Syria Travel News

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to meet UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at his Black Sea residence in Sochi on Friday, the Kremlin said.

As President Barack Obama struggles to define America's position in Syria, events threaten to overtake his deliberations.

It is a disorienting thing to live amid war. For those who are fighting, the war is the driving force in their lives, providing meaning as the days march onward.

Dr. Zaher Sahloul, a Syrian-America physician in Chicago, heads a group of U.S. doctors providing help to those injured in Syria's civil war.

Dr. Zaher Sahloul, a Syrian-America physician in Chicago, heads a group of U.S. doctors providing help to those injured in Syria's civil war.

Omar Islam has undertaken a Sisyphean task. In the midst of Syria 's civil war, this former archaeology student with a master's degree in restoration work is dodging sniper fire, artillery, and airstrikes to catalog the destruction of Aleppo 's historical landmarks.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday warned against any moves that would further destabilize the situation in Syria, speaking after talks with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.

Disagreements among the countries backing the rebels in Syria have led to a drop in weapons shipments, leaving rebels vulnerable to a government military offensive.

The Washington Post's Liz Sly reported on Saturday from Beirut , explaining that Assad is "bolstered by a new strategy, the support of Iran and Russia and the assistance of fighters with Lebanon's Hezbollah movement." Sly finds that "the pendulum is now swinging in favor of Assad." How are Assad's forces doing it? Here are a few of the trends Sly ... (more)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to hold talks on Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the conflict in Syria, the Kremlin said.

Turkish officials say Syria is likely to blame for double car bombings that left at least 43 people dead on Saturday.

A Conversation with Ken Dorph, Sag Harbor resident and authority on the Middle East and its economy, who will give a lecture "Seven Keys to Understanding the Arab Middle East" at the Rogers Memorial Library on July 6. I was actually pre-med as an undergraduate and I had this wonderful Egyptian woman teaching my anthropology course, and I remember ... (more)

A rebel fighter of the Syrian Kurdish Popular Protection Units has a flower in his Russian made 'AK-47' kalashnikov gun as he holds a position in the Sheikh Maqsoud neighbourhood in the Syrian city of Aleppo.

Damascus calls on Security Council to level similar penalties on rebel group as al-Qaeda; London calls for classification as ally Jabhat al-Nusra fighters bearing arms and the group's flag after an attack on a Syrian army convoy in March.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he discussed with visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron possible joint measures to end the conflict in Syria.

Protestors shout anti-Israel slogans in front of the Israeli embassy holding a portrait of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Moscow on November 21.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, visiting Moscow for the first time after taking over this office, Tuesday pushed for Russia to take a tougher stance on Syria.

Alistair Dawber is The Independent's Jerusalem correspondent. The paper's former foreign editor and deputy foreign editor, Alistair joined The Independent in 2008 as a business correspondent.

"We can't have this type of conduct - it's a betrayal of public trust," Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine said in announcing that the two have been charged in connection with the controversial arrest of three brothers in north Omaha.

China is firmly opposed to the use of force, calling for restraint at reported Israeli air strikes on Syria, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Monday.