Syrian President Bashar al-Assad declared on Friday that he would not negotiate with armed groups, appearing to scupper peace talks that Russia and the United States hope to bring about next month. Washington helped broker an agreement reached on Thursday by more than 100 members of Syria's...

(Zaman Al Wasl)-  At least four people, including a mother and her two daughters, have been killed in a missile attack on the town of al-Nashshabiyeh in eastern rural Damascus, local activists said Friday. Syrian regime backed by Russia's jets has stepped up its devastating aerial...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels have taken Hamzat village in the northern Aleppo province from Isis, activists said on Friday. Al-Shamiyeh Front, key rebel group operating in Aleppo province, with other rebel factions have captured the village after fierce fighting with Isis militants. Late on...

Russia has no plans to carry out air strikes in Libya, a stronghold of Islamic militants, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday. "This is not in our plans. We have had no requests of this kind from the government of Libya ... and there is no government of Libya as...