Syria's deputy foreign minister, Faisal Muqdad, says Damascus will take part in a second round of peace talks in Geneva due to start on February 10.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has criticized the US after its Congress secretly authorized sending more arms to the anti-government groups fighting in Syria.
Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Muqdad has said Damascus views Saudi Arabia as its number one enemy, accusing Riyadh of trying to destroy the country by arming extremists and militants fighting in Syria.
The Syrian government says nobody can prevent the country's President Bashar al-Assad from running for re-election next year.
French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has urged lawmakers to back military action against the Syria.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov hailed the Syrian government’s "constructive reaction" to a proposed peace conference on ending the bloodshed in the war-torn country.
Terrorists have abducted the father of Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has said.