Congress secretly approves US weapons flow to ``moderate`` Syrian rebels

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 05:51

Light arms supplied by the United States are flowing to "moderate" Syrian rebel factions in the south of the country and US funding for months of further deliveries has been approved by Congress, according US and European security officials.

US rules out future role for Assad in Syria

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 05:37

The United States has rejected any role for the incumbent Syrian president Basar al-Assad in the future of Syria or the transitional authority, even as the opposition in Geneva rejected a government communique that largely focused on preserving sovereignty.

More Syrian chemical arms toxins shipped out: Inspectors

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 03:21

More Syrian chemical weapons materials were loaded onto ships and transferred out of Syria on Monday, a joint inspection mission run by the United Nations and the global chemical arms watchdog said.

Syria talks to continue despite deadlock over power transfer

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 01:10

Syrian peace talks in Geneva were deadlocked Monday over the issue of transferring power, but neither side walked away and the UN said the question of a political transition would be back on the table.

Second chemical shipment removed from Syria: UN

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 21:44

A second shipment of chemical weapons materials has been removed from Syria under a deal to eliminate its arsenal, the joint UN mission overseeing the disarmament said Monday.

Women, children refuse to leave Syria`s Homs: Activists

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 21:15

More than half of the 500 women and children trapped in the Syrian city of Homs refuse to be evacuated, saying they fear leaving male relatives behind, activists said Monday.

Syria foes say won`t quit peace talks despite impasse

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 20:42

Syria`s rival sides said Monday that they would not quit peace talks despite being deadlocked after a session aimed at tackling the explosive issue of a transfer of power.

After Homs deal, Geneva talks to focus on Syria power transfer

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 10:20

UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi, who has said that the negotiations were a `slow process`, hoped that on Monday the main topic of Syria`s future government will feature at the talks today.

Syria to allow women, children to leave besieged parts of Homs

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 00:57

The Syrian regime has agreed to allow women and children to leave besieged rebel-held areas of the central city of Homs, UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said Sunday at peace talks in Geneva.

Family of Indian-origin doctor killed in Syria plan memorial

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 21:24

The distraught family of 32-year-old Indian-origin British surgeon, found dead in a Syrian prison, plan to open a medical facility in his memory for victims of the ongoing civil war in that country.