The US Department of Defense (Pentagon) announced on Friday its intention to reduce the number of US troops in Syria to less than 1,000 in the coming months, as part of what it described as a "deliberate, conditions-based process." Department spokesman Sean Parnell said in an official...

Two US Congress members landed in Damascus on Friday to meet Syrian officials, the first visit by American lawmakers to the war-ravaged country since Bashar al-Assad was ousted from power by an opposition-led group offensive in December. The two are US Representatives Cory Mills of Florida,...

Zaman al-Wasl learned from private sources that Samir Kahla, one of the most dangerous leaders of the National Defense militia in the city of Saidnaya, recently returned to Syria illegally. He settled in his hometown before moving to the capital, Damascus, using a forged identity, under the...

This year marks the fourteenth anniversary of the Hour Sit-in, the first time Syrians have been freed from the Assad regime. The Hour Sit-in in Homs on April 18, 2011, remains a crucial turning point in the Syrian revolution, as the regime blatantly bared its teeth to crush any peaceful...