The United States, Russia and powers from the Middle East and Europe outlined a plan on Saturday for a political process in Syria leading to elections within two years, but differences over the fate of President Bashar al-Assad remained. A day after gunmen and suicide bombers went on a...

Syria's al Qaeda offshoot, the Nusra Front, said on Saturday it had captured three Lebanese Hezbollah fighters in northern Syria. Scores of Hezbollah fighters have been killed battling rebels on behalf of Syrian President Bashar al Assad, but relatively few have been taken captive....

 The United States and its allies targeted ISIS in Iraq with 20 airstrikes Friday, and also hit the militant group with seven airstrikes in Syria, the U.S. military said Saturday. Nine of the strikes in Iraq were staged near Ramadi, hitting tactical and fighting ISIS units, weapons...

Diplomats continued talks in Vienna to resolve the Syrian crisis on Saturday morning despite the attacks in Paris that killed at least 128 people on Friday evening. France’s Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius led the first session of talks, according to the New York Times. AFP later reported him...