Syria's President Bashar al-Assad told AFP in an exclusive interview Sunday there is a "significant" chance he will seek a new term this year, and dismissed the prospect of an opposition premier. Speaking at the presidential palace in Damascus, days before the beginning of the Geneva...

  U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has invited Iran to participate in upcoming peace talks on Syria, a move that immediately angered the opposition. The invitation to this week's opening-day session of the so-called Geneva 2 came as he held a surprise news conference...

Forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad are preparing to attack rebel towns in the countryside of Homs city, activists say. 7000 regular soldiers and 2000 militants (National Defence militia) backed with 20 tanks will break into rebel-held towns of al-Zara and al-Huson towns in...

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