Syria's opposition leader met Russia's top diplomat on Tuesday in a bid to persuade Moscow to pressure Damascus to agree to a transitional government for the war-scarred nation. The talks between Syrian National Coalition chief Ahmad Jarba and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov came after...

Syrian opposition chief Ahmad Jarba is to visit Moscow on Tuesday at the invitation of Russian authorities, AFP said.   "Mr. Jarba has accepted the Russian invitation and will go to Moscow on February 4," Monzer Aqbiq, head advisor to the leader of the Syrian...

  Deputy U.N. mediator on Syria Nasser al-Kidwa told U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday that he was resigning, after repeated calls from the Syrian government for him to be removed. United Nations confirmedKidwa's “intention to leave his current position,...

  King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia ordered on Monday the punishment of citizens found guilty of fighting in conflicts outside the kingdom with imprisonment ranging between three to 20 years. Members of extremist religious groups and anyone found guilty of...