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...

German authorities said Friday they had carried out raids at the homes of elderly former SS soldiers accused of war crimes, including involvement in a 1944 civilian massacre in France. The three suspects, all in their 90s, were members of the so-called "Hitler Youth" SS division blamed for...

Syrian opposition members met for a fourth day in the Saudi Arabian capital Friday but had still not announced whether they would join peace talks beginning the same day in Geneva. The Saudi-backed High Negotiations Committee (HNC) has said it will not attend the negotiations with the...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)-As Syrian peace talks is due to start in Geneva on Friday, wide voices have opposed inviting Saleh Muslim, one of the leaders of the Kurdish PYD militia, to the planned talks saying he is a Syrian regime ally and never been an opponent....