Western-backed Syrian forces should isolate Islamic State's de facto capital in Syria "by the spring" before an offensive on the city itself, British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said on Saturday. The Syrian Democratic Forces, which includes the powerful Syrian Kurdish YPG militia,...

Syrian regime and the PKK/PYD terrorist group have discussed a possible cooperation against Turkey-backed Operation Euphrates Shield in northern part of the country, a source told Anadolu Agency on Saturday.  A Russia-brokered meeting between Syrian officials and top representatives of...

The Syrian opposition will announce on Saturday its delegates for the next round of U.N.-based peace talks in Geneva planned for later this month, the main opposition umbrella group said. The choice of opposition delegates has been subject to disagreement and the U.N. envoy for Syria,...

 Turkish troops and Syrian rebels Saturday entered the ISIS-held town of Al-Bab in northern Syria, as government forces also approached the extremist bastion, activists said. "Turkish forces and allied rebels in the Euphrates Shield campaign entered the western edge of the town and took...