A Syrian military offensive backed by heavy Russian air strikes threatened to cut critical rebel supply lines into the northern city of Aleppo on Tuesday, while the warring sides said peace talks had not started despite a U.N. statement they had. U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura...

King Abdullah of Jordan says his country is at "boiling point" because of an influx of hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees. Ahead of a donor conference on Syria, the king told the BBC that there was enormous pressure on Jordan's social services, infrastructure and economy. "Sooner or...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian Intelligence issued three arrest warrants for Aktham Abu Fakhr, a Syrian migrant who is facing the risk of extradition to Syria by the Dutch authorities, intelligence archive obtained by Zaman al-Wasl showed. Activists said Abu Fakhr, 26, who had illegally...

Syrian peace negotiations are starting Friday afternoon as UN special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura will meet the regime delegation, headed by the permanent representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the UN, Bashar al-Jaafari. "As previously announced by the U.N. Special Envoy for...