From special forces officer to brigade-hopping rebel, Abu Jaafar has seen Syria's uprising from all angles. But after years of setbacks, culminating in cuts to US support, he feels disillusioned. The 31-year-old spent three years in a Syrian prison and once counted himself among his US...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Southern Daraa province has been witnessing rapid acceleration in security chaos, and increased security violations, kidnappings and assassinations, indicating weak grip of the security services in opposition-controlled and absence of a unified security apparatus that...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 105 army forces, including 10 officers, killed by the Islamic State in Hama province in a week of the heaviest fighting and shelling for months, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and activists said. The clashes were accompanied by heavy bombardment, with...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces backed by Shi'ite militias launched major offensive near the Jordanian-Syrian border to recapture territory seized last week by U.S.-backed rebels, rebel spokesman said. Saad al-Haj, spokesman for Jaish Osoud al-Sharqiya, key rebel group operating...