Syria's foreign minister says President Bashar al-Assad's government has agreed "in principle" to take part in peace talks in Geneva planned for June. Walid Muallem told reporters in Baghdad that the conference was "a good opportunity for a political solution to the crisis in Syria"....

Two rockets have hit a district in the southern part of Lebanon's capital, wounding at least four people. One rocket struck a car dealership in the Mar Mikhael district on the edge of Beirut on Sunday, injuring four Syrian workers, security officials said....

The leader of the Lebanese Shia militant Hezbollah movement, Hassan Nasrallah, has promised his supporters they will prevail in Syria, where they are backing President Bashar al-Assad. "This battle is ours... and I promise you victory," he said in a TV address. Syrian rebels in the...

A video emerged on Youtube showing a crowd of Iraqi Shia beating their chests and chanting. The video was posted on May 1, another video was posted on the same day .   Some have suggested the video is old and the names of Syrian cities, Deraa and Harasta,...