Turkish parliament has begun working after a two-and-a-half month break as Turkey braces for a new wave of democratic reforms announced on Monday by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Speaker Cemil Cicek delivered opening remarks at the first Parliament session on...

Experts from the United Nations arrived in Syria on Tuesday to begin the process of verifying and eliminating the regime’s chemical weapons stockpile. The experts arrived in a convoy of about 20 U.N.  vehicles, according to Reuters news agency. The Hague-based Organization for...

  Rebels' Joint chiefs of Staff renounce the 'campaign of lies and falsehoods regarding arms shipments' to the city of Homs, on prolonged statement by its press office.   The statement accused cyber activists as thousands of fake social media pages that...

    Syrian opposition started printing a revised Syrian curriculum in Istanbul, where all information related to the Assad regime has been omitted. The revised books will be distributed to displaced Syrian students in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Qatar as well as...

   A Syrian photojournalist known for his picture of bikers on a badly damaged bridge was killed when an army rocket attack erupted while he was cycling, a colleague said Monday.   Murhaf al-Mohdi, who also went by the pseudonym Abo Shuja, had...

    Opposition coalition envoy to Qatar has accepted the consul resignation with three other employees yesterday, according to a statement released by the Ambassador. Nizar al-Haraki said in a 'diplomatic' statement obtained by Zaman Alwasl that he welcomes the...

    Well-informed source close to the Islamic state of Iraq and al-Sham “ISIS” confirmed to Zaman Alwasl that ISIS will not accept the arbitration in resolving the conflict with the North Storm brigade, due to the lack of commitment with the ceasefire agreement from the...

  Free Syrian Army targeted Bashar al-Assad's Palaces in Damascus by mortar rounds, rebel leader said . Early today, footage, by the military council of Damascus and its suburbs, circulated in the Internet showed smoke rising in the People's Palace, the main...

  Six weeks ago, a two-man delegation arrived in secret in Damascus: civilians from Aleppo who represented elements of the Free Syrian Army, the rebel group largely composed of fighters who deserted the regime’s army in the first year of the war. They came under a guarantee of...

This Lowy Institute Analysis examines the trajectory of the Syrian conflict in the wake of the Russian and US agreement to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons.  It argues that while that agreement, enshrined in Security Council Resolution 2118, may remove a pernicious class of weapons...

President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are meeting at a time that the three-decade estrangement between the United States and Iran may be nearing an end. Obama and Netanyahu are set to meet Monday, and the White House said the two leaders would discuss...

Syria's foreign minister claimed Monday that his government is fighting a war against al-Qaida-linked militants who eat human hearts and dismember people while they are still alive, then send their limbs to family members. Walid al-Moallem, addressing world leaders at the U.N. ...

  Few hours after the founding the Islam Army by Syrian rebels near Damascus, FaceBook administration has blocked the 'Army' page. Zahran Alloush, Leader of the biggest Islamic group in Syria has tweeted, ''we reach 24 thousand followers within 24 hours,'' I believe that F.B had...

  A coalition member returned to Turkey by the help of a smuggler after the closure Bab al-Hawa crossing border for security reasons by the Turkish Authorities, Zaman Alwasl reporter in Istanbul said. The opposition figure was in political tour in the rebel-held areas...

Fighter jets were preparing for scheduled take off when President Hollande took 'stunning' call from US telling him to hold fire French President Francois Hollande called off military strikes against Syria on 31 August following a phone call from the US President only hours...

     Opposition coalition consul with three other employees, handed their resignation to Ambassador Nizar al-Haraki.   The situation inside the first Embassy of the revolution and its bad  reputation among Syrians was behind his...

  Syrian dissent announced last Saturday from Istanbul the establishment of the Syrian Democratic Union that includes opposition figures from different movements and parties such as the National Coalition , the National Council , cooperative bodies and other Democratic...

Special sources From Azaz, the border town, northern Syria, have confirmed to Zaman Alwasl that the Lebanese detainees are safe; they practice their lives normally, in a good health. Sources did not provide any further information, only confirmed that hostages are safe....

  Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) accused Zaman Alwasl of publishing incorrect information about the political and military situation of the Kurds who participate in the Syrian Revolution, which deeply affects the mutual relationship between Arabs and Kurds....

  50 rebel brigade and battalion have merged to form a new front against  Bashar al-Assad to fight his regime under the banner of 'Islam Army', The united fighting groups said in Communique No.1    The group will be the biggest operating in the area, leaving...