13/02/2016

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Friday he expected Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to provide special operations forces to help Syrian opposition fighters battling the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group,…

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was quotedsaying during the Munich conference that ground intervention in Syria could result in a third world war. Despite the importance of what has been said, no one paid attention to his words…

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Friday the removal of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was crucial to defeat ISIS. Speaking at a security conference in Munich, Jubeir said Assad was responsible for the creation of ISIS by…

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Jordan’s King Abdullah spoke on Friday about the talks on the Syrian conflict and the fight against ISIS militants, the White House said. King Abdullah is slated to visit the White House on Feb. 24.

A U.N. investigative team has zeroed in on five potential cases of serious chemical weapons use in Syria but has yet to identify the perpetrators, according to its first report released Friday. The Joint Investigative Mechanism was…

Implementation is the key to the new deal struck on Syria, with world powers aiming to bring an end to hostilities in a week. As US Secretary of State John Kerry said: "What we need to see in the next few days are actions on the…

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is "deluded" if he thinks there is a military solution to the war in Syria, nearly five years into a brutal conflict that has killed more than 260,000 people, a U.S. official said. In an exclusive interview…