A second round of  Syria  peace talks got off to a shaky start on Monday with the international mediator meeting the two sides separately after violations of a local ceasefire and an Islamist offensive set back his efforts. Ahead of the talks, mediator Lakhdar Brahimi...

Regime and opposition delegation begin the second round of “Geneva II” discussions on Monday. The first round of talks, which lasted 10 days, ended on January 31 with little advance on both the general issue of a political transition and specific issues like humanitarian relief....

Iran has agreed to take seven "practical steps" as part of its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a joint statement of Iran and IAEA said Sunday. Based on the agreement, Iran will allow IAEA access to a uranium mine and yellow cake complex in the central...

Islamist rebels warned Sunday in a statement,  obtained by Zaman Alwasl,  of an empty-handed participation in Geneva II,   in hint to get concrete guarantees from Assad’s regime as release the detainees and halt barrel bombs. The statement of Al...