UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen said Friday the first round of talks by the Syrian Constitutional Committee was “successful” and the next round, with a whittled down group of 45, will start Monday. “The last two days have been very good,” said Pedersen, addressing...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday hailed Donald Trump as the “best American president” for his “transparency” regarding his stated desire to maintain U.S. control of the Middle Eastern nation’s lucrative oil fields. “I tell you he’s the best American president. Why?...

The family of detainee Mohamed Mahmoud Al-Suwaidan received his death certificate on Tuesday after being held by regime military intellignce last year and locked up in notorious Saydnaya prison north of the capital. Activists said that Al-Suwaidan was arrested and detained in Saydnaya...

Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad said on Thursday that his regim’s ultimate goal was to restore state authority over Kurdish controlled areas in northeast Syria after an abrupt U.S. troop withdrawal but he expected it to happen gradually. In a state television interview Assad also said...