(Zaman Al Wasl)- Military sources told Zaman al-Wasl that Bashar al-Assad had appointed pro-Russia Lt. Gen. Salim Harba as the Chief of Staff of the regime Army on April 1. Harba, who held several positions in army and government, has turned now into the main and the de-facto...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Wednesday met with Iranain Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who arrived in Ankara to brief him on his meeting with Syria's President Bashar Assad. Turkey supports Syrian opposition rebels and Iran backs Assad in Syria's long war, but the two...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A political Security official was killed Tuesday by an improvised explosive device claimed by a new rebel group in Damascus. Saraya Qassioun has claimed the responsibility for killing Major. Abdulhamid Abdul Majeed in the western district of Qudsaya. ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif arrived in Syrian capital Damascus on Tuesday, according to the official IRNA news agency. Zarif is scheduled to meet with Bashar al-Assad and other top regime officials during the visit. The top diplomat's one-day visit comes upon an official...