(Zaman Al Wasl)- Colonel Riad al-Asaad, f ounder of Free Syrian Army, said the new tribal bloc amid the armed opposition has turned a powerful arm that can hamper the Assad regime and its allied militias. The statement of the former Colonel in the Syrian Air Force who defected in July...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.S.-backed militias in Syria said they have formed a joint military center with the Iraqi army to protect their common border region after ousting Islamic State militants. Commanders of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias, met...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday intensified efforts to rally Middle Eastern countries against U.S. recognition of occupied Jerusalem as Israel's capital, setting up talks with Arab leaders beginning in Cairo. Abbas will meet President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt, which...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- About 250 Syrian tribal figures met in Istanbul on Sunday in a reunion meeting to unite Arab tribes and discuss its role in Syria post-war. Imad al-Issa al-Dulaimi, head of al-Dulaim tribe delegation told Zaman al-Wasl the first day of the conference had set a...