U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday withdrew an invitation to Iran to attend a Syria peace conference this week over its refusal to back calls for a transitional government in Syria, a spokesman said. “He (Ban) continues to urge Iran to join the...

A former member of the military service for the Syrian government for thirteen years was set to photograph and document the dead bodies of military soldiers brought from their places of detention to a military hospital during the civil war in the country. The bodies...

The Daoud Brigade, a rebel faction composed mainly of Syrians which has pledged allegiance to the State of Iraq and The Levant (ISIL), issued a statement on Monday calling for an end to fighting among rivals. The group said it had reached a "partial solution to end...

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad told AFP in an exclusive interview Sunday there is a "significant" chance he will seek a new term this year, and dismissed the prospect of an opposition premier. Speaking at the presidential palace in Damascus, days before the beginning of the Geneva...