DAMASCUS, SYRIA- Guns fell silent across Syria on Saturday after a landmark UN-backed ceasefire came into effect, the first major truce in five years of civil war that have claimed more than 270,000...
DAMASCUS, SYRIA- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad announced Monday that parliamentary elections are to be held on April 13, state news agency SANA reported, shortly after Washington and Moscow...
PARIS, FRANCE, Antonio Rodriguez- A threat to add countries who are slow to combat terrorism financing to a public black list has proved effective in pushing them into action, a top executive at an...
UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- UN Security Council diplomats are discussing a draft resolution that would endorse the deal on cessation of hostilities in Syria, diplomats said Wednesday. Russia and...
UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- UN aid convoys headed to two Syrian towns besieged by government forces on Tuesday to deliver life-saving food and medicine to some 30,000 people, a UN spokesman said....
DAMASCUS, SYRIA, Rim Haddad with Maya Gebeily in Beirut- Syria's warring parties agreed to a ceasefire deal on Tuesday, but the US warned it would not wait long to see if the truce sticks while some...
OSLO, NORWAY, Pierre-Henry Deshayes- One is a devout and cheery Saudi, the other a British convert overcome by doubt, the third a Syrian fascinated by the promise of 72 virgins: a new documentary...
UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- A UN team of experts tasked with identifying those responsible for chemical attacks in Syria will begin in-depth investigations on the ground in early March, the head...
BEIRUT, LEBANON, Layal Abou Rahal with Thomas Watkins in Washington- The United States and Russia on Monday announced plans for a landmark "cessation of hostilities" to take effect in war-torn Syria...
MADRID, SPAIN- President Bashar al-Assad says he wants to be remembered 10 years from now as the person who saved Syria, according to an interview with Spanish newspaper El Pais published on...
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