Syrian peace talks meant to begin this week were stalled on Monday partly over the question of who would represent the opponents of President Bashar al-Assad. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he expected clarity within a day or two, and expressed support for the United Nations...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- ISIS fighters launched a surprise attack on regime bastions in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor, started late on Sunday with a suicide attack, local activists said. ISIS has targeted a regime base near the Euphrates Hotel, killing number of soldiers, including...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least ten people have been killed in Russia's missile attack on the northern town of Salqin near Turkish borders, activists said Monday. Activists said the two vacuum missiles that fired into Idlib's key town were launched from a Russian warship based in the Mediterranean...

At least 47 people, including nine children, have died in Russia air strikes on a town in eastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday. The raids on Khasham near the city of Deir Ezzor on Saturday were among a series of strikes that also hit two other town and others...