The United States has fundamentally misread the uprising and subsequent civil war in Syria, the former American ambassador to that country and one of American’s most experienced Foreign Service officers told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Wednesday. “I think we made a mistake right at...

Bashar al-Assad's  Air Force Intelligence had penetrated the free army FSA and the Islamic groups from top to bottom, even there are groups fully directed by intelligence forces, a well-informed source told Zaman Alwasl . A spy network within rebel brigades has been...

A reliable source reported to Zaman Alwasl that a spy network within rebel brigades has been discovered, working in favor of the regime and for Air Force Intelligence in particular. The source pointed out that spies who were arrested were members in some brigades and...

Much of the  debate over U.S. intervention in Syria  boils down the conflict there to a clash between the regime of President Bashar al-Assad and an armed rebellion in which al-Qaeda affiliates play a significant role. Typically ignored in that conversation are the voices of the...