U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will try to launch a new initiative for a political solution in Syria during meetings in New York in the next week, starting with talks with his Iranian counterpart on Saturday, U.S. and other Western officials said. After backing a United...

Islam Army declared new battle against Syrian regime army in Quneitra province southwest the capital, a move looking for controlling strategic posts near the borderline with Israeli-Occupied Golan Heights. The dominant rebel group, in statement dated on Saturday, said the the battle...

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said that his views on the Assad regime in Syria have not changed since he was prime minister of Turkey, emphasising that there is no salvation for Syria with Bashar al Assad. Speaking to reporters in Istanbul, Erdogan was asked about his...

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad must go, but it might be necessary to talk with him as part of a deal on a transition of power, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said in an interview published by French daily Le Monde on Friday. Departing from a strict U.S. and Western policy of not...