After the failure of its $500 million program to stand up a Syrian volunteer force to battle Islamic State extremists, the Obama administration has begun an effort to enable Arab militias to fight alongside a Kurdish force that has gotten U.S. air support for the past year. The stated U.S. aim...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl- Hasaka)- Bulldozers supported by a military patrol belonged to Democratic Union Party (PYD), had on Saturday dredged 10 houses of Arab residents in south neighbourhoods in the city of Tal-Tamer in Khabour area to the West of Hasaka province. ...

A senior member of Syria's Western-backed political opposition came out on Wednesday against Iranian participation in Syrian peace talks in Vienna, saying their presence would undermine the political process. The United States has said that Iran, the main regional ally of President Bashar...

Saudi Arabia will take part in talks on Syria in Vienna on Friday to test the willingness of Russia and Iran, the Syrian government's main backers, for a political solution to the conflict, Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said Wednesday. "The view of our partners... was that we should test...