The U.N. envoy for Syria says significant gaps remain between the sides taking part in the Syrian peace talks in Geneva. Staffan de Mistura emerged Thursday from the fourth day of talks to tell reporters that "the distance between the two sides is large." De Mistura is shuttling...

A U.N. official in Syria says that despite the Russian troops' drawdown, the mission is looking to for continued help from Russia on aid deliveries in the war-torn country. Jan Egeland, supervisor of U.N. humanitarian aid shipments, says he hopes Russia will remain as...

The Syrian regime and its opponents have rejected a declaration by Syrian Kurds of a federal region in northern Syria. A statement issued by the Syrian Foreign Ministry says the declaration made in the town of Rmeilan in Syria's Hassakeh province Thursday is unconstitutional and worthless. It...

Russia will complete the withdrawal of the bulk of its forces from Syria before the end of the week, a top Russian general suggested in an interview published Thursday. "I think this will be over very quickly. Within the time-frame determined by (the president) and the defense minister. Today...