(Zaman Al Wasl)- Well-informed sources said the newly US-formed border force will depend on Arab fighters not only the the Kurdish militias where the forces of 30,000 personnel will be deployed along the border with Iraq and Turkey. Most of the fighters will be recruited from the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Rebels shot down a Syrian fighter jet, mig-23bn, in northern Hama province last Thursday amid blackout by regime media, sources said. The pilot Abdul Karim Alia was escaped by regime forces in the eastern countryside of Hama before being held captive by rebels....

(Bloomberg)- Turkey’s currency weakened for the first time in three days, extending early losses against the dollar Monday after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned of a potentially imminent offensive against a Kurdish stronghold in northwest Syria, raising the prospect of further...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Bashar al-Assad has promoted his close army officers in the Air Force, keeping most of them in their positions in 2018, well-informed source told Zaman al-Wasl. According to a new decree, most of Air Force commanders will remain in...