The Kurdish government in Iraq has dealt a blow to Kurdish-controlled areas of northern Syria by keeping the border closed for more than one month, an economic and political setback for the Syrian region as it plans for wider autonomy. The Kurdish administration in northeastern Syria believes...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Senior commander in powerful Ahrar al-Sham movement was killed on Wednesday in an explosive device detonated near his car in northern Idlib province, local sources said. The attack targeted Saud al-Assaf, the military commander of Ansar al-Haq brigade, key unit in Ahrar...

The United Nations said on Wednesday no date had been set for the next round of Syria peace talks, contradicting a report quoting Russia's deputy foreign minister as saying talks would resume in Geneva on May 10. U.N. Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura is struggling to keep the peace process...

Russia wants to know more details about U.S. plans to bolster its special forces in Syria, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday. President Barack Obama announced on Monday the biggest expansion of U.S. ground troops in Syria since its civil war began. The...