Military thinkers from Sun Tzu to Napoleon Bonaparte have long emphasized the element of surprise. So it might seem strange that the Obama administration is not just clearly telegraphing that it likely plans to launch limited strikes  against Syria, but also when it’s going to strike and...

Tawfiq Dunia, a member of the Syrian National Coalition, who recently withdrew from it, has explained the reasons behind that decision on his face-book page. First, he explained that the aims of coalition expansion was to achieve balance,  where the number and proportion of...

A special program has been launched to enroll students from Syria at 25 Saudi universities as a humanitarian gesture. Official approval has been granted to Syrian students who cannot continue their university education due to the worsening situation in their country....

  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would not be "so stupid" as to use chemical weapons close to Damascus, the leader of the country's largest Kurdish group said. Saleh Muslim, head of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), said he doubted the Syrian president would resort to...