Istanbul authorities Thursday said 2,000 Syrian families in the city could be set for Turkish citizenship but the government insisted approval would only come after an April referendum on boosting the president's powers. "Until now in Istanbul, documents have been prepared and sent for...

Russia has called on Syrian President Bashar Assad to stop his bombing campaign while peace talks take place this week, but a political breakthrough on the six-year war remains unlikely, the UN's envoy said Wednesday. Staffan de Mistura's comments came on the eve of a new round of talks in...

By Abdullah Ghadawi (Zaman Al Wasl)- One of the difficult situations experienced by the Syrian opposition negotiator is that he sits in front of a team of the regime`s executioners searching for a political solution and this negotiator realizes that it is almost impossible with a regime that...

Rival Syrian camps were due in Geneva Wednesday for U.N.-brokered talks to end the six-year conflict with persistent violence and deadlock over the country's political future dampening hopes of a breakthrough. President Bashar Assad's negotiators and opposition delegations were expected to...