DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A Syrian official on Wednesday welcomed the resignation of Lakhdar Brahimi as the joint United Nations-Arab League envoy for Syria, calling for the appointment of a "more objective" mediator. Fayez Sayegh, a member of parliament and a senior member of...

(Al Jazeera) - Syrian government and opposition forces have systematically attacked healthcare professionals and facilities in the country over the past three years, a report by the US-based group, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), has alleged. The report released by the...

In a first phase and as a gesture of goodwill over exchange agreement between rebels and Syrian regime, a family of eight people has been released on Tuesday from the city of Adra, east north Damascus, a close newspaper to Bashar Assad’s regime said....

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama met with Syrian opposition leader Ahmad Jarba on Tuesday and praised the coalition's role in trying to find a political solution to the crisis in Syria, the White House said in a statement. The meeting came near the end of Jarba's...