Allegations that the U.S. National Security Agency spied on millions of French citizens are set to overshadow vital talks on the future of Syria. Top-ranking politicians from both sides of the Atlantic will come face to face on Tuesday just one day after a report in  Le Monde...

U.N.’s humanitarian chief should call for a cessation of hostilities not only in Moadamiyet al-Sham, Damascus suburbs, that has been besieged for months by the Syrian army, but also for the besieged neighborhoods of Homs, activists appealed, ''so that food and vital medical aid can be...

Fourteen female detainees released as part of hostage exchange but dozens of others still being held, activist says. Syrian regime authorities have released 14 women detainees as part of a hostage exchange but dozens of others are still being held, a prominent human rights activist has...

Upset at President Barack Obama's policies on  Iran  and Syria, members of Saudi Arabia's ruling family are threatening a rift with the United States that could take the alliance between Washington and the kingdom to its lowest point in years. Saudi Arabia's intelligence...