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...

Air strikes on a village held by Daesh (ISIS) in the eastern part of Deir al-Zor province killed at least 13 people including seven women on Tuesday, Syrian state media and a war monitoring group reported Thursday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S. and Turkish military commanders have discussed the possibility of creating a "secure zone" along the border with Syria, a Pentagon spokesman said Thursday amid rising tensions over Turkish intervention in the area. "Clearly we continue to talk to the Turks...