Syria's chief negotiator said Saturday that the "only thing" achieved at 10-day talks in Geneva was an agreed agenda and that the government wanted a unified opposition delegation as its negotiating partner. In his first remarks since talks ended Friday, Bashar al-Jaafari, Syria's ambassador...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Inside a cold and dark cell in Homs’ Central Prison, the time had been frozen for four years and a half years for Hani al-Homsi (a pseudonym). Al-Homsi was moved around between different military intelligence branches, but spent the longest duration in Saydnaya prison (18...

(The Daily Star)- More than a week of U.N.-sponsored peace talks ended in Geneva Friday, the main opposition group said, calling the results "more positive" than previous rounds. "We are closing this round without (a) clear result ... but I can say this time was more positive," Nasr...

After his arrest and torture by the government of Bashar al-Assad, dissident Khaled Rawas slipped out of Syria pledging to continue the fight. On Wednesday, he did just that — joining a landmark legal complaint in Germany seeking something that has long proved elusive for the victims of the...