(Reuters) - Prominent Syrian opposition figure Mouaz Al Khatib said on Friday he had turned down an invitation to a Moscow meeting with Syrian government officials, in a further blow to Russian efforts to find a solution to the Syrian conflict. "We decided to decline ... this is because...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan strongly condemned Thursday the killing of "thousands" of people in a Nigerian town by Boko Haram militants. "Terror attacks in which innocent people are brutally killed cannot be tolerated regardless of religion, civilization, and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Shariah court of rebel-held Aleppo on Wednesday urged men who are between 18 and 35 year-old to not enter government-held areas of war-torn city to avoid military conscription. Bashar al-Assad regime announced last week general...

   Beirut (The Daily Star)- Lebanon should drop its new measures requiring Syrians to obtain permits to enter the country, Speaker Nabih said Thursday, according to the Syrian ambassador. Ambassador Ali Abdel-Karim Ali quoted Berri as telling him that "there should not be...