DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - The Syrian Foreign Ministry on Thursday accused the U.N. peace envoy of "flagrant bias," further complicating diplomatic efforts to bring an end to nearly two years of bloodshed in Syria. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria denounced international envoy Lakhdar Brahimi as "flagrantly biased" on Thursday, casting doubt on how long the U.N.-Arab League mediator can pursue his peace mission. The Syrian Foreign Ministry was responding to r... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (AP) - Syria's information minister has slammed the international community for rejecting a proposal by President Bashar Assad aimed at ending the country's civil war. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai will discuss matters of war, including future U.S. troop levels and Afghanistan's army, when they meet on Friday, but matters of peace may be the most deli... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad rejected peace talks with his enemies on Sunday in a defiant speech that his opponents described as a renewed declaration of war. Although the speech was billed as the unveiling of a new peace plan,... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A defiant President Bashar al-Assad presented what he described as a new initiative on Sunday to end the war in Syria but his opponents dismissed it as a ploy to cling to power. Appearing before cheering supporters who packed the D... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian President Bashar Assad on Sunday outlined a new peace initiative that includes a national reconciliation conference and a new government and constitution but demanded regional and Western countries stop funding and arming rebels ... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian President Bashar Assad has outlined a new peace initiative that includes a national reconciliation conference and a new constitution. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
DAMARA, Central African Republic (Reuters) - Rebels in Central African Republic said they had halted their advance on the capital on Wednesday and agreed to start peace talks, averting a clash with regionally backed troops. The Seleka rebels had push... [Full Article]
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI said Tuesday he is convinced that peace will prevail in 2013, despite the inequality, terrorism and "unregulated financial capitalism" that afflict the world today. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]