Rebels' policemen in Aleppo arrested thugs group leader, who claimed affiliation to the Free Syrian Army, after mounting acts of kidnapping and robbery. Shariah Authority, which has ordered to arrest leader of ''Aleppo's Muiahidin'' brigade, said; we will not allow for...

   ' The north Storm' brigade accused Islamic state of Iraq and al-Sham “ISIS” of violating the agreement between the two parties and has not released the detainees.   In a statement issued on Sunday, the North Storm Brigade accused ISIS of not...

Official results confirm that Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have won Germany's election, but indicate that they have finished short of an absolute majority. Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party together won 41.5 percent of the vote,...

  A delegation from the Syrian National Coalition has arrived in New York ahead of the UN General Assembly, the group said.   Delegates include the Coalition's president Ahmad Jarba, as well as prominent members Michel Kilo and Burhan Ghalioun....

 The majority of Palestinians in Syria live in 13 refugees camps, besides other clusters outside camps in Damascus like al-Tadamon, Kaboun,  Rokn al-Din, Kafr Sooseh, al- Hajar al-aswad, Yalda, al-Moadamiyeh, Jdaydet Artooz Palestinians who live in gatherings outside...

Abu-Abdallah al-Libi, a top commander of al-Qaeda front group The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), has been killed on Sunday in Idlib in northwestern Syria, Al Arabiya television reported. The Free Syrian Army denied responsibility for Libi’s death. The militant group is posing...

  Reuters reports that the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is now saying that Moscow is ready to send troops to Syria to ensure the safety of United Nations chemical weapons inspectors. Major assault launched to free hostages held by al-Shabab fighters in...

    Reuters reports that the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is now saying that Moscow is ready to send troops to Syria to ensure the safety of United Nations chemical weapons inspectors. He also said that Russia categorically opposes any UN...

        Germany's domestic spy chief says at least 170 Islamic extremists have traveled to Syria from Germany and some are thought to be actively participating in the fighting.   Hans-Georg Maassen told Deutschlandfunk radio in an interview...

  Special sources confirmed to Zaman Alwasl that the center of the border city of Azaz, near Turkey, is still controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham “ISIS”, besides 30 detainees and activist Mohamed Noor, are still under arrest at ISIS. A ceasefire...

    The UN warned on Sunday against revenge attacks in Iraq after two blasts killed 73 people in a Shiite area of Baghdad a day after a Sunni mosque was bombed.Saturday's bombings struck near funeral tents for a tribal sheikh in the Sadr City district of north Baghdad and also...

 A stunning performance on piano by Syrian child from the embattled city of Homs wowed the Arab world, aired via MBC program 'Arabs Got Talent' yesterday.   Nael Trabelsi, 6-year-old, had lost his piano and House during the Syrian war, he continued practicing on...

The president of the opposition Syrian Coalition, Ahmad Jarba, said the group would attend a proposed Geneva conference to end two and a half years of conflict in  Syria  if it aims to establish a transitional government with full powers. In a letter to the U.N. Security...

   A well informed source revealed to Zaman Alwasl that Palestinians in Egypt are being deported to Ecuador because it does not require a visa for entry. This is brand new way of punishment and suffering Palestinians face. On the other hand, Syrians are deported to...

Now that it seems unlikely the U.S. will hit Syria militarily, the rebels need a new strategy. Jamie Dettmer reports on the tough odds facing the opposition. President Obama’s acceptance of a Russian-brokered proposal to strip Syrian president Bashar al-Assad of his...

  Lacking the example of local independent or uncensored media, it would be easy for Syria’s citizen journalists to play an activist role, especially when reporting on human rights abuses in their own country. Instead, they’re embracing the values of accuracy and unbiased reporting as an...

Syria  has handed over information about its chemical arsenal to a U.N.-backed weapons watchdog, meeting the first deadline of an ambitious disarmament operation that averted the threat of Western air strikes. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said...

The numerous militias in Syria have gone from ill-organized neighborhood watch groups to a coherent paramilitary organization. At age 70, Ahmad Saidi took up arms after the slaying of his son, a father of five who was killed when a remote-controlled bomb blew up his car. A neighbor...

  Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says woman and two children among victims of soldiers and pro-government militia Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad killed at least 15 people in a Sunni Muslim village north-west of the city of Hama....

Istanbul will host the founding conference for Syrian Democrats Union for two days between 28 - 29 September under the leadership Of Michael Kilo, the veteran dissident and former political prisoner .   The conference will come after a...