The Syrian army and rebels, including jihadist groups, fought in the capital Damascus and north of Hama on Thursday after the insurgents' biggest offensive for months, underscoring the bleak prospects for peace talks which resume later in the day. The offensive seems unlikely to reverse 18...

Syrian rivals were to resume U.N.-brokered peace talks in Geneva Thursday, with escalating violence and deadlock on key issues dimming hopes of a breakthrough. U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura tried to strike an optimistic note when the previous round ended last month. He insisted...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Hama Governor on Wednesday has refuted pro-regime media reports over a massacre committed by rebels in the northern countryside of the central province. Mohaled Hazzouri told Damascus-based Sham FM radio that reports of killing 25 civilians by Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, the former...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels on Wednesday fired 17 Grad missiles on Russia-controlled Hameimim airbase and Qardaha , the heart-town of Bashar al-Assad in Latakia province, just a day since rebels have rocked meeting of military leaders in the regime biggest stronghold.   Pro-regime...