Al-Qaeda affiliate, the 'Islamic State' is planning to capture the town of Atareb, a fter controlling the border town of Azaz two weeks ago,  activists reported to Zaman Alwasl. Rebels' reaction so far was calling for mobilization all fighters groups in Atareb to...

  The strange thing about the crackup in U.S.-Saudi relations is that it has been on the way for more than two years, like a slow-motion car wreck, but nobody in Riyadh or Washington has done anything decisive to avert it. The breach became dramatic over the past week....

  As far as Abu Khader is concerned, Syrian President   Bashar Assad   is a “thief” who is leading   Syria   “to hell.” That doesn’t mean he will stop fighting for the regime. As an Alawite soldier serving in the Republican Guard, Abu Khader feels...

    Jamal Karsli, a former German MP, with Syrian origins,  a political activist for more than 30 years and a strong supporter to the Syrian revolution since its start on March 15, 2011. Eqtsad, Zaman Alwasl business newspaper, has an opportunity to...