(Reuters) - France's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier is ready to be used to support military operations against Islamic State in Iraq , French President Francois Hollande told military personnel aboard the vessel on Wednesday. "Thanks to the Charles de Gaulle we will have...

Translation  by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Many civil associations in the embattled Yarmouk refugee camp for Palestinian refugees in Damascus appealed on Wednesday to the United Nations, and the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) and all humanitarian bodies in...

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) António Guterres said Wednesday that his agency needed $2.9 billion this year to support Syrian refugees and their host communities in Jordan. The announcement came during a press conference held by Guterres in Amman, during which...

(Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday Syrian opposition representatives would risk losing influence in peace efforts if they do not attend planned talks in Moscow. The refusal of prominent opposition figures to attend the Jan. 26-29 meeting, intended...