LONDON (AP) — Syria's planned presidential election next month is a "farce," and the U.S. and its partners are prepared to quickly redouble efforts to support opposition forces in the county, Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday. Kerry stopped short of promising...

(Reuters) - Dry weather is likely to cut Syria's 2014 wheat crop by 18 percent on the year to about 1.97 million tonnes, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said in a report on Thursday. The 2014 barley crop in Syria, where an uprising and civil war have been...

WASHINGTON (Zaman Alwasl) — The long-awaited meeting by western-backed opposition with U.S. President Barack Obama finally held on Tuesday. Mr. Obama, who met with Syrian opposition leader Ahmad Jarba, has praised the coalition's role in...

(Reuters) - Egyptian presidential frontrunner Abdel Fattah al-Sisi gave Reuters a wide-ranging interview. The following is the full text. Q: How long do you think it will take to make real difference. What is your expectation as to the timetable before people start seeing...