The U.N. envoy for Yemen will hold a new round of talks with Houthi rebels and the Saudi-backed government in the coming days as the United Nations said Thursday that a cease-fire in the key port city of Hodeida was holding. Martin Griffiths will travel to the rebel-held capital of...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The  Syrian Islamic Council called on all rebel factions in the Free Syrian Army to stand against Hayat Tahrir al-Sham as its aggression expands to most rebel-held areas, according to statement issued Thursday.  The council said the former al-Qaeda...

Around 7,000 civilians were killed in attacks across war-torn Syria in 2018, according to a human rights group on Wednesday.  In a statement, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) said the victims included 1,436 children and 1,361 women.  The NGO said regime forces were...

 U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States would get out of Syria slowly “over a period of time” and would protect the U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in the country as Washington draws down troops. Trump did not provide a timetable for the planned military...