Pictures of  Bashar Assad hang on nearly every building in the town of Salma, which regime troops captured last week in one of their most significant advances since Russia intervened militarily on their side. The Syrian government offensive has given Assad a stronger hand going into...

A senior Syrian opposition official Friday ruled out even indirect peace talks with the government before a halt to Russian airstrikes and the lifting of government blockades on populated areas. George Sabra, deputy head of the opposition delegation, also said the opposition council he...

Turkey is "closely watching" Russian troop movements in Syria near its border, a government source in Ankara said Friday, after reports that Russian servicemen had deployed in the Syrian border town of Qamishli. Britain-based monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights had said that Russia...

Syrian Kurds must be represented at peace talks in Geneva or they will fail, a Syrian Kurdish leader said Friday, adding that one of the opposition groups involved, Jaysh al-Islam, had the "same mentality" as al Qaeda and ISIS. "If there are some parties that are effective in this Syria issue...