Secretary of State John Kerry is at odds with several senior State Department officials over whether to press ahead with plans for a high-profile peace conference next month that is designed to put negotiators from Syria’s main opposition groups and the government of Syrian President...

  State-run media accused the UN-Arab Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi of being double faced . Al Thawra newspaper tilted its editorial yesterday ''Brahimi is one eyed,  many tongued,'' saying that  he wanted to please all parties, when his job as a UN Envoy...

The UN food aid agency said Friday that it feared a rise in malnutrition among children trapped in besieged communities in Syria where fighting has halted supply convoys. "The World Food Programme is concerned about the fate of many Syrians trapped in conflict areas and still in need of...

    The Ministry of Labor has ruled out an extension of the amnesty period and warned illegal workers and Saudi employers that countrywide raids would start on Nov. 4. Hattab Al-Enezi, the ministry’s spokesman, rejected on Thursday reports carried by some...