(The Wall Street Journal)- The Obama administration pursued secret communications with elements of Syria’s regime over several years in a failed attempt to limit violence and get President Bashar al-Assad to relinquish power, according to U.S. and Arab officials. Early on, the U.S....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- French authorities decided to grant the political asylum to Elaph Qaddah, a Syrian journalist who was arrested by the Jordanian intelligence on Monday, Zaman Al Wasl reporter said. The remarkable move by the French Embassy in Amman came to save Qaddah from extradition to Syria...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 20 civilians, including 8 children and 2 women, have been killed and dozens wounded in  the regime's vacuum missiles fired into a local marketplace in Damascus suburbs, local media center and monitoring group said Thursday. Douma Media Center said the death tool...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian activists and ISIS say the militants have seized a district previously held by Syrian troops in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor, AP reported. The industrial district of Deir Ezzor fell to the group late Wednesday following an attack and fierce clashes between the two...