By Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl)- Osama al-Habali, “the Heart of Khaldiya” died in Sednaya prison last Tuesday after 5 years in detention. Osama was one of the Syrian revolution’s icons, he was known as “The Heart of Khaldiya”, he was injured by shrapnel in his neck after a...

BY DAN DE LUCE, PAUL MCLEARY ( Foreign Policy )- A U.S. air raid against Iranian-backed fighters in southern Syria last week represents a volatile new phase of the conflict that could trigger a wider confrontation between the United States and Iran — and their allies on the ground....

Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Wednesday he was uneasy over a massive US-Saudi arms deal announced at the weekend, saying it was part of a "crazy" regional arms race. In the first public comment by an Israeli official on the $110-billion US sale of ships, tanks and the...

By Ethar Abdulhaq (Zaman Al Wasl)- On the evening of Sunday,  the regime focused its operations in the al-Waer neighborhood in the  central city Homs, announcing its control of the last rebel strongholds in the city of Homs, through a deal whose key contributor was Major-general...