One of the main Western-backed Syrian opposition groups has elected a new leader after the term of its former chief ended. The Turkey-based Syrian National Coalition says longtime member Anas al-Abda was elected president on Saturday, replacing Khaled Khoja. The coalition said in a...

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Saturday that Syrian President Bashar Assad must leave at the beginning of a political transition, not at the end. "For us it is very clear it's at the beginning of the process, not at the end of the process, it's not going to be 18 months," Jubeir...

A total of 135 people were killed in the first week of a fragile truce in Syria in areas covered by the cessation of hostilities agreement, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Saturday. In areas not covered by the ceasefire, which came into force on Feb. 27, 552 people were killed,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Erbin's activists have formed the first human rights association in the embattled Eastern Ghouta Suburbs, local council said on Saturday. Residents have elected seven members, including a woman, to handle the association that will be affiliated to the towns' local council....