The Syrian plan to hold a presidential election on June 3 has been dismissed by the US as a "parody…
More than six hundreds civilians have been evacuated from the rebel-held Old Quarter of Homs, Syria, state media report. This…
Syria’s government and opposition have traded insults after a week-long peace conference in Geneva ended with no firm agreement. Foreign…
Syrian government and opposition representatives have met briefly face to face in Geneva in what is being hailed a small…
Syrian government delegation has threatened to quit peace talks in Geneva if "serious" discussions do not begin by Saturday. Foreign…
Syrian government and opposition have traded bitter accusations on the first day of a major peace conference in Geneva, Switzerland.…
Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Muallem has said Damascus is ready to offer a prisoner exchange with rebels. Speaking in Moscow,…
The trial of Lebanese PM Rafic Hariri’s murderers has begun at an unprecedented tribunal at The Hague. Mustafa Badreddine, Salim…
Al-Qaeda's chief in Lebanon, Majid al-Majid, has died in custody in a Beirut hospital, Lebanese army announces. The Saudi, who…
Pope Francis has received a private message from Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, the Vatican said on Saturday, without disclosing its…
UN Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has said an inquiry has produced evidence that war crimes were authorized in…
Israel has carried out a strike near the Syrian coastal city of Latakia, a US official says. The official said…
A suicide truck bomb has killed at least 30 people in the central Syrian city of Hama. State news agency…
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 16 Syrian soldiers have been killed in a suicide bombing and…
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said Syrian government deserves credit for so far complying with a chemical weapons…
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has raised the possibility of Germany acting as a mediator to try to end his country's…
Syria has submitted details of its chemical weapons as part of a US-Russia brokered deal to make them safe, the…
Two rival Syrian rebel groups in the northern town of Azaz have agreed a ceasefire. The Islamic State in Iraq…
Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad has said he is committed to a plan to destroy his country's chemical weapons but warned…
Syria has given Russia new "material evidence" that rebels have used chemical weapons, a Russian minister has said. Deputy Foreign…
A Syrian minister hails the US-Russia agreement on destroying the country's chemical weapons as a "victory" that averts war. The…
Russia and the US have agreed in Geneva that Syria's chemical weapons must be destroyed or removed by mid-2014. US…
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has appeared on Russian TV to confirm that his country's chemical weapons will be placed under…
Vladimir Putin has made a direct personal appeal to the American people over the Syrian crisis. In an opinion article…
Russia has handed over to the US its plans for making Syria's chemical weapons safe, Russian media say. Russia announced…