Fierce clashes raged Friday between Syrian troops and rebels in northeastern Damascus as government warplanes raided insurgent strongholds, a monitoring group said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least seven rebels were killed in regime shelling and air...

Insurgents have renewed their assault on Assad forces inside Aleppo Central Prison, including an attack with a vehicle-borne suicide bomb. Opposition fighters briefly moved into part of the complex two weeks ago, freeing hundreds of detainees. Syrian forces, supported by airstrikes...

The U.N. Security Council is considering a draft resolution to impose travel bans and asset freezes on people in Yemen  who obstruct or undermine the country's political transition and those who commit human rights violations. Yemen , a U.S. ally, with a population of 25...

 U.S. aerospace companies are seeking permission to sell airliner parts to  Iran  for the first time in three decades, in a key test of the temporary relief on sanctions given under talks to curtail Iran's nuclear activities. At least two leading manufacturers, ...

Syria  has submitted a new 100-day plan for the removal of its chemical weapons after failing to meet a February 5 deadline, but the international mission overseeing the operation believes it can be done in a shorter time frame, diplomats said on Friday. The Organization...

An Islamist official in Libya's government and 10 other passengers and crew were killed when a military plane carrying medical patients crashed near Tunisia's capital early on Friday, officials said. The Libyan Antonov aircraft went down after the pilot tried to land in farmland...

In recent years, a bevy of messaging apps has fought for global domination, with many boasting a lucrative combination of communications features, online shopping and games . But this week,  Facebook  CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent a staggering $19 billion to buy WhatsApp,...

  Bashar al-Assad forces backed by Iran proxy Hezbollah militia kept up their shelling of the town of Yabroud and the surrounding Qalamoun region over the last two weeks.  Regime's fighter jets hit the main market of Yabroud Friday, leaving mass destruction, activists said...

The Syria regime of embattled President Bashar al-Assad is ready to lend neighboring Lebanon a hand in combatting terrorism, the Syrian state-run agency reported late Thursday. The Syrian Interior Ministry stressed its readiness to help Lebanon “in the fields of counter terrorism, pursuing...

Syrian activists say hundreds of people have been killed in airstrikes targeting rebel-held areas over the past few days. The Syrian government forces continues to use barrel bombs - explosives packed inside drums and thrown from helicopters - which have been condemned as...

    A surface-to-surface rocket by Bashar al-Assad‘s forces hit Al-Takaya Street in the city of Deir al-Zor on Friday, leaving one man killed and many others injured, Syrian Observatory for human Rights  said.  The observatory reported that...

Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovich announced plans for early elections on Friday in a series of concessions to his pro-European opponents, but it was unclear whether they would accept an EU-mediated deal to end violence that has left dozens dead. Russian-backed Yanukovich, under...

Daoud brigade with other eight rebel groups have agreed to form al-Sham Army (The Levant Army) in Idlib province and north Syria, sources told Zaman Alwasl. Army of the Levant does not affiliated any faction or front within the country or outside. The aim of such a move is...

Voices of  construction  workers and the noise from their  tools  used to ring out in Gaza's streets. Now hulks of unfinished buildings stand in eerie silence, and the idle builders are left to worry how to make ends meet. An Egyptian-Israeli blockade on the...

As Syria's war nears the start of its fourth year,  Iran has stepped up support on the ground for President Bashar al-Assad, providing elite teams to gather intelligence and train troops, sources with knowledge of military movements say. This further backing from Tehran,...

The political command of Syrian National Coalition Thursday issued a warnin g to all 44-quitted members over Geneva II participation  on January 21,  to return or to send their resignations in a maximum period of 48 hours, according to Zaman Alwasl....

  Ukraine's presidency said on Friday a deal had been reached at all-night talks on resolving the country's crisis after 75 people were killed in two days of the worst violence since Soviet times. But the opposition did not immediately confirm agreement had been reached and...

 Prominent Media activist Trad al-Zuhouri has been killed due to shrapnel in head during his covering Qalamoun battles on Thursday, activists said. Al-Zuhouri's colleagues and many rebel commanders have commended his good manners and his brave heart for covering...

  Senior opposition figure said in statement submitted to the Coalition leadership that Syrian National Council (SNC) is still a key component in the Coalition despite the quitting claims on January 21. Marwan Hijo  al-Rifai, head of the Membership Committee and a member...

  At least 50 people have been killed and dozens injured in a car bomb attack at a Syrian refugee camp near the Turkish border, according to opposition websites. The Al-Qaeda-inspired Islamic State of   Iraq   and Greater   Syria   are...