U.S. Ambassador to  Syria  Robert  Ford  is retiring at the end of the month, current and former U.S. officials said on Tuesday. Ford , a career foreign service officer and a fluent Arabic speaker, was instrumental in negotiating with Syrian opposition...

  Two prominent Republican senators say that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told them – along with 13 other members of a bipartisan congressional delegation – that President Barack Obama’s administration is in need of a new, more assertive, Syria policy; that...

UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan is "well" after an operation last month following a stroke, his brother said on Monday. "We went through a tough time but we have overcome that," said Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, who is crown prince of Abu Dhabi. "Sheikh Khalifa, may...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov assured to the key Opposition president his support to a transitional governing body,  Zaman Alwasl’s sources quoted Mr. Ahmad Assi Al Jarba saying. National Coalition  opposition chief  is to visit Moscow on Tuesday at...