Truces between the Syrian government and rebels only benefit Damascus, the leader of one of the largest insurgent groups in the war said in comments broadcast on Saturday, in which he also criticized a recent opposition meeting as a "conspiracy." The remarks by Abu Mohamad al-Golani,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia's warplanes on Saturday have killed at least 10 civilians, mostly one family members, in air strikes on a border town with Iraq, activists said. The airstrikes have targeted the Isis-controlled town of al-Bukamal in the eastern Deir Ezzor province, leaving 10 people...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended her open-door policy on refugees in an interview published Saturday ahead of a key party congress and an EU summit likely to see her stance come under fire. Merkel said she was working on reducing the number of migrants coming to Europe's biggest...

A meeting of Syrian opposition groups in Riyadh on Thursday did not represent all opposition groups from the country, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. "We cannot accept the attempt by the group which met in Riyadh to assign itself the right to speak on behalf of the entire Syrian...