39 civilians killed in raids on Syria's Raqqa: activist (AFP)

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 17 people, including 5 women and 7children, were killed on Friday in Russian air strikes targeted the ISIS-held city of Raqqa northeastern Syria, the group's news agency and activists said. The Russian strikes on the Islamic group's de facto capital have stormed...

Syria's regime must do more to present its ideas about a political transition and not merely talk about principles of peacemaking, U.N. mediator Staffan de Mistura said on Friday after a fifth day of peace talks. The end of a week of talks in Geneva came as Syria neared the...

Russia has withdrawn most of its strike aircraft from Syria, the U.S. military said on Friday, adding that it was now entirely carrying out strikes in support of Syrian government forces using artillery instead of aircraft. "They still have helicopters and some transport aircraft. But what...