president Bashar Al Assad

The fevered struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran for regional dominance has for years aggravated nearly every…

Egypt’s interim foreign minister on Saturday sought to distance the new government’s policy on Syria from that of…

Egyptian police have arrested eight people over the killing of five Shi'ite Muslims in a Cairo suburb, state media…

The Syrian government on Sunday condemned Egypt’s decision to cut ties with Damascus and back the armed uprising…

US Secretary of State John Kerry has promised to "empower" Syria's opposition, while warning arch-foe Iran that…

Syria's foreign minister Walid al-Muallem says that his government is ready to hold talks with the armed opposition…

Syria's opposition has begun to take aim at government airbases, making less effective government airstrikes that…

Syrian opposition groups have agreed on a general plan for the way forward in the country at a meeting in Cairo…

The international mediator Kofi Annan’s draft proposal on Syria transition will exclude President Bashar al-Assad,…

An international conference is set to open in Geneva to try and salvage a peace plan for Syria brokered by the…