WASHINGTON (Zaman Alwasl) — The long-awaited meeting by western-backed opposition with U.S. President Barack Obama finally held on Tuesday. Mr. Obama, who met with Syrian opposition leader Ahmad Jarba, has praised the coalition's role in trying...
(Reuters) - Egyptian presidential frontrunner Abdel Fattah al-Sisi gave Reuters a wide-ranging interview. The following is the full text. Q: How long do you think it will take to make real difference. What is your expectation as to the timetable before people start seeing...
The US government officially designated as "global terrorists" Wednesday two figures from rival jihadist groups in Syria, warning other rebel factions in the war-torn country to stay away from both men. The US Treasury added Saudi-born Abd Al-Rahman Muhammad Zafir Al-Dubaysi...
AFP- Islamist rebels detonated explosives planted in a tunnel under an army base in northwestern Idlib on Wednesday, killing or injuring dozens, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Britain-based group said the explosives blew up under a checkpoint inside Wadi Deif...
DAMASCUS (Zaman Alwasl)- Translation by Yusra Ahmed A group of independent opposition figures and inside Syria opposition held a conference in Damascus, aiming to find a mutual vision for the political solution for war in Syria. Al-Mayadeen...
Nearly 850 prisoners have died in Syrian regime jails this year, many executed summarily or tortured to death, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Wednesday. "From the beginning of the year until May 13, 847 prisoners, including 15 below the age of 18 and six women,...
At least 12 people have been killed and 48 wounded in air strikes on the northern Syrian city of Atareb near Aleppo, local sources told Zaman Alwasl on Wednesday. Regime’s warplanes have conducted a series of airstrikes that killed at least 12...
Syrian rebels who evacuated Homs after a two-year siege and daily bombing are rediscovering the simple joy of eating well and resting. But many feel far from home and dream of return. "In the last months of the siege, all we had left to eat were the leaves off the trees," says...
By Aabed Mulhem; Translation by Yusra Ahmed ALEPPO (Zaman Alwasl) - Water supply has been resumed to Aleppo in both the rebels and regime’s sides after cut off for 10 days. Sources in the Sharia Authority reported to Zaman Alwasl that...
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A Syrian official on Wednesday welcomed the resignation of Lakhdar Brahimi as the joint United Nations-Arab League envoy for Syria, calling for the appointment of a "more objective" mediator. Fayez Sayegh, a member of parliament and a senior member of...
(Al Jazeera) - Syrian government and opposition forces have systematically attacked healthcare professionals and facilities in the country over the past three years, a report by the US-based group, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), has alleged. The report released by the...
In a first phase and as a gesture of goodwill over exchange agreement between rebels and Syrian regime, a family of eight people has been released on Tuesday from the city of Adra, east north Damascus, a close newspaper to Bashar Assad’s regime said....
AMMAN ( The National ) The deadline to resolve a dispute that brought the Free Syrian Army and Jabhat Al Nusra to the brink of war in southern Syria expired on Monday without resolution. Conditions in southern Syria were tense on Monday night but it appeared as though moderate...
Local activists assured to Zaman Alwasl mass acts of robbery and looting for the former rebel-held areas in Homs by Bashar al-Assad forces and its backed militias with participation of many Alawite civilians including women. Many photos have been circulated on social media...
Swedish film-maker Malik Bendjelloul, who shot to fame with his Oscar-winning documentary, "Searching for Sugar Man", has died aged 36. Swedish police said the director had died in the capital Stockholm on Tuesday, but would not specify where his body was found or the cause of...
(Zaman Alwasl Leaks) – By George Hadad- Translation Dani Murad Assad’s regime has long pretended to be a pivotal part of the axis of resistance against Israel; yet two recent official documents obtained by Zaman Alwasl revealed the...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama met with Syrian opposition leader Ahmad Jarba on Tuesday and praised the coalition's role in trying to find a political solution to the crisis in Syria, the White House said in a statement. The meeting came near the end of Jarba's...
WASHINGTON (AP) — France's foreign minister on Tuesday accused the Syrian government of attacking its people with chemical weapons at least 14 times since October, including as recently as a few weeks ago. Speaking to reporters in Washington, Laurent Fabius cited "credible...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Lakhdar Brahimi is resigning as the international point man on Syria, the U.N. chief announced Tuesday, marking a second failure by the United Nations and Arab League to end the country's worsening civil war and highlighting the deep divisions among the parties...
(Zaman Alwasl Leaks) – By George Hadad- Translation Dani Murad In a leaked document obtained by Zaman Alwasl , a senior officer in regime’s ministry of interior claimed that an armed group have broken into his house and stolen some of its contents,...
