Israel  aims to stay out of Syria's civil war, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, despite violence eroding security on the Golan Heights border area. The strategic plateau, most of which has been occupied by  Israel  since the 1967 war, saw fierce...

The capture by Syrian pro-government forces of the strategic Qusayr region is a major victory for President Bashar al-Assad, who is now better placed than ever if a US-Russian plan for peace talks materialises. The nearly three-week battle for Qusayr in central Syria exposed the central role...

   European   banks   will be able to open branches and accounts in   Syria   for use by the opposition, European Union governments decided on Friday, relaxing economic sanctions to help  Free Syrian Army  fighting al-Assad regime....

  Zaman-Alwasl, exclusively,  summarized for Its readers an important and detailed study on the Syrian conflict prepared by the Congressional Research Service last month. The newspaper will publish the study in series of articles.   ''The...