LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Robin Millard and Mona Salem in Cairo- US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron raised the possibility Thursday that a bomb brought down a Russian...

DAMASCUS, SYRIA- A "transition period" in Syria is out of the question because President Bashar al-Assad is the legitimate leader, the country's deputy foreign minister said on Tuesday. "There is no...

DAMASCUS, SYRIA- UN peace envoy Staffan de Mistura on Monday urged new ceasefires in Syria to build on diplomatic efforts to end the country's four-year war. Speaking at the end of a trip to Damascus...

MOSCOW, RUSSIA- Russia's air force has struck the area around the Islamic State-held ancient city of Palmyra, the defence ministry said on Monday, as Moscow pressed on with its bombing campaign in...

MOSCOW, RUSSIA- Russia on Friday said its airforce had destroyed 1,623 "terrorist targets" in Syria in a month-old bombing campaign to support forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. "Overall our...

BEIRUT, LEBANON- A "significant increase" of air strikes on Syrian hospitals recently has killed at least 35 patients and medical staff and wounded 72, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Thursday....

MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Max Delany with Ali Noorani in Tehran- Iran said Wednesday it will take part for the first time in international talks aimed at resolving the brutal war in Syria, as a diplomatic push...

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- A military solution is "impossible" in parts of the Middle East, US CIA chief John Brennan said Tuesday, arguing that it was hard to picture effective central governments...

PARIS, FRANCE, Valérie Leroux / Eric Randolph- France, which has taken a tough line on Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, is struggling to make itself heard as the diplomatic ground shifts towards a...