France took the first steps this month toward proposing a Security Council resolution that would refer Syria to the International Criminal Court, amid fears that Russia may well veto such a resolution. Experts interviewed by Al Arabiya’s New York Bureau Chief Talal al-Haj this...

Leaders of the Group of Seven major economies agreed to impose extra sanctions on Russia over its intervention in Ukraine , where armed pro-Moscow separatists detained a group of international observers and accused them of being NATO spies. The United States said its part of...

Syria maintains an ability to deploy chemical weapons, a senior Western diplomat has said, citing intelligence from Britain, France and the United States. "We have some intelligence showing, that they have not declared everything", a senior diplomat told the Reuters...

Syria hopes to attract foreign investment in tourism, a government minister said on Friday, despite a three-year civil war that has killed more than 150,000 people and devastated many historic sites. “The situation in Syria isn’t as the world imagines. There are areas that...