One of Syria's strongest rebel factions, the conservative Islamist Ahrar al-Sham group, said on Wednesday it will not attend peace talks to be held in Kazakhstan on Jan. 23. Several other leading rebel groups decided on Monday that they would be at the talks, which will be attended by the...

Iran and Saudi Arabia should be able to work together to help end conflicts in Syria and Yemen, after successfully cooperating over Lebanon last year, Iran's foreign minister said. "I do not see any reason why Iran and Saudi Arabia should have hostile policies towards each other. We can in...

The participation of Saudi Arabia and Qatar in Syria talks will be discussed once they stop backing militancy, Syria's deputy foreign minister was quoted as saying on Wednesday, appearing to reject their attendance at forthcoming peace talks. "Once Qatar and Saudi Arabia halt their support...

Reporting by Abdulhafiz Holani (Zaman Al Wasl)- Yusuf Mohammed Nasif, a Syrian refugee infant was born six months ago in Lebanese border town of Arsal with with complete intestinal obstruction by absent of anus which needed urgent operation to enable him to empty his bowels of stool. Yusuf...