The Syrian opposition delegation at peace talks in Vienna received a pledge Friday from Russia that it would press the Syrian army to enforce a ceasefire in the besieged enclave of eastern Ghouta, an opposition spokesman said Friday. Syrian army and Russian jets have for the last two...

A mass grave containing the remains of dozens of civilians and security personnel apparently executed by extremists has been found in northern Iraq's Kirkuk province, its governor said Friday. Rakan Said al-Juburi told AFP it was the 14th such discovery in the area. "Local...

The Syrian rebel commander stared at photographs of his fighters on the hilly frontline at the Kurdish enclave of Afrin, their pickup trucks stalled in the mud after a torrential downpour of rain. “It’s going to be a tough battle, maybe five or six months,” he said. “[But]...

Syria's main opposition group signaled it would announce Friday whether it will join next week's "peace congress" in Russia, as the U.N. held separate talks on finding a way out of conflict in the country. Regime officials and the main opposition Syrian Negotiations Commission (SNC)...