WASHINGTON (AP) — White House officials have been holding private meetings this week aimed at soothing lawmakers' concerns over the U.S. posture in Syria, the future of the American military presence in Afghanistan and defense spending. The meetings come as a frustrated White...

The war in Syria is driving one family from their home every minute, pushing the number of people internally displaced by conflict to record highs globally, a report said Wednesday. The study by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) said that 33.3 million people...

Translation by Dani Murad AL HASAKAH (Zaman Alwasl) More than 400 tribal figures loyal to the Syrian regime have gathered on Wednesday  in Qamishli city northern of Hasakah, amid pro –regime demonstrations that are under surveillance of The Democratic...

DAMASCUS (Zaman Alwasl)- Translation by Yusra Ahmed A group of independent opposition figures and inside Syria opposition held a conference in Damascus, aiming to find a mutual vision for the political solution for war in Syria. Al-Mayadeen...