(Zaman Al Wasl)- Well-informed source said the head of air intelligence Jamil al-Hassan was behind the damage of the capital’s main water supply two weeks ago. The de facto first commander in Syria who controls the aerial bombing campaign had ordered regime warplanes to...

The PYD should be party to any Syrian peace talks, the U.S. said Tuesday. "This process has to include all Syrians, and that includes the Syrian Kurds," State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters. Asked explicitly if the PYD should be at the table, Toner replied, "At some point...

(Al-Monitor)- Many Syrians who have lived through the six years of the Syrian civil war have been forced to change their work, study or specialty fields as they have been displaced from their hometowns. Some young Syrians have been highly innovative and displayed excellence in their new...

(Council on Foreign Relations)- Syria’s civil war has grown ever more complex in the nearly six years since protesters first challenged the government. President Bashar al-Assad aims to reassert control nationwide, while predominantly Sunni Arab opposition forces seek to wrest the state from...