Russian air strikes against rebels in southern Daraa province resumed Wednesday, residents and an activist group said, after a rebel said talks to restore regime rule there peacefully had failed. The air strikes targeted the towns of Tafas, northwest of the provincial capital Daraa, and...

The European Union on Wednesday slammed attacks by the Bashar al-Assad regime and its allies on opposition-held Daraa province in southwestern Syria. "Such attacks are clear violations of international law and international humanitarian law that also put at risk any progress in Geneva...

Jordan's army said Tuesday the kingdom's border with Syria would remain closed, even as tens of thousands of Syrians flee a government offensive towards the frontier. The commander of the kingdom's northern military region, General Khaled al-Massaid, told AFP that authorities feared the...

Jordan will hold talks with Russia this week over a ceasefire in southwestern Syria and alleviating the humanitarian situation there, the Jordanian foreign minister said on Monday. Ayman Safadi, speaking in Amman, said he would travel on Tuesday to Moscow to meet his Russian counterpart...