UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, who arrived in Damascus Monday, believes President Bashar al-Assad could contribute to the transition to a "new" Syria, but not as the country's leader. Brahimi, who was in Syria on the latest leg of a...

Islamist rebels pressed an advance Monday against Bashar al-Assad troops in Homs province aimed at capturing major weapons depots, activist said. Several brigades, among them the Al-Qaida-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) and Jabhat Al-Nusra, seized control of...

Leader of Lebanese Hezbollah movement accuses Saudi Arabia of blocking political solution to the conflict in Syria. The head of the Lebanese movement Hezbollah and key Damascus ally Hassan Nasrallah has accused Saudi Arabia of blocking a political solution to the conflict in Syria....

U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi arrived in Damascus on Monday, as part of the next leg of his regional tour to garner support for a peace conference on Syria. Brahimi flew in to Beirut from Tehran and was to travel overland to Damascus the same day, making his first visit to...