Syrian opposition chief Ahmad Jarba is to visit Moscow on Tuesday at the invitation of Russian authorities, AFP said. "Mr. Jarba has accepted the Russian invitation and will go to Moscow on February 4," Monzer Aqbiq, head advisor to the leader of the Syrian...

Wissam Sara, father of two children and the son of the prominent Syrian non-violent opposition figure Fayez Sara, was tortured to death today in the detention centre of the Syrian Military intelligence in Damascus. He was detained in Damascus 2 months ago, the British-based...
Deputy U.N. mediator on Syria Nasser al-Kidwa told U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday that he was resigning, after repeated calls from the Syrian government for him to be removed. United Nations confirmedKidwa's “intention to leave his current position,...