French President Francois Hollande will meet with the head of Syria's main opposition group on Thursday, the presidency announced Tuesday. The talks with Ahmad al-Jarba will take place just over a week after an alleged deadly chemical attack took place in the suburbs of Damascus, prompting...

  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would not be "so stupid" as to use chemical weapons close to Damascus, the leader of the country's largest Kurdish group said. Saleh Muslim, head of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), said he doubted the Syrian president would resort to...

Caretaker Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour noted on Tuesday that a war against Syria will have negative repercussions on the entire region, reported the National News Agency. He said: “Lebanon will not remain silent if Israel exploited a strike against Syria to attack Hezbollah in the...

    Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem vowed on Tuesday that his country will defend itself in case of any Western military strikes against it.   “We have two options: either to surrender, or to defend ourselves with the means at our disposal. The...