U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday he was confident Syria peace talks would proceed, after he held talks with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states in Saudi Arabia. "We are confident that with good initiative in the next day or so those talks can get going and...

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Saturday that the United States and Turkey were prepared for a military solution against Islamic State in Syria should the Syrian government and rebels fail to reach a political settlement. The latest round of Syria peace talks are planned...

Syrian armed rebel groups said on Saturday they held the Syrian government and Russia responsible for any failure of peace talks to end the country's civil war, even before negotiations due to start in Geneva next week. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he was confident the talks set for...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wals)- Syrian rebels in the northern countryside of Homs have targeted water and power supplies that feed regime-held areas, a move aimed to ease pressure on the southern countryside of Hama as regime army and allied militias carry out major attack....