(Reuters)- The European Union and France denied any change in Western policy on Syria on Monday after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States would have to negotiate with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for a political transition there. French Foreign...

A remark by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that President Bashar al-Assad should be included in negotiations on a Syrian political transition provoked alarm and dismay on Monday among commentators close to Gulf Arab governments opposed to his rule. Saudi Arabia, the top oil...

( Syrian Mirror News )- Addressing the people of Syria, the general commander of Ahrar al-Sham Islamic movement, Hashim al-Sheikh gave a speech to mark the fourth anniversary of the Syrian revolution. The speech, that came during a military parade by Ahrar...

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday there would be no Palestinian state if he were reelected, in a last-ditch effort to woo rightwing voters on the eve of a general election. Polling stations are to open at 0500 GMT on Tuesday for Israel's second snap...