By Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl)- Russian media outlets and officials hastened to defend the al-Assad regime after it recently bombed the city of Zamalka and the town of Ein Tarma, in Damascus suburbs, with chlorine and poisonous substances. In their defense of al-Assad, Russian media and...

A fifth round of peace talks aimed at ending the Syria conflict entered their second day on Wednesday in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana. "Negotiations have begun. Currently, there are bilateral meetings between the negotiators," Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry spokesman Anuar Zhainakov was quoted...

 Lebanon's army said on Tuesday that four Syrian men it had arrested after a raid on a refugee camp on Friday had died while in detention from chronic illnesses. It said in a statement posted on its website that the four were already unwell but that after a routine medical inspection upon...

Russia may deploy its military to police the borders of planned de-escalation zones in Syria within two to three weeks after finalizing an agreement with Turkey and Iran, Russian negotiator Alexander Lavrentyev said on Tuesday. Moscow, Ankara and Tehran are yet to agree the details of the...