Turkey launched a new air and ground operation Saturday to oust Kurdish militia from a northern Syrian enclave, defying US warnings that the action risked destabilising the area. Turkey had in recent days sent dozens of military vehicles to the border area and readied pro-Ankara Syria...

Russian-led peace talks on Syria will be held Jan. 30 in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia's chief negotiator Aleksandr Lavrentyev said Saturday. Russia, a steadfast supporter of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, is set to co-host the summit with regime ally Iran and rebel backer...

Around 500 Syrian fighters graduated on Saturday from a U.S.-led training course aimed at establishing a controversial "border security force" in the country's north. Last week, the U.S.-led coalition battling Daesh (ISIS) announced it had begun forming a 30,000-strong security force to...

Concerned over the devastating impact of escalating violence in Syria, where dozens of people in eastern Ghouta have been killed in recent airstrikes, and schools and hospitals are being deliberately destroyed, senior United Nations officials have underscored the obligation on all parties to...