May 2014

The Obama administration has designated the offices of the Syrian Opposition Coalition a “foreign mission” in this country, a category that gives the group a symbolic boost in status but that falls well short of diplomatic recognition as…

Mohammed Alaa Ghanem is the senior political adviser and government relations director for the Syrian American Council in Washington, a board member of the Coalition for a Democratic Syria and a fellow at the Syrian Center for Political…

BEIRUT – Fighting between rival Islamic rebel groups in eastern Syria killed 62 fighters and forced tens of thousands to flee their homes over several days of violence, activists said on Sunday. Meanwhile, Syria’s Supreme…

BEIRUT: Fighting between rival jihadist groups in eastern Syria killed 63 people today, despite a call from Al-Qaeda’s chief for a ceasefire, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The clashes between Al-Qaeda’s Syrian branch…

Fighting between rival jihadist groups in eastern Syria killed 63 people on Monday, despite a call from al Qaeda's chief for a ceasefire, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The clashes between al Qaeda's Syrian branch al…

Renewed infighting between rival Takfiri groups in Syria’s east has left 63 people dead, the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) says. The UK-based group said on Monday that deadly clashes broke out between…

Deir Izzor province: Areas in the Mouhasan town were bombarded bye regular forces. al-Nusra and islamic fighters took hold of the al-Sabha village after violent clashes with the ISIS which led to the death of at least 6 al-Nusra and…

Dera’a province: The Ahrar al-Sham islamic movement, al-Mathna islamic movement, Thuwar Souriya front, al-Muhajireen Wal Ansar brigae, Ansar al-Sham front and several other islamic and rebel factions announced the start of the…

the dead : 35 civilians ( 20 children, 7 women, 1 teenager ), 47 rebels, 30 non-Syrian Islamic fighters, 43 NDF, 39 Regular forces, 24 unknown rebels, 2 Hezbollah,1 ISIS, 10 YPG, 14 non-Syrian fighters allied to regime forces ( including…

Al-Nusra Front, the Al-Qaeda franchise in Syria, has seized a moderate rebel commander in the southern province of Daraa, a monitoring group said on Sunday.   "Al-Nusra Front last night arrested the head of the Military Council of Daraa,…