Reporting by Abdullah Al Ghadawi; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has established its own intelligence agency in territory it control in Syria, mostly from civilians loyal to the...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday was poised to approve President Barack Obama's plan for training and arming moderate Syrian rebels to battle Islamic State militants. A successful Senate vote on the measure, which passed the House of...
BERLIN (Reuters) - Turkey's foreign minister on Thursday called for a greater exchange of information with other states to prevent jihadists entering his country and traveling on to Iraq or Syria to join Islamic State militants. Thousands of foreign fighters from...
BEIRUT (AP) — Islamic State fighters backed by tanks have captured 21 Kurdish villages over the past 24 hours in northern Syria near the Turkish border, prompting civilians to flee their homes amid fears of retribution by the extremists sweeping through the area, activists said....
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of breaking the terms of a global pact on chemical weapons by unleashing chlorine gas this year. Despite having promised to hand over all of Syria's chemical arms to be destroyed, "we believe...
PARIS (Reuters) - France will not carry out military action against Islamic State militants in Syria, but will soon begin air strikes to support Iraqi and Kurdish forces in Iraq, President Francois Hollande said on Thursday. "I have decided to respond positively to...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- Rebels have made sudden advances inside Damascus, pounding Bashar al-Assad’s forces in al-Doukhaniya and al-Qabbas neighborhoods, activists said. The general command of rebels in Eastern Ghouta suburbs said in statement posted online...
Writing to Zaman English by Dani Murad (Zaman al-Wasl)- After the devastating explosion in North-eastern Syria last week, which killed a dozen of the most important senior figures in the armed opposition, a Syrian rebel group Ahrar al Sham Movement has...
Reporting by Mohamed Al Faris IDLIB (Zaman Al Wasl)- Rebel clerics have intensified efforts to defuse infighting between al-Qaeda syria’s wing and Syria's Revolutionaries Front in Idlib countryside. Dr. Huthaifa Azzam, one of mediators between...
By Al Hussein Al Shishakli ISTANBUL (Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkish authorities have released two members of the Syrian opposition’s National Coalition after five days of detention over passport validity, well-informed sources told Zaman al-Wasl....
Some 17,136 Syrian children have died due to the continuation of the crisis in the country for more than three and a half years, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) said in a report yesterday. Published at the start of the new academic year in the country, the SNHR said the...
(Zaman Al Wasl- Special)- A well-informed source said Syrian rebels have arrested a Russian Intelligence officer without revealing when, saying they are ready for a swap deal. The Russian officer, Muzojek Mezdi, was arrested in rebel-held areas after a complicated...
By Al Hussein Al Shishakli ISTANBUL (Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkish authorities have released a member of the Syrian opposition’s National Coalition after five days of detention, well-informed source told Zaman al-Wasl . The source said that...
(Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives votes on Wednesday on legislation to train and arm moderate Syrian rebels, but questions remain over whether it will give them the advanced weapons they say they need to defeat Islamic State militants. The vote is a test of support...
By Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Zaman al-Wasl has obtained a copy of the primary report provided by the investigation team in the deaths of 36 children inoculated against measles in the northwestern province of Idlib. The report...
(Reuters)- Support for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS or ISIL) increased after U.S. airstrikes began in Iraq and the militant group may take more hostages to try to force concessions from Washington, the FBI director told Congress on Wednesday. ISIS is "committed to...
BERLIN (Reuters) - Qatar's ruler Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani assured the West on Wednesday that it was not aiding Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, telling Germany that his own country's security was jeopardised by the militants. Last month, a...
By Abdullah Al Ghadawi; Translation by Dani Murad (Zaman Al Wasl)- In a pre-emptive move to the anticipated international strikes on its headquarters in Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State “IS” and according to well-informed sources has put a phase plan...
By Tom Perry BEIRUT, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Islamic State has gone underground in its Syrian stronghold since President Barack Obama authorised U.S. air strikes on the group in Syria, disappearing from the streets, redeploying weapons and fighters,...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wary House lawmakers are on track to give President Barack Obama authority to order U.S. military training and arms for moderate rebels confronting the growing danger of Islamic State militants in Syria. Obama was likely to get his wish in a vote Wednesday...
