European ambassadors and intelligence officials are making discreet trips to Damascus in a bid to resume contacts with the Syrian regime after years of outspoken support for the opposition, diplomats say. "Since May, little by little, we have begun to return, at first cautiously for a...

In recent months, leading diplomats and statesmen from the international community have been logging frequent flier miles and consulting technical treaties in order to curb the use and development of chemical and nuclear weapons in Syria and Iran. While these efforts have seemingly...

Syria's regime Prime Minister Wael Halki said on Saturday that Syrian government forces were winning the war with rebels and would not rest while a single enemy fighter remained at large. Maintaining Syria's unyielding response to Western calls for President Bashar al-Assad to step...

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees visited a new refugee camp in Lebanon on Friday and said "massive support" was needed for Lebanon and the Syrian refugees who are fleeing there.   Antonio Guterres toured the camp in Arsal village in northeast Lebanon, meeting some of the...