Ten civilians, including a child, have been killed in Turkish airstrikes and shelling in and around a Syrian town held by ISIS, activists said Friday. The bombardment hit the northern town of Al-Bab and the nearby area of Tadif, both held by ISIS, Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for Human...

U.N.-hosted negotiations on the Syrian conflict planned for Feb. 8 in Geneva have been postponed until the end of that month, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday. "The date of Feb. 8 has been put back until the end of next month," Lavrov told a meeting with Syrian opposition...

Nobel laureates and other writers have issued a message of solidarity to Turkish colleagues who have been jailed as part of what they call a "heavy-handed" crackdown against free expression. Close to 150 writers and journalists are in prison in Turkey, several jailed as the government...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump are expected to talk by telephone this Saturday, the Kremlin said, their first conversation since Trump took office. The phone call will be a crucial first step towards what the Kremlin and the White House hope will be a thaw...