(Al Arabiya- Joyce Karam)- There were no groundbreaking announcements or game changers on Syria in U.S. President Barack Obama’s “West Point” speech yesterday. But there was a shift, as Obama departed from his usual political talking points into embracing a counterterrorism...

Syria's rebel leaders have criticised foreign involvement in the war and blamed outside interference for the splits within the opposition to President Bashar al-Assad. One of the founders of the Free Syrian Army, Riad al-Assad, said that the countries involved in the war in...

(Writing by George Hadad: Translation by Dani Murad)   Zaman Alwasl continues to exclusively publish private documents that shed the light on one of the most important Shabiha’s strongholds in "Latakia." One of the published...

By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, May 28 (Reuters) - The United Nations has confirmed that the destruction of Syria's chemical arsenal will not be completed by June 30, a final deadline set as part of a 2013 deal that averted U.S. air strikes against Syrian President Bashar...