Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

Media ID: 55350499
Caption:

Army of Conquest fighter launching missiles against Assad’s regime east of Aleppo A.F.P

Qaeda Backs Nusra Front on Establishing a Caliphate in Syria

by Nazeer Rida | May 9, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri gave on Sunday his political, religious and financial backing to the organization’s Syrian off-shoot al-Nusra Front and handed over the reins of the caliphate to al-Nusra Front leader in Syria Abu Mohammad al-Julani, who...

Media ID: 55350493
Caption:

The three freed Spanish journalists arrive at the Torrejon military airbase in Madrid, Spain. AP

Spanish Reporters Return Home from Syria Captivity, Qatar Claims Mediation

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 9, 2016 | Middle East

Madrid- Three Spanish freelance journalists held captive in Syria last year returned to Madrid on Sunday in apparent good health as Spanish authorities remained mum on the circumstances of their release. But Qatar’s news agency said on Saturday that Doha helped...

Media ID: 55349313
Caption:

Fighters and civilians gather around the wreckage of a Syrian warplane that was shot down in the Talat al-Iss area, south of Aleppo, Syria April 5, 2016. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah

Syrian Warplane Downed Near Aleppo, Pilot Captured

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 5, 2016 | Middle East

Syrian anti-Assad fighters have shot down a government warplane south of Aleppo and captured its pilot on Tuesday, a monitoring group said. The incident occurred as fighting renewed across swaths of the country threatening to upend a fragile truce. Syria’s...

Media ID: 55349268
Caption:

An image posted on the Twitter page of Syria’s al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front on Friday, 1 April 2016, shows fighters from al-Qaida’s branch in Syria, the Nusra Front AP

Syrian Nusra Front’s Abu Firas Killed in Suspected U.S. Drone Strike

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 4, 2016 | Middle East

A prominent leader in Syrian al Qaeda offshoot Nusra Front was killed on Sunday in an air strike alongside at least 20 other militants, according to a monitoring group. Abu Firas al-Suri was allegedly killed in a suspected U.S. air strike on a village in the...

Media ID: 55347974
Caption:

Latakia coast

Government Reports of Shelling in Latakia Province Are False- Fadi Ahmad

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 28, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Syrian group “First Coastal Division” denied on Sunday news media reports that armed groups had fired dozens of mortar rounds into rural areas of the country’s coastal Latakia province and caused a number of casualties. The Russian Defense Ministry on Sunday...