Syrian peace negotiations are starting Friday afternoon as UN special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura will meet the regime delegation, headed by the permanent representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the UN, Bashar al-Jaafari. "As previously announced by the U.N. Special Envoy for...

German authorities said Friday they had carried out raids at the homes of elderly former SS soldiers accused of war crimes, including involvement in a 1944 civilian massacre in France. The three suspects, all in their 90s, were members of the so-called "Hitler Youth" SS division blamed for...

A bomb and gun attack on a Shiite Muslim mosque in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province killed two people and wounded at least 7 Friday, a witness and Saudi-owned media said. The witnesses said in an audio testimony sent to Reuters by a local activist that an explosion was followed by shooting in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 21 people, including 4 children, have been killed on Thursday in regime aerial bombing on rebel-held areas, monitor said. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said 9 people have been killed in regime army attack on Kafr Takharim in northern Idlib province....