Syrian peace talks in Geneva were deadlocked Monday over the explosive issue of transferring power from President Bashar al-Assad's regime, delegates from the warring sides said. But both parties said they were not planning to walk away from the talks, even though a...

    A second shipment of chemical weapons materials has been removed from Syria under a deal to eliminate its arsenal, the joint U.N. mission overseeing the disarmament said Monday. “Today, a further shipment of chemical weapons materials took place from...

The Israel Air Force bombed a Syrian base in the Latakia airport in the north of the country on Sunday, Lebanese media reported Monday morning.  There are currently no other confirmations of this report,  the Israeli Haaretz reported . Israeli security sources...

 Syria's government delegation at peace talks in Geneva presented a declaration of principles for negotiations which did not mention a transition of power and was immediately rejected by the opposition, Syrian television said on Monday. The "declaration of basic principles" said...