(BBC)- US Secretary of State John Kerry is to meet French and German foreign ministers in London later in a renewed attempt to broker peace in Syria. On Saturday he met Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, along with representatives from other countries with stakes in the five-year...

(AMN)- The Syrian  Army launched a powerful assault in the northern countryside of Hama on Sunday, targeting the jihadist-held town of Ma'ardes after capturing Al-Abbadah yesterday. Led by the Tiger Forces, the Syrian Arab Army stormed the eastern gates of Ma'ardes, where they were...

Reporting Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl)- As part of an initiative to honor Syrian innovators, a group of Syria students in Egypt honored Doctor Amar al-Mustafa, who obtained the highest award possible for a doctorate in the English language, as the first Syrian refugee in Egypt to obtain a...

Angela Merkel wants to get other European Union member countries to agree to step up sanctions against Russia because of its role in the war in Syria, a German newspaper cited sources close to the German chancellor as saying. The issue of sanctions is due to be discussed at an EU summit on...