(Zaman Al Wasl)- A fugitive Turkish intelligence officer, who stood behind Hussein al-Harmoush's kidnapping 4 years ago, has complained lack of appreciation by the Syrian regime for 'sacrifices’ he did, a leaked report obtained by Zaman al-Wasl disclosed. Andor Oglu, 50, was sentenced...

A United Nations envoy halted his attempts to conduct Syrian peace talks on Wednesday after the army, backed by Russian air strikes, advanced against rebel forces north of Aleppo, choking opposition supply lines from Turkey to the city. Staffan de Mistura announced a three-week...

The United Nations struggled to save Syrian peace talks as Damascus and its Russian allies seized territory in fierce fighting and rifts widened among embattled rebel factions. The Syrian army said on Wednesday its forces had broken through rebel defenses to reach two Shi'ite...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Lebanon's army killed two Syrian refugees and arrested 11 in the town of Arsal near the border with Syria on Wednesday in what it claimed a raid on Islamic State cells, residents told Zaman al-Wasl. The Lebanese army has killed a man and his wife who fled the town of Qara in...