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Syria Retakes Key Rebel Town Near Damascus

  Troops backed by Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah fighters and other pro-regime militiamen on Thursday retook Sbeineh, a major rebel enclave south of Damascus, a monitoring group and state television said.   "Sbeineh was one of the most important...

Manna denies meeting Rifaat al-Assad in Geneva

  Haytham Manna, the head of overseas department in the National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change (NCC), denied meeting Rifaat al-Assad in Geneva on Wednesday. He has expressed his surprise of that rumors, as he is a human right activist, and a member of Arab...

Elusive Syria peace talks delayed by rivals' divisions

  World powers failed Tuesday to set a date for a long-delayed Syria peace conference, as deep divisions persisted between rival camps over the conditions for their participation. "We were hoping that we'd be in a position to announce a date today, unfortunately we're not," UN-Arab...