By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, May 22 (Reuters) - The United Nations is receiving increasing reports of the use of chemical weap...

A solution in Syria can be found through sound mediation by Turkey and Russia, both of which know the country best, which are trusted and have enjoyed bilateral relations with it for many years.

However high-ranking an individual might be, or however "full" the powers they might be entrusted within the process of political transition in Syria,...

DAMASCUS, Syria — The Syrian government wants more details before deciding whether to take part in a proposed U.S.-Russian initiative to negotia...

Not a politician by nature, the current president of Syria never aspired to be involved in politics. His brother Bassel Al-Assad however, was being groomed to become his father's successor.

The Americans and the Russians have agreed to revive the Geneva agreement and work towards a second iteration, after modifications have been made to t...

WARSAW, Poland -- Russia's foreign minister has defended his country's sales of antiaircraft systems to Syria, insisting they are not banned by intern...

What seems to be lacking the most is an explicit political objective achievable in a time period and at a cost that is domestically palatable. Injecting countless weapons into this imbroglio will not alter the underlying political dynamics and may serve to prolong it.

There has been mounting criticism of the Obama administration for setting a line in the sand on Syria -- the movement or use of chemical weapons -- and then apparently failing to act out on its promise. The criticism has come in two varieties.

There is no compelling national interest that requires American intervention in Syria's civil war. In fact, such an intervention would be a strategic error.

WASHINGTON — Israel's willingness to hit Syrian targets it sees as threats to its own existence has complicated the Obama administration's inter...

BEIRUT — With a second airstrike against Syria in four months, Israel enforced its own red line of not allowing game-changing weapons to reach L...

US President Barack Obama's "Will Not" has come across as half-baked compared to the Hezbollah secretary general's retort with an arrogant "Will Not" ...

AMMAN, Jordan — Syrian President Bashar Assad made a rare public appearance at a Damascus power station on Wednesday, while two bombs exploded n...

Elections in the Middle East have become a blood-spattered means of exclusion that voids democracy of its core values, as well as a blatant way to mon...

WASHINGTON — The White House declared Thursday that U.S. intelligence indicates Syrian President Bashar Assad has twice used deadly chemical wea...

TEL AVIV, Israel — A senior Israeli military intelligence official said on Tuesday that Syrian President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons last...

ISTANBUL -- The United States said Sunday that it will double its non-lethal assistance to Syria's opposition as the rebels' top supporters vowed to e...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad made it perfectly clear what he has in mind in an interview with Syrian News Channel Al-Ikhbariya this week. He said ...

BEIRUT — Syria's president accused the West on Wednesday of backing al-Qaida in his country's civil war, warning it will pay a price "in the hea...

Every time signs of a political détente appear in the country, people in Lebanon like to ask, "And what will the summer be like?" The question is not...

Amnesty International has produced compelling evidence of massacres, mass abduction, detention beatings, killings and torture by anti-Libyan militia -- backed by the British, French and U.S. So will a post-Assad Syria be any different?

The major regional and international players would do good to pause and consider the future of countries neighboring Syria, given the continued influx...

BEIRUT — Syrian rebels captured a military base in the south on Wednesday and set their sights on seizing control of a strategically important r...