Kazakhstan said a new round of talks on the Syria conflict backed by Russia, Turkey and Iran and endorsed by the United Nations were going ahead Thursday after a day's delay. A plenary session involving all three power-brokers and delegations from the Syrian government and opposition...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- The Fifth Legion, or Faylaq al-Khames, the regime's newly-formed reservists faction, has urged university students to join its ranks to get benefit of a package of merits and money. The legion leadership distributed their statement on university campuses and on the offices of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- ISIS has fortified its self-proclaimed capital of Raqqa as Kurdish-led forces backed by US airstrikes have been advancing in the northern and western countryside, activists said Thursday. More shields have been installed, landmines have been planted and suicide bombers are...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Clashes flared again between Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham and Jund al-Aqsa in Idlib and Hama provinces as negotiations to end the infighting failed on Wednesday, local activist said. The activist who spoke on condition of anonymity attributed the erupting clashes to Jund al-Aqsa...