MOSCOW, RUSSIA- Russia has asked the United Nations to blacklist a major Syrian rebel group that is playing a key role in talks to end the conflict, its ambassador to the UN said. Mohammed Alloush, a...

ALEPPO, SYRIA- At least 20 civilians were killed late Wednesday in regime strikes on a hospital and nearby residential building in the Syrian city of Aleppo, civil defence volunteers known as the...

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND- The UN's Syria envoy said Thursday he planned to hold another round of peace talks next month, but called for a stuttering ceasefire to be "revitalised" before setting a date, as...

ALEPPO, SYRIA- Air strikes and shelling on Syria's second city Aleppo and a town to its west left 25 civilians reported dead Tuesday, as a surge in violence tests a troubled ceasefire. UN chief Ban...

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- The US military is now conducting cyber attacks on the Islamic State group, a general said Tuesday as the Pentagon looks to accelerate the fight against the jihadists. A...

LESBOS, GREECE- Jordan's Queen Rania on Monday called for "legal" paths into Europe for refugees, criticising the EU's controversial deal with Turkey which she said endangers lives. "The deep concern...

DAMASCUS, SYRIA- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with an Algerian minister on Monday, in a rare Arab ministerial visit to the war-torn country, state media reported. Assad thanked Algeria's...

BEIRUT, LEBANON- Syrian regime officials and Kurdish representatives agreed Sunday to swap prisoners as they seek to maintain a truce that ended days of fighting in the northeastern city of Qamishli,...

MARIB, YEMEN, Fawaz al-Haidari- Yemeni troops backed by Arab coalition air strikes on Sunday recaptured a southeastern provincial capital held by Al-Qaeda for the past year and an oil terminal,...