The Shiite Turn in Syria (Part Three) is in-depth study by the researcher Khalid Sindawi, Zaman Alwasl republishes this important paper which appeared   before in Volume 8 of   Current Trends in Islamist Ideology ,   published by Hudson Institute,  ...

Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi met U.S. and Russian officials on Tuesday to discuss convening long-delayed Syrian peace talks this year despite disputes over President Bashar al-Assad's future and whether his ally  Iran  can attend. Hours earlier, Damascus reiterated that Assad will...

  Hardline conservatives in Iran are gearing up for the commemoration of the 1979 seizure of the US embassy in Tehran on Tuesday. Preparations for the anniversary are happening amid signs of a possible backlash against the recent easing of tensions in US–Iranian...

Saudi authorities announced on Monday that Syrian workers who had violated their labor permit conditions would be exempt from deportation. Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki, a spokesman for the interior ministry, said: “Current circumstances in Syria do not allow us to force...