It's very easy to look at the current military situation in Syria and conclude that Assad has won, but such a denouement of the war is simplistic. Assad has not won, but rather, if "victory" can be claimed at all, Iran and Russia are winning on Assad's behalf.   This...

By Ethar Abdulhaq (Zaman Al Wasl)- The US Central Intelligence Agency published on Wednesday Abbottabad documents found on the computer seized in the May 2, 2011, U.S. raid on the Al-Qaeda founder’s hideout in Abbottabad, Pakistan, such material reveal contacts between al-Qaeda and...

An Israeli air strike targeted a factory south of the Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday and the Syrian army responded by firing a surface-to-air missile at the aircraft, a commander in a military alliance fighting in support of Damascus said. The commander told Reuters the airstrike had...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Lebanon has officially appointed Saad Zakhia as its ambassador to Damascus, such a move welcomed by the Syrian regime and sparked outrage of Syrian activists. Last July, The Lebanese government recommended Zakhia to be its ambassador to Syria.  The step seemed as a...