Syria's embattled president on Wednesday praised Egypt's protests against their leader and said his overthrow by the military means the end of "political Islam." President Bashar Assad, who is seeking to crush a revolt against his own rule, said Egyptians have discovered the "lies" of the...

National Coalition renewed the pleas to the international community to take action to protect civilians in the embattled city of Homs. The Syrian National Coalition on Friday appealed to the United Nations and Western countries that have supported the opposition in Syria's civil...

Russia on Thursday blocked a UN Security Council demand that Syria allow immediate access to thousands of civilians trapped by a government offensive on the city of Homs, diplomats said. Diplomats said Russia’s opposition to the statement proposed by council members Australia and...

Senior Gulf Cooperation Council officials met in Riyadh on Thursday to coordinate sanctions in the six member states against Lebanon’s Shiite Hezbollah movement over its support for the Syria regime. The meeting was “to develop mechanisms to monitor movements, financial...