Number of Syrian opposition figures met on Monday and Tuesday in Astana, Kazakhstan's capital, in step to form common ground before planned Geneva talks over Syria but no concrete outcome had been reached as key opposition group the National Coalition boycotted the talks. The meeting, which...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl Leaks)- Defected officers in the air forces of Syrian regime revealed that Iranian inspectors and experts had permeated the Syrian air forces and airports since August 2011, only 6 months following the start of the Syrian revolution.  A...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Staffan De Mistura, the U.N. Syria envoy, to meet with representatives of Syria’s moderate rebels and with the head of the Syrian National Coalition on June 4, source told Zaman al-Wasl. De Mistura, who is presiding over the Geneva peace consultations, is intensifying efforts...

Isis expected to carry out 'more violence, more advances, more attacks' as one year anniversary of Islamic State declaration approaches As one year anniversary of the so-called “caliphate” declared by Isis approaches, the group will be seeking to make itself appear “stronger and more...