BEIRUT: The Tlass brothers have re-emerged on the Syrian opposition scene with a new transition initiative from one and a possible nomination for a defense role in a proposed Syria conference, touted ...

BEIRUT (AP) – A top general who has abandoned President Bashar Assad’s regime was a longtime friend from Syria’s most powerful Sunni family, and his break with the Alawite-dominated inner circle ...

PARIS -- A top Syrian general's defection is the first major crack in the upper echelons of President Bashar Assad's regime, buoying a 100-nation conference Friday meant to intensify pressure for his ...

BEIRUT (AP) – Syria’s most prominent defector has been touring regional powers to garner support for the uprising. But many in the opposition are deeply suspicious of the handsome former general, a ...

But none of the defections have been as high profile — and damaging to the Assad’s regime — as Tlass’s jumping ship. Tlass, who is in his forties, is the son of former defense minister Mustafa Tlass, ...