The top U.S. intelligence chief said on Tuesday the war in  Syria  had created an "apocalyptic disaster" and said he was convinced that documents alleging torture and murder in the conflict were authentic. National Intelligence Director James Clapper Was asked by...

 The Assad regime has circulated news about the imminent victory on what it calls “terrorists” before the end of Geneva II talks i n regime-held areas of Aleppo, .  Many people in Aleppo told Zaman Alwasl that they heard soldiers on barriers talking about this...

Peace talks between the Syrian government and opposition are not making much progress, international mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said on Tuesday after a face-to-face meeting of the warring parties in Geneva. As negotiations intended to end Syria's three-year-old war concluded the...

Hundreds of thousands of people gathered on the streets of the Iranian capital and cities around the country to mark the 35th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. In Tehran, huge crowds thronged central Azadi square on Tuesday for a speech by the president Hassan Rouhani, his...