Throughout the bloody Syrian conflict, the ruling regime of President   Bashar Assad   has derided the armed opposition for its reliance on foreign fighters, usually seasoned militants that come from the battlefields of   Chechnya ,   Pakistan ,...

  Syria’s opposition Interim Prime Minister will deliver his cabinet nominees list to the National coalition today, well-informed source revealed to Zaman Alwasl. Mr. Ahmad Toumeh has selected 11 dissidents to lead his government including one woman with new ministerial...

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...

Secretary of State John Kerry is seeking to repair frayed ties with Saudi Arabia over the Syrian conflict and Iran, after making his first visit to Egypt since the army ousted president Mohamed Morsi. The top US diplomat landed in Riyadh late Sunday on the second stop of an 11-day trip...