Talks on a political solution to the civil war in Syria got under way Friday, with 17 countries plus the United Nations and European Union taking part. Syria itself was not represented, but senior envoys from Turkey, Italy, Britain, Lebanon, Iran, Jordan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt,...

Saudi Arabia has said reports about its response to the Syrian refugee crisis are “false and misleading” and it has in fact given residency to 100,000 people as war rages in their country. The kingdom’s statement followed a similar defence issued by the United Arab Emirates after questions...

Alex Whiting, Thomson Reuters Foundation- Nearly 100,000 refugees in Gaza face a second winter without proper housing, with just one of their homes rebuilt since being damaged or destroyed in conflict last year, said a United Nations agency that provides assistance in the region. Families are...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia's warplanes have carried out more than 20 raids on northern countryside of Homs city, activists told Zaman al Wasl on Thursday as the regime army backed by fighters from Iran and Lebanon's Hezbollah launch a new offensive on embattled towns of the central province. A...