(Reuters)- The European Union and France denied any change in Western policy on Syria on Monday after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States would have to negotiate with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for a political transition there. French Foreign...

A remark by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that President Bashar al-Assad should be included in negotiations on a Syrian political transition provoked alarm and dismay on Monday among commentators close to Gulf Arab governments opposed to his rule. Saudi Arabia, the top oil...

The United States insisted on Monday it would never negotiate directly with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, edging away from comments made by Secretary of State John Kerry, and it cast doubt on any immediate prospects for third-party talks to resolve Syria’s civil war....

( Syrian Mirror News )- Addressing the people of Syria, the general commander of Ahrar al-Sham Islamic movement, Hashim al-Sheikh gave a speech to mark the fourth anniversary of the Syrian revolution. The speech, that came during a military parade by Ahrar...