Israel's U.N. ambassador is accusing Iran of attempting to turn Syria into "the largest military base in the world" to destabilize the region, threaten Israel and "terrorize the entire free world." Danny Danon told the Security Council Thursday that classified information he was...

Kurdish authorities in Syria's Afrin district called Thursday for Bashar Assad's government to send troops to help defend them from a six-day-old Turkish assault, turning for help to the very government from which they have sought autonomy. The statement posted on the website of...

Syria's main Kurdish groups will not go to a Syrian peace congress in Russia next week and there can be no discussion of a solution to the war while a Turkish assault on the Afrin region continues, a senior Kurdish official said Thursday. Badran Jia Kurd, adviser to the...

U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that he did not envision a "strategic alliance" with Russia in Syria as Washington looks to end Daesh (ISIS) and curb Iran. "I don't see strategic alliance - perhaps tactical symmetry for a convenient moment, but not a strategic...