Scores of Islamic State fighters surrendered to U.S.-backed forces on Monday, a war monitor said, after a ferocious assault to overrun their last shred of territory in eastern Syria. Islamic State faces defeat in Baghouz, the only remaining patch of land it still holds in the area...

Syria on Monday allowed factory owners to import fuel for three months, state media said, in a bid to lessen a combustibles crisis gripping the war-torn country. The government has traditionally been the sole importer of oil and its derivatives, but has been facing a flurry of international...

The chiefs of the US and Russian militaries met in Austria on Monday to discuss the situation in Syria, where a residual US military force will remain following the territorial defeat of the Islamic State group. General Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met with...

Kurdish-led forces supported by air strikes from an international coalition evacuated civilians held as "human shields" Monday after smashing their way into the jihadists' last scrap of territory in eastern Syria. The Syrian Democratic Forces and its allies from the US-led coalition...