The Iranian-backed Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah is poised to launch a much-anticipated offensive to the north of Damascus in a counterinsurgency campaign that is likely to prompt hand-wringing in Washington and more Saudi frustration with Western inaction in...

  Salih Muslim , co-chairman of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), said a solution in Syria without President Bashar al-Assad is not easy. “A solution without Assad means the death of 2 million Alawites," he said.  Muslim, who gave an exclusive...

Opposition vice president told Zaman ALwasl that the recent statement by the UN-Arab Envoy to Syria is problematic and unclear . UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, who met early today Bashar al-Assad, after  controversial  visit to Tehran, believes al-Assad...

  Al-Qaeda affiliate seeks to solve its disputes in Atareb peacefully after threats to attack the northern town near Aleppo, local sources told Zaman Aalwasl.  The State of Iraq and al-Sham recently demanded the rebels based in the town to surrender and to...