Syria-US

A senior Turkish official has revealed that there are three scenarios on the table before the United States and its allies for the departure of Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad....

A senior Muslim Brotherhood official in Syria has warned that the Geneva conference aims to "extract concessions" from the rebels and "legitimise the Assad regime". Zuhair Salem called on...

Officials in Jordan have expressed their concerns about Iran's response to any attack on Syria which might be launched from the kingdom's territory. They believe that if Jordan is...

Israeli radio has reported Avigdor Lieberman, head of the Committee on Foreign and Security in the Israeli Knesset, saying that Israel "may have no choice" but to get involved...

Jordanian soil will not be used as a launch pad for attacks on Syria, a government spokesman said on Wednesday. The kingdom will remain neutral on Arab issues, as...

Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad threatened to "attack Jordan and Turkey in the event they took part in any American-led military action against Syria." Mekdad said in an...

The Palestinian government in Gaza denied on Thursday any support for military interference in Syria, asserting that it does not interfere in any country's internal affairs, even if it...

Iran's new foreign minister has warned that the United States and Western powers will set the Middle East "on fire" if they go ahead with an attack on Syria....

Israel will be able to judge whether the Syrian regime has complied with the US-Russian agreement on putting Syrian chemical weapons under international control, the Chairman of the Foreign...

The government of Syria has presented an outline of its chemical weapons programme to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, AP reported on Friday. The organisation's spokesman,...

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has praised the Egyptian army and its so-called war on "terrorism" led by General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, saying that Syria and Egypt both face "one...

The Syrian National Council has announced that it will not participate in the Geneva II conference aimed at finding a political solution to the crisis in Syria. Sky News...

A source has revealed that Saudi intelligence services chief, Prince Bandar bin Abdul-Aziz has told European diplomats that his country would restrict relations with the United States in protest...

Forces within the Syrian opposition have escalated their stance against the Arab and international envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, over his insistence that Iran should participate in the Geneva...

Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad has issued a formal decree sacking Deputy Prime Minister Qadri Jameel from his position. Jameel is alleged to have carried out meetings "without coordinating with...

The Syrian Information Minister, Omran Al-Zoubi, announced on Monday that President Bashar Al-Assad's regime will not go to the Geneva II Conference "to hand over power" as demanded by...

The CNN has reported that US sources with access to intelligence on Syria as saying that the US is studying new classified intelligence which suggests that President Bashar al-Assad's...

The Syrian opposition suggested on Monday postponing the Geneva II conference until February, when they are expected to be more prepared, media sources reported. A delegation of the Syrian...

UN and Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi expressed on Monday his support to the establishment of a new Syrian republic, where Syrian people would "decide its nature."...

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has expressed his concern that the Jordanian regime is threatened by the ongoing Syria conflict, pointing out that King Abdullah is moderate and America's ally...

Russia and the United States agreed on Tuesday to hold an international conference in an effort to end the civil war in Syria. The conference will possibly be at...

According to a poll conducted by Gallup research institute, the majority of Americans are against their country's military involvement in Syria. The poll's results, which were published last Friday,...

The Deputy Director of the CIA has told the Wall Street Journal that the escalating civil war in Syria poses the biggest threat to the security of the United...

U.S. Senator John McCain said that President Obama failure to handle the issue of violence in Egypt has lost the United States its credibility in the Middle East. McCain...

The Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff arrived in Israel on Monday where he will be a guest of his Israeli counterpart, Israel Defence Forces Chief of...

The American Israeli Public Affairs Committee, AIPAC, expressed its full support for U.S. President Barack Obama's decisions on Syria. The committee demanded in a statement, that members of the...

US Secretary of State John Kerry has revealed that three countries in the Middle East have already offered the use of their military bases for military action against Syria....

The much anticipated US military strike against Syria is overwhelming American political and media rhetoric in an unprecedented way, perhaps even surpassing the frenzied atmosphere during the lead up...

President Barack Obama's decision to delay the US offensive against Syria opened the window for negotiating a non-military solution to the issue of chemical weapons, a step that worried...

Britain's Stop the War Coalition held a demonstration in Central London on Saturday attended by thousands of people from across the country. A spokesperson said that the effectiveness of...

Israeli security services are suggesting that Barack Obama could initiate a strike against Syria to punish the regime for its use of chemical weapons against civilians in Ghoutah last...

Former US envoy to the Middle East Dennis Ross wrote in an opinion article published by the Washington Post on 9 September that the price of cancelling the military...