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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned Washington on Monday to brace for retaliation if US forces attacked his war-torn country, as he denied using chemical weapons against his people. "You're going to pay the price if you're not wise. There are going to be repercussions," Assad told CBS...
The United States said on Monday it disagreed with a Russian request for the U.N. nuclear agency to analyze the possible risks involved if a Syrian reactor were to be hit during military strikes. Russia said last week any U.S.-led military action against Syria's government could...
Reports about an imminent U.S. strike against the backdrop of the Syrian government's alleged use of chemical weapons has caused panic in the Syrian markets and triggered off a new and sharp decline in the Syrian pound. According to media reports, four U.S. Navy destroyers...
The oldest lady in Homs was shot dead by a Assad forces snipers. Om Nizar was 95-year-old, has spoken before via TV interview about harsh siege circumstances in the embattled city of Homs where the people are suffering from hunger and lack of medication, children’s milk and other...
American senator asked veteran dissidents in Syrian Coalition to issue a resolution dismantling Syria from Chemical Weapons where no part for CW in Syria's future what may gain the International Support. Republican Senator, Lindsey Graham, in a message addressed on 6 September...
''Members from al-Fateh Brigade are stealing civilians' homes in Sheikh Khader neighborhood in Aleppo ,'' local sources reported to Zaman Alwasl. Recently, the militants carried out lots of armed robbery, erupting fear amid the residents. ...
Italian journalist Domenico Quirico and Belgian national Pierre Piccinin, both kidnapped in Syria in early April, have been released and are on a plane flying to Italy, the Italian government said Sunday The website of Turin-based daily newspaper La Stampa, for which Quirico is a...
Syrian opposition group rang alarm bells saying lives of millions in imminent danger after shelling the Euphrates dam, north east Syria, by explosive barrels ; activists also warned of a huge catastrophe. Assad’s Air Forces have dropped...
Minutes of the National Council meeting in Istanbul showed conflict ideas and constant call to withdraw from the Coalition Zaman Alwasl has obtained the minutes of the General Secretariat of the National Council meeting held in Istanbul on 20th and 21st August....
Syria’s top leaders amassed one of the world’s largest stockpiles of chemical weapons with help from the Soviet Union and Iran, as well as Western European suppliers and even a handful of American companies, according to American diplomatic cables and declassified intelligence records....
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad rejected claims that he was behind a purported chemical weapons attack in a Damascus suburb in August, in an interview with U.S. based CBS News on Sunday. “There has been no evidence that I used chemical weapons against my own people,” CBS reported Assad as...
Iran's foreign minister slammed potential US-led airstrikes against Syria as "illegal" on a visit to Baghdad Sunday, while his Iraqi counterpart warned they would hinder efforts towards a political solution. Mohammad Javed Zarif said military action was barred under the United Nations...
The White House is making a big push to rally members of Congress and the American public behind President Barack Obama's plan for a U.S. military strike against Syria. His administration says the government of Syrian President Bassar Assad used chemical weapons in an attack last month...
A well-informed source told Zaman Alwasl that a consultative meeting took place yesterday in Tal Rifa’at town, Aleppo countryside, to discuss the possibility of merging both “al-Fateh” and “al-Tawheed” brigades together under one faction. According to the sources, it is...
It is predicted that the Syrian intelligence has been trying to identify members of opposition and in particular members of the Syrian National Council and to estimate their properties and wealth in Syria. That has been confirmed by the document directed from the Head of the Office...
Syrian rebels, including jihadists, have taken control of the historic Christian town of Maalula, north of Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights watchdog and a resident said on Sunday. "Overnight, Syrian regime troops moved into the village, but rebel forces sent reinforcements...
Forests are being burned Assad's continuous shelling on the coastal mountainous of Turkmans and Kurds, Local source reported to Zaman Alwasl. The rebels suffer the lack of most basic means of firefighting; they depend on water cannons. Activists...
Men sprawled on a tile floor, shirtless and convulsing. Children, too, seemingly unable to control their shaking and flailing. Panic and screams in the background. These are some of the hard-to-stomach images that the Obama administration has shown a select group of...
How chemical weapons were used in Syria 1,700 years ago by Persian attackers to kill Roman soldiers defending their city - Persians may have used poisoned gas to kill Roman soldiers during siege. - They pumped a compound of bitumen and sulfur into...
Grandson of Prince Abdulkader al-Jazaeri facing death sentence by Syrian regime Activists repeated their call to highlight the fact that the grandson of Prince Abdelkader al-Jazaeri facing death sentence on the hands of the authorities in Syrian regime, as he was arrested many...
