On July 8, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called for a Ramadan ceasefire in Syria. Shorty after, both Iran and Turkey called for a stop to fighting for the month-long Muslim holiday. Neither the opposition or Syrian regime observed the calls. There have been numerous high-profile...

The peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians will be resumed, that what Mr. Kerry and the Arab League members announced after their latest meetings in Amman, Jordan on Wednesday. Mr. Kerry said to the reporters in the press conference that here had been "very significant"...

A car bomb killed several civilians, including women and children, in a town south of Damascus on Wednesday, Syrian state television said. The car was parked near the Amari Mosque in Kanaker, the channel reported. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based monitoring group,...

 Veteran dissident and  former Prime Minister in the Assad regime, Riyad Hijab, said that he hadn't any interest to be the new prime minister of the coalition government after resignation of Ghassan Hito, well-informed source assured to Zaman Alwasl. Some of the...