By Hussein Ibish (The National)- United States’s strategy in the campaign against ISIL, particularly in Syria, is reaching a crisis point. On the ground, the limitations of the current approach are becoming clear. And politically in Washington, the issue appears to be...

  Translation by Yusra Ahmed  (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Coordination Body has verbally agreed on a 6-point document sent by the National Coalition’s office in Cairo. Khalid Khoja, the President of the National Coalition told Zaman al-W asl that he informed the...

Reporting by Mohamed AL Hussein; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime has intensified efforts to recruit young men in its armed forces or its backed militias in Hasaka province northeast Syria. There was weak...

(Reuters)- Syrian Kurds battled on Saturday with forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, Kurdish sources and a monitoring group said, breaking a longstanding tacit agreement between the two sides to focus on other enemies in a complex civil war. In...