A draft U.S.-Russian plan calls for a cessation of hostilities in Syria to begin on Feb. 27 but to exclude ISIS and Al-Qaeda linked Nusra Front militants, two Western diplomatic sources said Monday. The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed a report by the Al-Jazeera...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian activists have accused SDF, a Kurdish-led alliance backed by the U.S., of looting the public and private properties in areas it controlled in the northern province of Aleppo. Jaish al-Thuwar, key unit in the Syrian Democratic Forces, which now in full control of vast...

Syria's main opposition umbrella group was meeting in the Saudi capital Monday as Washington and Moscow worked to secure a ceasefire. "There is a meeting," Monzer Makhous, a spokesman for the High Negotiations Committee (HNC), told AFP in Riyadh. The meeting is expected to continue for two or...

A military ground operation in Syria by Turkey and Saudi Arabia is not on the agenda and any such move would need to involve all countries in the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Monday. Russian airstrikes were the biggest obstacle to achieving a...