A Syria-based rebel group has accused Western-backed opposition leaders of failing the Syrian people in their uprising against Al Assad’s rule. The group has threatened to withdraw its support if the Syrian opposition leaders don’t come up with a joint strategy. In a statement...

  Assad is clearly looking to exploit sectarian fault lines in his favor. Months of bloodshed have heightened sectarian tensions and ripped apart communities in ways that are reminiscent of Iraq, where violence in 2006-2007 effectively turned into real attempts at sectarian...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- “How many years have you been sentenced? Summing up his worries: Five years. With an honest smile: your imprisonment sentence is equal to the number of years that I spent in the prison toilet only.” Such a conversation that was never erased from the mind of D.S, a...