Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia has withdrawn 1,140 military personnel and 13 warplanes from Syria in last few days. "As you know, we started withdrawing our forces during my visit to Hmeimim base. This withdrawal continues now," Putin said at a ceremony for...

 A barrage of airstrikes hit rebel-held areas in southwestern Syria on Thursday, killing at least 23 civilians, including 12 children, hiding in an underground shelter as regime forces pressed their offensive to reclaim a region that was until recently part of a negotiated truce....

Russia announced on Wednesday that the cease-fire deal with the U.S. and Jordan in Syria's south is over. Khmeimim Air Base in the port city of Latakia said on Twitter that the cease-fire was violated by opposition forces.  "Khmeimim Air Base announces end of agreement to...

 Opposition groups in Syria’s southwestern Daraa province have vowed to resist regime forces as the Syrian regime pushed ahead with a deadly military offensive in the opposition stronghold that killed 11 civilians on Wednesday.   On Monday, regime forces and allied militias...