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....

State Department Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf Wednesday tackled several pressing issues on Turkey. The Deputy Spokesperson denied media reports that the US has frozen its assistance to the Syrian opposition. “Not at all. Not to my knowledge. No, our assistance continues. Ambassador...

On October 10, the al-Qaida-affiliated jihadist group Jabhat al-Nusra announced that it and allied rebels had taken over Daraa al-Balad, the “old town” section of the capital city of Daraa province in southern Syria.  The city is divided into Daraa al-Balad and Daraa al-Mahata,...

A  video   message purporting to show a Russian man abducted in  Syria  set a deadline of five days for the release of a detained Saudi national in exchange for the Russian's freedom, Reuters reported. The footage posted on YouTube showed a bearded man...