The Syrian opposition is fully committed to peace talks in Geneva on Feb. 23, a senior official said on Sunday, adding the talks would need to pave the way for a political transition. "We are fully committed for the Geneva talks," Syrian National Coalition President Anas al-Abdah told...

US-backed fighters captured a village in northern Syria on Saturday from members of the militant Islamic State group, bringing them closer to cutting a road linking two major IS-held cities in the country and closing in on the extremists’ de facto capital. The push came as Turkish Prime...

(Daily Mail)- The Russian Defence Ministry has published a video showing a building being bombed after saying it had struck an Islamic State base in Syria.  The ministry said in a statement that the Tupolev-95 bombers had taken off from Russia and flown over Iran and Iraq to get to...

(Middle East Eye)- Two Syrian children who have become powerful symbols of their homeland's conflict met on Saturday, vowing that "the war will not stop us" in spite of the horrific violence around them. Seven-year-old Bana al-Abed - whose Twitter account gave a tragic description of...