The key issue of a transitional government to replace President Bashar Assad blocked any progress Monday in Syrian peace talks, described by one delegate as "a dialogue of the deaf." The chief U.N. mediator expressed frustration over inflammatory public remarks by the two sides as he...

As Syria's bitter divide plays out between regime and opposition negotiators in Geneva, journalists from both camps are also locking horns on the sidelines of UN-brokered peace talks. Whether in the tree-lined gardens of the UN's European headquarters or its corridors and packed...

In a statement on Monday, the Islamic State of Iraq and The levant (ISIL) dismissed the “Umma Initiative” for reconciliation, saying it was “fighting those who fight it, taking revenge from and curtailing the power of those who have wronged it without any hesitation.”...

Tunisia's national assembly approved the final articles of the country's new constitution on Thursday, three years after their uprising against autocrat Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali inspired a wave of Arab revolts. Tunisia's new charter, which the assembly will likely vote on Saturday...