(Zaman Al Wasl)- One Islam Army fighter has been killed on Thursday in clashes with an-ISIS-linked group in Dumeir city east of Damascus, the local coordination said. The infighting has renewed after nearly two weeks of fragile truce between Islam Army and Jaish al-Tahrir, or Liberation Army,...

(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...