The United Nations formally withdrew the offer Monday after Iran refused to accept preconditions
Syria
Main Syrian Opposition Group Agrees to Peace Conference
Attendance likely to erode credibility with rebels on the ground
Kerry Urges Syrian Opposition Groups to Join Peace Talks
The U.S. Secretary of State made the unexpected televised plea ahead of next week’s Geneva 2 conference
Lebanon May Become ‘Center’ of Arab World’s Sectarian Wars
An international tribunal investigation into the 2005 assassination of a former Prime Minister is overshadowed by the threat of regional sectarian war
Car Bomb Explodes in Lebanese City Near Syrian Border
Officials say there are casualties
Turkish Authorities Raid NGO Alleging Al-Qaeda Links
Humanitarian Relief Foundation denies connection with terrorists
Syria’s Humanitarian Disaster: How Aid Has Become a Weapon of War
As international donors prepare to write checks for suffering Syrians at an upcoming donor conference in Kuwait, questions surround how that aid is used and by whom
U.N. Feeds a Record 3.8 Million in Syria
But its World Food Program fears many more are still hungry
Syria’s Deadly ‘Barrel Bombs’: Assad Regime Uses Devastating, Makeshift Weapon
The regime is now turning to homemade “barrel bombs” dropped from the sky
Al Qaeda in Syria Hoping to Recruit American Jihadis for Attacks on U.S. Soil
FBI conducting round-the-clock surveillance of Americans returning home after fighting in Syria
Germany to Help Destroy Syria’s Chemical Weapons
Government accepts request from U.N. and OPCW
Deaths of Christian ‘Martyrs’ Doubled in 2013
More Christians killed in Syria in 2013 than worldwide the year before
Assad Regime Airstrike Hits Damascus Neighborhood, Say Activists
Photos emerged Tuesday of the grim aftermath of what anti-regime activists say was a targeted airstrike by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad on the embattled Damascus district of Douma. Activists allege government …