Syrian peace talks planned for January must put in place a timeframe for a transitional government and should not involve any opposition group other than the National Coalition, Gulf Arab foreign ministers said. In a statement issued on Wednesday after they met in Kuwait,...

The Syrian National Coalition opposition group will attend the "Geneva 2" talks in January aimed at resolving the civil war, its president, Ahmad Jarba, said on Wednesday. In an interview with Reuters and the Associated Press, he also said regional power  Iran should only be...

The United Nations says its aid convoys cannot reach around 250,000 people in areas besieged by Syrian government forces or rebels, despite "growing needs and intensifying conflict". The detailed assessment was included in a confidential paper that Valerie Amos, U.N. emergency relief...

Miscalculations by the Syrian regime, opposition groups and U.S. government left them all unprepared for the Aug. 21 gas attack As Syrian troops battled rebel forces in the Damascus suburbs Aug. 18, U.S. eavesdropping equipment began picking up ominous signals. A special Syrian...