(Atlantic Council)- Ever since it kicked off this macabre dance by shooting a bunch of teenagers in 2011, the Assad regime has masterfully manipulated Syria’s struggle—and story. Not only has it escalated, militarized, and radicalized the struggle, from a peaceful contest for control that...

Asian stocks rose to 3-1/2-month highs on Thursday, cheered by the Dow Jones Industrial Average breaching the 20,000-level for the first time, though concerns about U.S. President Donald Trump's protectionist stance kept the dollar on the defensive. Spreadbetters forecast European stocks...

( Zaman Al Wasl )- The months that followed the liberation of Raqqah from the regime forces in March 2013 were decisive and sensitive. The city was the first center in the Syrian province to fall outside of regime authority and control and witnessed heightened diversity as political relations...

(Zaman Al Wasl) Exclusive - Zaman Al Wasl exclusively obtains new batch of ISIS data, including the inner circle correspondents and names of the leading commanders and their duties and tasks. Newly leaked ISIS data shows how the CALIPHATE manages it's oil business. The leaked data has...