A Syrian opposition meeting due to begin in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday marks the most serious effort yet to unify President Bashar al-Assad's fragmented enemies, a step seen vital to peace talks sought by world powers but which has riled Iran. While the outlook for the political track recently...

Countries that reject Syrian refugees because they are Muslims are fuelling Islamic State and other militant groups and contributing to the threat of terrorism, U.N. refugee chief Antonio Guterres said on Monday. "When people say they cannot receive Syrian refugees because they are Muslims,...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) ( Zaman Al Wasl- Eqtsad) - When we talk about Arabic media tycoons we recall the name of Al-Waleed bin Talal, Saleh Kamel and Naguib Sawiris, and others, but in Syria, the Ministry of information have enabled certain people to control the media industry and...

Syria expressed outrage Monday after a suspected US-led coalition strike for the first time killed regime troops, but the coalition denied its warplanes hit an army base. In a letter to the United Nations Security Council and Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Syria's...