Here we are again.  An attack . A metropolis. A sensational depiction of violence. A Western victim. These are the thematic artifacts of our current (British) understanding of the “War on Terror.” Regardless of the venue, the perpetrator, or the modus operandi...

How the U.S. should respond to Iran’s election This week, in one arbitrary swoop, Iran’s Guardian Council  shrunk the list  of presidential candidates for next month's election from 686 to eight eligible individuals.  It should come as no surprise that all of the...

Syria’s Internet network has long been kept under close surveillance. Now it turns out that the surveillance has been stepped up. Reporters without Borders said. The   Telecomix   hactivist group   has revealed that 34 Blue Coat servers   are operating in...

Zaman Alwasl: Hezbollah militia confirmed death of 75 members, perished in Qusair's battles in Homs, where the Shiite militia backed by Iran, is fighting along with Bashar al-Assad forces, in attacking the city controlled by the rebels more than a year ago ....

For analysts familiar with the politics of Syria, the country’s descent into chaos amounts to an all-too-predictable pattern. It also parallels what  Rami Makhlouf , a major regime figure and first cousin of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, bluntly announced in an interview with the ...

Endgame for the Syrian National Coalition   The international conference called for by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to end the conflict in Syria may not actually take place. And if it does, it is unlikely to succeed. At...

 Al-Saleb wa al-Mogeb [Positive and Negative] Youtube channel  by veteran Syrian media personality Taufik al-Hallak. The well-know program  in the sixties and seventies of last century in Syria.  

Zaman Alwasl: Prominent figure in the 14th-March movement, the fierce opponent to Hezbollah, said, How we can accept who kills Syrians in the new government. Atef Maghdalani, assured to 'Lebanon Debate' website that Hezbollah's immersion in the Syrian swamp will not be like Vietnam...

  Zaman Alwasl-Reuters: Shiite villages and neighborhoods in Lebanon are witnessing an incredible increasing in the funerals of Hezbollah fighters who been killed in syria, especially in Qusair. The photo shows supporters of Hezbollah and relatives of Hasan Faisal Sheker , an...

    Well-Informed source confirmed that Sheikh Mouaz al-Khatib is planning again to run the presidency of the "National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces (SOC). ''Do not be surprised'' the reliable Source said, '' The equation is very simple, al-Khatib...

  Sheikh Ahmed al-Aseer, well-known Lebanese cleric, tweeted, earlier, today,'' To those who are suffering for our brothers in Qusair, We understand the pain we are doing our best to help them achieving their victory, despite all the difficulties, we hope that everyone prays...

The golden cupola of the Sayyida Zainab mosque glints, magnificent, against the clear sky. In the courtyard, children play amid shoes shed by their parents before they entered to pray. Only the crack of gunfire, the hissing of bullets overhead and mortar fire close by disturbs the tranquil...

  Zaman Alwasl - Agencies:  ''Everyone knows well that Russia’s stance on a whole range of crucial issues is not opportunistic,'' the Russian top diplomat emphasized .   Sergy Lavrov, the Syrian foreign minister as the opposition used to call him lately, was...

Confusion is still controlling the opposition atmospheres nowadays in regard to the participation in Madrid conference that will be held soon, Well-Informed source confirmed to Zaman Alwasl.   ''They are divided after talks that some prominent figures will participate like...

 The Free Syrian Army vowed on Wednesday to punish those committing atrocities, as anger mounted at a video showing a rebel filmed apparently cutting out and eating the organs of a soldier. "Any act contrary to the values that the Syrian people have paid their blood and lost...

  A new Association founded recently, all its members are former prisoners. Their guilt wasn't a crime but politics.   "Freemen of Tadmor Prison" - Tadmor is the Arabic name for Palmyra- is an independent social gathering combining a range of...

Activists of the embattled city of  Homs have reported systematic sectarian practices by Military Intelligence and Shabiha- pro-Assad Militia- against residents who still under siege for almost one year.  ''Assad regime did not stop sectarian displacement of the population of...

President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister  Tayyip Erdogan held a joint press conference on May 16, 2013. They discussed trade, security commitments in NATO, and the situation in Syria. Excerpt from the press conference: "Q My first question to you, Prime Minister. You...

 Coalition's Ambassador in Qatar Nizar Alheraki revealed the embassy intention in renewing the passports of the Syrian residents in Qatar through the upcoming days.   The Ambassador of the National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces to Qatar, said to...

  When your world getting narrower, just few centimeters, and your properties no more than blanket in a tiny cell, where no one can reach you, no one can hear your cries from the endless imprisonment in the Syrian regime Jails. Out there, You are not a human being, no...