The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday began debating a Western-Arab draft resolution that would demand humanitarian aid access to besieged areas in conflict-torn Syria, a text Russia has dismissed as "detached from reality." The text was prepared by Australia, Luxembourg and Jordan,...

The top U.S. intelligence chief said on Tuesday the war in  Syria  had created an "apocalyptic disaster" and said he was convinced that documents alleging torture and murder in the conflict were authentic. National Intelligence Director James Clapper Was asked by...

 The Assad regime has circulated news about the imminent victory on what it calls “terrorists” before the end of Geneva II talks i n regime-held areas of Aleppo, .  Many people in Aleppo told Zaman Alwasl that they heard soldiers on barriers talking about this...

Peace talks between the Syrian government and opposition are not making much progress, international mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said on Tuesday after a face-to-face meeting of the warring parties in Geneva. As negotiations intended to end Syria's three-year-old war concluded the...