UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is encouraged by the agreement signed Thursday by Turkey, Russia and Iran to set up safe zones in Syria and de-escalate fighting,...

ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN, Dana RYSMUKHAMEDOVA- Russia, Iran and Turkey on Thursday signed an agreement on setting up four safe zones in Syria that the United Nations described as a promising step to wind...

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday for talks with top officials, state media said. Sisi's visit comes 24 hours...

SOCHI, RUSSIA, Maria PANINA with Dana RYSMUKHAMEDOVA in Astana, Kazakhstan- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday pushed a plan to set up safe zones in Syria that could see planes grounded...

MAZRAAT TISHREEN, SYRIA, Ayham al-Mohammad- Dozens of black veils dotted a freshly laid sand berm in northern Syria, ditched by women fleeing the Islamic State group's bastion of Raqa as US-backed...

IDLIB, SYRIA- Seven hospitals and clinics in northwestern Syria have been knocked out of action this month in air strikes by the regime or its ally Russia, medical sources said on Sunday. "In April,...

BEIRUT, LEBANON- A US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance is advancing against the Islamic State group in the key town of Tabqa near the jihadist bastion of Raqa in northern Syria, a monitor said Sunday....

BEIRUT, LEBANON- Fierce clashes between jihadists and Islamist rebels near Damascus left at least 40 dead and 70 wounded on Friday, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...

STRASBOURG, FRANCE- A controversial meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad led Europe's foremost human rights group to say it had no confidence Friday in its Spanish president as he had...