North Korea has denied it is sending military aid to the Syrian government, one of its few close allies, in its battle against rebel forces after media reports said Pyongyang had sent advisers and helicopter pilots.   "Some foreign media are floating misinformation...

Long-proposed peace talks on Syria’s civil war will reportedly begin on Dec. 12, according to AFP. Citing the Syrian newspaper Al-Watan, which credited diplomats in Paris, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius that the date would be...

Qatar's government has approved a draft law making it compulsory for men in the Gulf state to do military service for up to four months, media reports said on Thursday. Under the proposed legislation, the first of its kind in Qatar, it would be compulsory for men aged...

   The Shiite Turn in Syria is in-depth study by the researcher Khalid Sindawi, Zaman Alwasl republishes this important paper which appeared   before in Volume 8 of   Current Trends in Islamist Ideology ,   published by Hudson Institute,  ...