The head of the Saudi-backed Syrian opposition said Thursday his group would not attend UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva until an agreement was reached on aid entering besieged towns. "The opposition is prepared to go to Geneva if these measures are taken," Riad Hijab, coordinator of the High...

The Syrian opposition will not attend peace talks in Geneva Friday, a senior member said. U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura had been planning to launch indirect peace talks in Geneva Friday. "For certain we will not head to Geneva and there will not be a delegation from the High Negotiations...

The powerful Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and its local allies have drawn up plans for a major attack to seize the final stretch of the Syrian-Turkish border held by ISIS fighters, a YPG source familiar with the plan said Thursday. Such an offensive could deprive ISIS fighters of a logistical...

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has discussed Russia's military operation in Syria with his Syrian counterpart Fahad Jassim al-Freij at a meeting in Moscow, RIA news agency reported Thursday, citing Russia's ministry. During the meeting they confirmed their intention to further increase...