As North Korea considers negotiating over its nukes, it may find lessons in the Middle East, where leaders imperiled, paranoid or pugnacious have long used the doomsday weapon threat to secure a wobbly perch. It is a delicate dance - and getting the balance wrong can end badly. Holding...

(Zaman Al Wasl) Exclusive- North Korea runs an underground military base south of Qardaha, Bashar al-Assad’s hometown in costal Latakia province, well-informed source told Zaman al-Wasl. Long tunnels have been built during the last seven years in a deep valley in Qardaha under the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebel group Failaq al-Rahman accused Russia of seeking to forcibly displace the population of the rebel-held eastern Ghouta of Damascus, after Moscow said it would give opposition fighters and their families safe passage out of the area. "Moscow insists on...

( The International Committee for the Red Cross says it was forced to halt aid delivery to the besieged eastern suburbs of Damascus the previous day after the security situation deteriorated while aid workers were on the ground. Ingy Sedky, the ICRC spokeswoman in Syria says most of the...