Bashar al-Assad's ouster remains a "red line" for the regime, the country's top diplomat said Saturday ahead of fragile peace talks in Geneva. "We will not talk with anyone who wants to discuss the presidency.... Bashar al-Assad is a red line and is the property of the Syrian...

Syrian rebels on Saturday have shot down a regime warplane in the northern countryside of Hama province, although there were conflicting accounts on whether it had been brought down by a missile or anti-aircraft guns, state-run TV and group monitoring the conflict said. The Syrian Observatory...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Thousands of Syrians across rebel-held areas went to streets for the second week on Friday celebrating the revolution's fifth anniversary as a U.N.-sponsored ceasefire deal enters third week. The demonstrations in Aleppo, Idlib, Homs and Daraa have called back the memorable...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria will hold a presidential election in 18 months, Russia's RIA news agency on Friday quoted the United Nations peace mediator on Syria Staffan de Mistura as saying. The starting point for the election will be the latest round of Syria peace talks which are...