(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Syrian military pilot killed his son two weeks ago in an airstrike was supposed to hit rebels in southern Daraa province but hit a regime bastion instead, source told Zaman al-Wasl. The friendly fire has been accustomed in Syria when the Russia bombing killed regime army...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Spokesman for powerful Jaish al-Islam group said no orders give to open fire on protests in the Eastern Ghouta as death toll of the 4-day fighting with rival Islamist group topped 120, according to Zaman’s reporter. Local activists surfaced on social media footage showing...

( The Guardian )- Near Aleppo’s ancient citadel, the scent of rose and jasmine rises from the rubble of a half-destroyed shop covered in bullet holes. Months ago it was a battleground, but for years before that it was a perfumery, and war has not changed its smell. For centuries Aleppo’s...

By Hussain Nadim ( The Express Tribune )- If it was truly about Syria or defeating the ISIS, the mess that we see in the region today would have been solved relatively easier. The unfolding of recent events, including the US strategic bombing to ‘save’ human lives, is a classic Cold War...