Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi will hold joint talks on Jan. 13 in the run up to the so-called Geneva 2 conference on Syria, Russian Interfax news agency reported on Friday. "On Jan. 13 there will be a meeting...

Jihadists have made advances on rebel fighters in the battle for Raqa, in northern Syria, but are on the back foot in parts of Aleppo and Idlib, activists said Friday. "In Idlib and Aleppo provinces, the (rebel) Free Syrian Army is advancing, but in Raqa the Islamic State of Iraq and...

Several factions of the Syrian opposition, meeting together for the first time, called on Friday for a new coalition but did not reach agreement on who should attend peace talks later this month, or whether they would attend at all. With less than a fortnight to go until the first...

  Abdul Basset al-Sarout, r evolutionary i con and vocal supporter, has released  a motivational   song , urging rebels of the embattled city of Homs for more fortitude and patience to overthrow Bashar Al Assad regime. Syrian people kept in mind...