President Bashar al-Assad said the Syrian people surprised the world once again with their unprecedented participation in the country’s parliamentary elections. This speech is republished as it appeared in SANA, the Syrian official news agency
The Quds Force is a Special Forces unit of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards responsible for their extraterritorial operations
In statement to UN chief, top opposition figure says that the regime and its allies have commenced a campaign against civilians in liberated Aleppo and Idleb
Head of the opposition’s High Negotiations Committee delegation in Geneva speaks to Zaman al-Wasl about why he will not support an upcoming round of talks with Damascus
Have the Islamic State’s attacks on regime-held areas on Syria’s coast signaled the start of a new battlefront, or a sinister plan to regain the confidence of Assad’s disillusioned loyalists?
American policies in the strategic sense are not governed by ethical rules or attractive political speech, but by what are called strategic interests, American national security and the tendency toward hegemonism
Documents obtained by Zaman al-Wasl show many of ISIS’ members joined the hardline group soon after being released from prison
Raqqa has become the world capital of horror after it transformed into a camp where terrorists from different countries and nationalities gathered, forming a terrorist army
Mustafa Badreddine was not Abu Musab al-Zarqawi or Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. However, he was more dangerous
Questions remain as to why the key Lebanese Shiite group backed down from its accusations regarding the assassination of one of its top commanders in Syria
Tehran using commercial airline to transport troops and arms to support the Assad regime in Syria, German newspaper reports
State-run media silent after another fire rips through market in the capital’s historic old city
Rebel military sources claim Moscow is communicating directly with armed groups in Homs in an attempt to lure factions into entering dubious truces and sow suspicion among the opposition
It would be naïve for Washington to imagine that the Arabs, including those in the GCC and their leaders, are unable to read and comprehend the changing realities
More than 100 artillery and rocket shells fired on the western border city in less than half an hour, activists report
Analysts claim Sunday’s unprecedented drop in the pound’s value is an indication that the country’s foreign reserves are almost depleted
Revolutionary Guard warns against “psychological warfare” as Iran suffers largest death toll since sending forces to support the Assad regime in Syria
Syrian president receives top Iranian diplomat in Damascus to discuss ongoing counter-terrorism cooperation between the two countries
It did not take long for the US to prove it was not a ‘friend of the Syrian people’ – if it ever was – but rather became a neutral actor at best
It is known to skeptics that the Alawite is controlled by a necessity or destiny he cannot help, and is haunted by it if he budges one iota from it. While the necessity of class opens a place for one who “betrays his class,” the necessity of sectarianism has ruled out the presence of an Alawite who “betrays his sect”
