(Vox)- The hot new policy idea in Washington is the hottest old idea: direct US military intervention in Syria’s civil war. In the past several months, the siege of the rebel-held eastern part of the city of Aleppo has dramatized the war’s terrible cost. In the last debate, Hillary...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Huge number of Baath Party members are recruited in armed battalions formed by Homs provincial Baath branch. Zaman al-Wasl obtained a survey stating that the number of those recruited reached 4281 members making up almost a military brigade. The document shows that Baath...

 Syrian state media and opposition activists say government forces and their allies have captured a high point in the city of Aleppo where fighting with rebel groups resumed over the weekend. The SANA news agency said on Monday that the government troops took the hilltop of Bazo on the...

(The Daily Star)- Turkey's military struck dozens of ISIS and Kurdish YPG militia targets in Syria over the last 24 hours, depriving both groups of the ability to move around, the army said Monday, as its operation there entered a third month. Backed by Turkish tanks, special forces and...