The prospects for a new round of Syria peace talks should be clearer after the U.N. Security Council discusses options on June 29, U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura told reporters on Thursday. De Mistura said he had accompanied U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last week to St Petersburg,...

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman al-Wasl)- Syrian regime forces banned many tens of displaced families who fled northeastern Syria to enter Damascus suburbs without obvious reasons, leaving them in a desert area in the eastern countryside of Damascus. The families mostly from Deir ez-Zor come...

The Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority has warned Israel of the possible repercussions of ongoing "secret excavations" currently underway in occupied East Jerusalem. In a Wednesday statement, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said the excavations were part of a longstanding plan by the...

Russia called on Tuesday for a swift resumption of stalled Syrian peace talks, saying it was the only way to halt "massive violations" of human rights perpetrated in the five-year-old conflict. Russia, a strong ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, launched air strikes in September to...