President Barack Obama has directed his administration to prepare to take in at least 10,000 Syrian refugees over the next year, the White House said on Thursday. It is the first specific commitment the United States has made toward increasing its acceptance of refugees from the war-torn...

(Interview by Abdullah Al Ghadawi; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) The Coalition’s ambassador to France Monzer Makhous talked to Zaman al-Wasl about the Syrian refugees crisis in Europe, saying that two basic criteria rule the distribution of refugees to European countries, the first is the...

Russian forces have begun participating in military operations in Syria in support of government troops, three Lebanese sources familiar with the political and military situation there said on Wednesday. The sources, speaking to Reuters on condition they not be identified, gave the most...

Syrian regime forces have pulled out of a major air base in northwestern Syria, state television said on Wednesday, after a two-year siege by Islamist-led insurgents, increasing pressure on government-held coastal areas north of Damascus, Reuters said. A group monitoring the war...