of arrest warrants have been issued for revolution activists. Our interested readers can download the List . Syria's war started with a pro-democracy movement that grew into...

(Middle East Eye)- A hacking group has claimed Islamic State supporters spread propaganda on the internet using IP addresses sold by the UK government to two Saudi firms.  Four online activists calling themselves VandaSec showed the Mirror Online news site details of IP addresses used...

Islamic State is looking at potentially vulnerable oil assets in Libya and elsewhere outside its Syria stronghold, where the militant group controls about roughly 80 percent of the oil and gas fields, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday. The official, who briefed reporters...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian Islamist factions have recaptured territory from regime army and allied militia in Eastern Ghouta suburbs, activists said Tuesday. The recent gain came after Rebels had formed a new military operations room in the embattled suburbs included Islam Army, Ajnad al-Sham,...

The United States and Russia agreed Tuesday to push ahead with Syrian peace talks in New York this week, after intense talks between US Secretary of State John Kerry and President Vladimir Putin. After a three-hour meeting in Moscow between Putin and Kerry, Russia and the...

Russia's defense ministry said on Tuesday its planes had carried out air strikes to support four rebel groups in Syria, saying it was working to try to unite the efforts of the Free Syrian Army and government troops against Islamic State. The General Staff of the Russian army...

Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab states are discussing sending special forces to Syria as part of U.S.-led efforts to fight Islamic State, Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Tuesday. "There are discussions, countries that are currently part of the coalition (like) Saudi...

The United States and its allies targeted Islamic State militants with a fresh round of 14 air strikes in Syria and Iraq on Monday, the U.S. military said in a statement. In Iraq, eight air strikes near three cities hit three Islamic State tactical units, an improvised...

Turkey must pull all its forces out of a camp in northern Iraq, a spokesman for the Iraqi prime minister said on Tuesday after Turkey withdrew some troops from the area. The deployment of around 150 Turkish troops to a camp near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul earlier this month has strained...

Turkish authorities arrested a suspected Islamic State militant on Tuesday for allegedly planning a suicide attack on the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul, Dogan news agency said. The suspected militant was of Syrian origin and was detained in Kahramanmaras, a province near the Syrian...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 30 people have been killed in Syrian and Russian air strikes on rebel-held areas  in northern provinces of Idlib and Aleppo , a monitor said Tuesday. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said at least 20 people, including 5 women, have been killed in...