(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russian delegate met with senior air force leaders in Syrian regime army recently and got informed about the suffering of the air force before it conducted a field visit in the military airports, military source reported. The source confirmed the delegate took off on a small...

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman al-Wasl)- Spokesman of powerful Ahrar al-Sham movement said “the situation in Aleppo is good and and the determination high," as rebels launch major offensive to break regime siege on the eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo. Abu Yousef al-Muhajir said in...

By Hassan Hassan and Bassam Barabandi (The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy)- In a well-publicized announcement on Thursday, Jabhat al-Nusra announced that it was changing its name in order to distance itself from the al-Qaeda brand. The maneuver was a well-executed public relations...

 Thousands of Yazidis are being held captive by Islamic State in Syria where many are used for sexual slavery or forced to fight for the group, the United Nations said on Wednesday, on the second anniversary of what investigators termed a genocide. A U.N.-appointed commission of...