Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Saturday that Syrian President Bashar Assad must leave at the beginning of a political transition, not at the end. "For us it is very clear it's at the beginning of the process, not at the end of the process, it's not going to be 18 months," Jubeir...

A total of 135 people were killed in the first week of a fragile truce in Syria in areas covered by the cessation of hostilities agreement, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Saturday. In areas not covered by the ceasefire, which came into force on Feb. 27, 552 people were killed,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Erbin's activists have formed the first human rights association in the embattled Eastern Ghouta Suburbs, local council said on Saturday. Residents have elected seven members, including a woman, to handle the association that will be affiliated to the towns' local council....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Free Syrian Army unit on Friday seized control of al-Tanf border crossing between Syria and Iraq from the Islamic State that was in its control since May 2015, media activists said. The Battalions of Martyr Ahmed al Abdo said it had taken the crossing, about 150 miles...