Syria’s main opposition group selected Nasr Hariri to head the negotiating team at a new round of U.N.-backed peace talks with the Damascus government in Geneva next week, a spokesman told Reuters on Friday. The decision came at a summit in Riyadh where, a day before, the opposition...

Russia and China Tuesday boycotted what Moscow called an "unacceptable" closed-door videoconference with the U.N. Security Council on chemical weapons in Syria. "Russia and China have empty tiles" on the screen, a Security Council member told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces have retaken control of four villages in eastern Deir Ezzor province after clashes with Daesh militants in the past 48 hours, pro regime media reported.   The clashes took place in the al-Beshri mountainous area west of Deir Ezzor city....

Three former Syrian rebels have been killed in the southern province of Daraa, which is under control of Bashar Al-Assad's force. Syrian media activist Mohammed Al-Horani told The New Arab’s Arabic-language service that between Monday and Tuesday morning, the three rebels, who had signed...