( Reuters )- Renewed U.S. interest in the Syrian war is welcome if it leads to a fresh U.S.-Russian push for a political solution, U.N. humanitarian adviser Jan Egeland said on Thursday after a weekly Syria humanitarian meeting. "I hope that this is a watershed moment," Egeland told...

( Reuters )- The Syrian government set conditions on Thursday for any international inquiry into a suspected chemical attack that killed scores of people, saying it must not be "politicized" and should set out from Damascus and not Turkey. Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said Syria's past...

( Daily Star )- Syria's armed forces "did not and will not" use chemical weapons, even against extremist groups, Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said Thursday. "I stress to you once again: the Syrian army has not, did not and will not use this kind of weapons -- not just against our own...

( Daily Star )- Turkey is planning in the next weeks to launch a new cross border military incursion to oust the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) from the Sinjar region of northern Iraq, a report said Thursday. The report in the pro-government Yeni Safak daily was not immediately...