ALEPPO, SYRIA, Karam al-Masri with Maya Gebeily in Beirut- At least 30 civilians were killed Saturday in regime and rebel bombardment of areas across Syria, threatening an eight-week-old truce at a...

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, Thomas Watkins- The Pentagon acknowledged Friday that 20 civilians were killed in US air strikes on Islamic State targets over a five-month period, more than doubling an...

QAMISHLI, SYRIA- Kurdish fighters and Syrian government representatives agreed on Friday to an indefinite ceasefire after three days of clashes in the northeastern city of Qamishli, Kurdish security...

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, Layal Abou Rahal and Nina Larson- Syria's fragile ceasefire is in grave peril, US President Barack Obama and the UN's special envoy warned Friday, as violence surged in the...

SANAA, YEMEN- Yemen peace talks are to start Thursday in Kuwait, the United Nations said, after rebels agreed to join the delayed negotiations following assurances pro-government forces would respect...

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- British lawmakers voted Wednesday to urge the government to recognise the Islamic State jihadist group's attacks on minorities in Iraq and Syria as genocide. Members of...

ZABADANI, SYRIA, Maher Al Mounes- The UN began evacuating hundreds of wounded people from besieged Syrian towns Wednesday in a rare sign of humanitarian progress amid faltered peace talks and a...

MOSCOW, RUSSIA- Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Barack Obama agreed during a phone call on Monday to strengthen a Syria ceasefire brokered by their two nations, the Kremlin...

BEIRUT, LEBANON- The Syrian regime late Monday accused Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar -- all backers of the opposition -- of seeking to derail peace talks in Geneva, after the rebels suspended their...