Russia has warned over security of a chemical arms storage facility in central Syria saying that clashes between extremist militants and army forces were taking place only meters from the sensitive site.
Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah has warned that those who assassinated Hassan Lakkis, a Hezbollah commander, will pay for their crime.
Russian Foreign Minister says Western diplomats are increasingly saying that President Bashar al-Assad keeping power is a better option for Syria than the country being ruled by extremist militants.
Saudi Arabia intends to pursue an independent policy after the US resorted to a diplomatic solution to the Syria.
Syria's Kurds are going to send two delegations to the upcoming peace talks, one with the opposition coalition and another with representatives of President Bashar al-Assad, opposition leader Ahmed Jarba has said.
A US federal appeals court has revived litigation against Saudi Arabia for helping al-Qaeda in the September 11, 2001 attacks, on behalf of victims’ families.
Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Muqdad says eliminating terrorism should top the agenda in the upcoming peace talks on Syria, scheduled to be held in Switzerland next month.
Nearly 1,000 Christians have been killed and over 450,000 of them displaced in Syria due to the crisis plaguing the country, says a prominent Christian figure.
Survivors of the horrible carnage in the Syrian town of al-Adra near the capital, Damascus speak about the ordeal to Al-Alam following the attack by al-Qaeda-linked militants.
Several rockets fired by militants fighting in Syria have hit the Bekaa Valley, landing in deserted areas, a Lebanese security source says.