(Zaman Al Wasl)- Bashar al-Assad, in wild-scale appointments for top intelligence officials since first of July, has appointed Maj. Gen. Nasser al-Ali as the new head of the Political Security Directorate (Division), successor to Maj. Gen. Hussam Louka who heads the General Intelligence...

At least 544 civilians have been killed and over 2,000 people injured since a Russian-led assault on the last rebel bastion in northwestern Syria began two months ago, rights groups and rescuers said on Saturday. Russian jets joined the Syrian army on April 26 in the biggest offensive...

 Iraq's security and paramilitary forces have begun a military operation along the border with Syria aiming to clear the area of Daesh (ISIS) militants. The Iraqi military said the operation that began at sunrise Sunday is being carried out by Iraqi troops and members of the Popular...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Turkish war lord, who has been fighting along with the Syrian regime for over seven years, was wounded Saturday by an improvised explosive device in the coastal Latakia province, news feeds reported. Miraj Oral, or Ali Kayali, has escaped the death in the suspected...