A Kurdish-led alliance backed by U.S.-led strikes seized a stronghold of ISIS in northeastern Syria on Friday, activists said. The Syrian Democratic Forces were now in full control of Al-Shadadi in Hassakeh province, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said. The...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces and Russian warplanes have renewed the aerial and ground attacks on the Turkmen-dominated village of Harbanfaseh town in Hama province, residents said Friday. Russia warplanes conducted at least 20 raids on rebel-held areas in Homs and Hama in the past 24...

U.S. and Russian military officials have held talks in Geneva ahead of a wider U.N. meeting on Friday aimed at trying to secure a cessation of hostilities in Syria, diplomats said. The unannounced bilateral meeting was aimed at narrowing positions before the two powers jointly...

Resuming Syrian peace talks on the scheduled date of Feb. 25 is not a realistic option, United Nations envoy Staffan de Mistura was quoted as telling a Swedish newspaper Thursday. "I cannot realistically send out invitiations to new talks in Geneva on Feb 25, but we intend to do so soon,"...