Turkey is ready to accept a political transition in Syria in which President Bashar Assad remains in symbolic power for six months before leaving office, two senior government officials said on Tuesday. "Work on a plan for Assad's departure is underway ... (Assad) can stay for six months and...

At least three Russians fighting alongside Syrian government forces were killed and several more wounded when a shell hit their position in the coastal province of Latakia, a senior pro-government military source said on Tuesday. If confirmed, the deaths which occurred on Monday night would...

U.S.-led forces conducted 15 airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq on Monday, eight of them near the contested Sinjar area, and two airstrikes in Syria, the U.S. military said. The Sinjar strikes destroyed 26 militant fighting positions, five vehicles, 10 assembly areas and three command and...

Rebels battling the Syrian army and its allies near Aleppo said on Monday they had received new supplies of U.S.-made anti-tank missiles from states opposed to President Bashar al-Assad since the start of a major government offensive last week. The rebels from three groups...