Some 2,500 Syrians trapped in the besieged Old City of Homs have become pawns in complex negotiations between the Syrian government and opposition, with aid agencies caught up in an ethical dilemma amid reports of starvation. U.N. mediator Lakhdar Brahimi, who ran week-long talks that...

Syria is transferring some of its most prized weapon systems to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, according to US officials cited by leading US newspapers, according to  JANEs Defence Magazine . The Wall Street Journal reported on 2 January that Yakhont anti-ship missile...

Syria's government may have madelegitimizing blunder by turning up at peace talks in Geneva since it had little to gain, little room for maneuver and may have started down a slippery slope by legitimizing its opponents, diplomats say according to Reuters. But its chief...

More than 100 million people will be glued to their TV screens on Sunday, when the Denver Broncos take on the Seattle Seahawks in America’s premier sporting contest, the Super Bowl. But two fierce rivals, Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc , will also be clashing head-to-head on a...