Russia appeared to seize the initiative in international efforts to end the conflict in Syria on Sunday as Washington scrambled to devise a new strategy for the war-ravaged country and France sent warplanes to bomb Islamic State targets. As leaders gathered in New York at the...

Israel struck Syrian army targets on the Golan Heights on Sunday, sources on both sides said, and Israel said it was retaliating for cross-border rocket fire from the Syrian war next door. Rebel sources in southern Syria and a British-based monitoring group said at least three...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday branded U.S. support for rebel forces in Syria as illegal and ineffective, saying U.S.-trained rebels were leaving to join Islamic State with weapons supplied by Washington. In an interview with U.S. networks recorded ahead of a meeting...

A week-old ceasefire agreement in northwest Syria appeared to hold Sunday after it was violated for the first time overnight, Reuters said. An online statement attributed to Fateh Army, or the Army of Conquest, said rebels shelled Shiite village al-Foua in retaliation for government...