By Hassan Hassan (The  National)- Al Qaeda in Syria has faced – and survived – two upheavals since 2011. Today, the organisation might be facing its third major test, and the new development brings with it a fresh challenge for Syria. The first challenge was the dispute...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- Syrian opposition's National Coalition delivered a political road-map last November to Donald Trump's Mideast adviser, stressing that protecting civilians and fighting the Islamic State will end up in a new Syria without Bashar al-Assad, sources told Zaman al-Wasl.  The...

The Islamic State group renewed its offensive on the eastern Syrian city of Deir az-Zour this weekend, with regime districts coming under heavy artillery fire from militants who have also suffered heavy losses. IS fighters launched waves of attacks on the area in an attempt to capture the last...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 12 civilians were killed on Monday when regime tanks shelled a displaced center in the embattled Wadi Barada valley west of Damascus, local activists said. The attack on Deir Qanoun town near the Lebanese border come as the regime army and allied Hezbollah militia...