International powers are unlikely to meet their goal of convening peace talks on  Syria  in Geneva next month as differences emerge between Washington and Moscow over opposition representation, Arab and Western officials said. Failure of the main Syrian National Coalition to...

Syria has destroyed or rendered inoperable all of its declared chemical weapons production and mixing facilities, meeting a major deadline in an ambitious disarmament program, the international chemical weapons watchdog said Thursday. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical...

Tunisian security forces arrested on Tuesday five people suspected of plotting a suicide bombing that shook a tourist resort and a foiled attack on the tomb of independence leader Habib Bourguiba. “The interior ministry’s specialized security units have managed in a short...

Opposition vice president told Zaman ALwasl that the recent statement by the UN-Arab Envoy to Syria is problematic and unclear . UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, who met early today Bashar al-Assad, after  controversial  visit to Tehran, believes al-Assad...