Syria’s government delegation quit U.N.-led peace talks in Geneva on Friday and said it would not return next week unless the opposition withdrew a statement demanding President Bashar al-Assad play no role in any interim post-war government. “For us (this) round is over, as a...

Turkey sent 180 commandos to the Syrian city of Al-Bab on Thursday, the military said. The troops from the gendarmerie's “Wolves” battalion, based in the Black Sea province of Tokat, held a leaving ceremony before heading for Syria. Turkish-backed Syrian fighters took...

The Syrian regime army and a Syrian state television team Friday entered the eastern Lebanese town of Tfail, one day after around 110 Lebanese and Syrian families returned to the town, a security source said.

UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura pushed on Thursday both the regime and opposition delegations to enter into the core subject of negotiations, and handed them a 12-item paper including his concept for the future of Syria. A copy of the envoy’s paper, which was received by...