UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen said Friday the first round of talks by the Syrian Constitutional Committee was “successful” and the next round, with a whittled down group of 45, will start Monday. “The last two days have been very good,” said Pedersen, addressing...

Around 85 Syrian refugees returned on Friday to their homeland from Lebanon, the National News Agency reported. The Syrian refugees returned from Bekaa area under the supervision of Lebanon's general security. More than 1 million Syrian refugees are registered with the UN High...

Syrians are returning homes in Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ayn as comprehensive security measures have been taken in the northern Syrian districts, military sources said on Friday. The military sources also said that the joint patrol of Turkey and Russia are taking place in the northern Syria at...

Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad said on Thursday that his regim’s ultimate goal was to restore state authority over Kurdish controlled areas in northeast Syria after an abrupt U.S. troop withdrawal but he expected it to happen gradually. In a state television interview Assad also said...