Syria peace talks due to begin in Geneva this week look set to struggle with the sides showing no sign of compromise over the issue at the heart of the five-year-long conflict: the future of President Bashar al-Assad. The U.N.-led talks getting underway on Monday with U.S. and...

Reporting by Fouad Abdulaziz; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Eqtsad- Zaman Al Wasl)- “Arab Street” in the centre of Berlin, Germany, is situated in one of the poorest areas of the city called Sonnenallee. Once you enter the street, you feel like you have traveled tens of thousands of...

Syria's main opposition group said it would attend peace talks on Monday but accused the government of President Bashar al-Assad of preparing to escalate the war to strengthen its negotiating position. The U.N.-brokered talks, which coincide with the fifth anniversary of the...

 Bashar al-Assad's ouster remains a "red line" for the regime, the country's top diplomat said Saturday ahead of fragile peace talks in Geneva. "We will not talk with anyone who wants to discuss the presidency.... Bashar al-Assad is a red line and is the property of the Syrian...