TEHRAN (FNA)- A key group within the Syrian opposition National Coalition said Sunday it would not attend proposed peace talks in Geneva and would quit the Coalition if it participated. "The Syrian National Council, which is the biggest bloc in the Coalition, has taken the firm decision... not to go to Geneva," the Council's president George Sabra,...

The divided foreign-backed Syrian opposition is struggling to name a new leader, amid growing pressure from its Western and Arab supporters to unite. The so-called Syrian National Coalition (SNC) is meeting in the Turkish city of Istanbul on Thursday in an attempt to reach consensus on a new leader. The meeting is the second of its kind by the ...

[caption id="attachment_31555" align="alignright" width="240"] Syrians wave national flag as they celebrate in the main square of al-Qusayr in Syria's Homs Province, June 5, 2013.[/caption] COPENHAGEN: The leader of Syrias main opposition group Friday warned that the involvement ofHezbollahis transforming the war inSyriainto a sectarian conflict betweenSunnisand ...