Middle East
World powers pledge $10 billion in aid for Syria
World leaders pledged over $10 billion (9.0 billion euros) Thursday to help conflict-hit Syrians at a London conference overshadowed by the breakdown ...Syria peace talks suspended until Feb 25
The UN special envoy for Syria announced on Wednesday a "temporary pause" until February 25 of troubled talks in Switzerland aimed at ...U.N. announces start of Syria peace talks as government troops advance
The United Nations announced on Monday peace talks for Syria had begun and called on world powers to push for a ceasefire, ...Several killed in blasts near Syria Sayyida Zeinab shrine
Bombings claimed by the Islamic State group killed more than 50 people and wounded dozens on Sunday near a revered Shiite shrine ...Syria peace talks face formidable challenge
Divisions among Syria\'s opposition and anger over regime blockades almost sank new peace talks in Geneva before they began, and analysts say ...Opposition joins Syria peace talks in Geneva
The main Syrian opposition grouping agreed to attend United Nations-sponsored peace talks which began in Geneva on Friday, reversing a boycott that ...Hamas ready for fresh conflict with Israel: Gaza chief
Hamas is ready for a new confrontation with Israel thanks in part to the reconstruction of tunnels to fight the Jewish state, ...Suspected Russian raids kill 54 Syrian civilians
Suspected Russian air strikes killed at least 54 civilians in rebel- and jihadist-held areas of Syria in the past 24 hours, a ...Seven Hamas militants killed in Gaza tunnel collapse
Seven members of Hamas\' military wing were killed when a tunnel built for fighting against Israel collapsed this week in the Gaza ...Syria talks invitations sent as regime advances on rebels
The United Nations on Tuesday sent out invitations to new Syria peace talks in Geneva this week, as leading opposition representatives debated ...




