U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres hailed Thursday as a "landmark" the first meeting of a committee comprising Syrian government and opposition negotiators, tasked with amending the war-torn country's constitution. On Wednesday, the two sides sat face-to-face in Geneva for the launch...

Belgian authorities have been ordered to repatriate a woman who joined the Islamic State group and her two children from the camp in Syria where she is being held, a lawyer for her family said Thursday. The Belgian government has 75 days to bring back the 23-year-old Belgian woman and her...

Turkey's defense minister, military chief, and top army commander on Thursday inspected troops near the border in northern Syria, the site of Turkey’s anti-terror Operation Peace Spring. “Nothing is finished yet here, anything could happen,” National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar told...

At least eight civilians were killed and 15 others, including two children, were injured on Thursday in a car bomb attack in Syria's northwestern city of Afrin. An explosive-laden vehicle detonated in a grocery market at Afrin city center, and the explosion also caused material damage....