Warring parties in Syria have agreed local ceasefires in two Shi'ite villages in northwestern Syria and a town near the Lebanese border, a group monitoring the war and the al-Manar TV station controlled by Lebanon's Hezbollah reported. It will be the third time local ceasefires have been...

(Reporting by Faris al-Rifai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) In a deep valley near the village of Kaeb Ammar near the coastal city of Banias, a fortified Russian military base was built up years ago, activists told Zaman al-Wasl as local activists report an intense Russian deployment for forces...

A U.S.-led coalition carried out 17 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria on Friday, a U.S. military statement said. In Iraq, 12 air raids hit militant targets near cities including Mosul, Kirkuk and Ramadi, said the statement issued on Saturday. The coalition conducted...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday Syria's President Bashar Assad has to go but the timing of his departure had to be decided through negotiation. Speaking after talks with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond he called on Russia and Iran to use their influence to...