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General Failure in Syria

Without the Officers' Support, the Insurgents Can't Win Since the uprising began in Syria more than two years ago, a reported 90,000 people have died, millions have been displaced, and much of the country now lies in ruins. Nevertheless, the vast majority of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad’s...

A Brief History of Peacekeeping Attempts in Syria

 On July 8, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called for a Ramadan ceasefire in Syria. Shorty after, both Iran and Turkey called for a stop to fighting for the month-long Muslim holiday. Neither the opposition or Syrian regime observed the calls. There have been numerous high-profile...

Car bomb kills women and children in Syria's south

A car bomb killed several civilians, including women and children, in a town south of Damascus on Wednesday, Syrian state television said. The car was parked near the Amari Mosque in Kanaker, the channel reported. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based monitoring group,...

The Belle

  We don't have enemies or at least we don't have who intimidates us. What we have   is no more than eccentrics of rivals or foes. We will keep working as we pledged to God and our profession .     Zaman Alwasl is an...

Syria death toll hits 5,000 a month: UN

Five thousand people a month are dying in Syria's war, which has now generated the worst refugee crisis since the 1994 Rwandan genocide, UN officials said. A host of top officials called on the divided UN Security Council to take stronger action to deal with the fallout from the two-year-old...

Armed group assassinates pro-Assad Syrian in Lebanon

An armed group has assassinated a well-known supporter of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Lebanon early on Wednesday, security sources said, the latest sign of Syria's civil war spreading to its smaller neighbour. Mohammad Darra Jamo, a commentator who worked for...

Serekaniye under fire of Kurdish and Islamic Militias

Fierce clashes erupted early today in Serekaniye (Raes al-Ein), north-east Syria between Jihdis and the armed wing of of Democratic Union Party (PYD). The sources of Zaman alwasl and Firat news said that Jabhat Al Nusra Front had launched an attack targeting a patrolling car of...

Syria rebels reinforce key suburb in Damascus battle

Syrian rebels poured reinforcements into a key Damascus suburb on Tuesday in an attempt to push back government troops who have renewed their campaign to secure the capital and build on battlefield gains elsewhere in the country. Fighting centered on Qaboun, a rebel-held district where...

Israel: Golan Heights hit by 10 mortars from Syria

  None hurt by fallout from intensified battles between Syrian army and rebels; Israeli defense minister says Israel will respond if its interests are threatened, according to Israeli newspapers. Ten mortar shells exploded on the occupied Golan Heights from early Tuesday...

Pakistan Taliban say no shift to Syria

Pakistani Taliban commanders Tuesday rejected suggestions they were sending fighters to Syria, saying some have gone there independently but the movement's focus remained in Pakistan, according to AFP. They said some militants, mainly Arabs and Central Asians, had gone to fight the forces of...

Assad shelling on Qaboon killing 82 people within weeks

Assad's shelling killed at least 82 people in the Damascus district of Qaboon, where fierce fighting between the regime army and rebels has trapped hundreds of families, according to Ahrar al-Qaboon Coordination. The coordination documented killing 82 in during the Assad offensive...