The United States and France called on Russia on Wednesday to deliver the delegation of President Bashar al-Assad to Syria peace talks in Geneva after discussions on ending the six-year war resumed with no sign of the government attending. The eighth round of negotiations began last...

A Saudi-led coalition intensified air strikes on Yemen early on Wednesday as the armed Houthi movement tightened its grip on the capital after it killed former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, who switched sides in the civil war. Saudi Arabia and its allies struck a day after Saleh’s son...

U.N.-backed peace talks for war-ravaged Syria resumed in Geneva Tuesday but without Syrian regime negotiators, who sources said have yet to determine if they will return. An eighth round of peace talks aimed at ending Syria’s 6-year-old war began in Geneva last week. U.N. Syria envoy...

The U.S. military plans to stay in Syria as long as necessary to ensure Daesh (ISIS) does not return, a Pentagon official told AFP on Tuesday. "We are going to maintain our commitment on the ground as long as we need to, to support our partners and prevent the return of terrorist...