The United States and Russia said on Friday they wanted to extend the four-day-old ceasefire in Syria they have co-sponsored, although the agreement looked increasingly shaky, undermined by increasing violence and a failure to deliver aid. The second attempt this year by the Cold War-era...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian writers, artists, and journalists condemned the American-Russian intervention in their country in tandem with the ceasefire agreed on by both sides on Syrian territory which began on the eve of the first day of Eid al-Adha.  They introduced themselves as...

Twenty-two members of Syria’s Kurdish National Council (KNC) have waged a hunger strike for the last five days to show solidarity with political prisoners being held by the PYD, the Syrian offshoot of PKK terrorist group. "Our strike will continue until the PYD frees all detained KNC...

 Russia said the Syrian army had begun to withdraw from a road into Aleppo on Thursday, a prerequisite for pressing ahead with international peacemaking efforts as the government and rebels accused each other of violating a truce. An organization that monitors the war also said the Syrian...