(Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called for an urgent resumption of peace talks on Saturday as violence continued unabated in the Gaza Strip with Israel carrying out air strikes and militants firing rockets. Gaza health officials said five people, including...

BEIRUT (AP) — The year since a chemical attack that killed hundreds near Damascus has been a strikingly good one for President Bashar Assad. His deadly stockpile has been destroyed, but he has stayed in power, bought time and gotten world powers to engage him. Along the way,...

Damascus, (IANS) At least five people were killed and 18 wounded Tuesday in a renewed mortar shelling against a central Syrian town, state media reported. The victims were killed and injured when the rebels fired mortar shells against Qamhaneh town in the northern countryside...

  (Zaman Alwasl)- Rebels have intensified shelling on Alawite villages in Hama province, pressing slow advances in the northern countryside and sparking fears of Bashar ’al-Assad loyalists. Normal 0 false...