Syria's chief opposition negotiator Nasr al-Hariri Thursday decried "U.S. silence" over a Syrian government offensive in southwest Syria, where Washington agreed a "de-escalation" zone last year with Jordan and Damascus' ally Russia. Speaking in Riyadh, he said that only a "malicious...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia has withdrawn 1,140 military personnel and 13 warplanes from Syria in last few days. "As you know, we started withdrawing our forces during my visit to Hmeimim base. This withdrawal continues now," Putin said at a ceremony for...

Women and children crammed in the back of pick-up trucks piled high with mattresses and blankets, dozens of Syrian refugees in Lebanon began crossing the border Thursday, heading back home to an uncertain future in war-torn Syria. The small exodus is part of a repatriation that the...

 A barrage of airstrikes hit rebel-held areas in southwestern Syria on Thursday, killing at least 23 civilians, including 12 children, hiding in an underground shelter as regime forces pressed their offensive to reclaim a region that was until recently part of a negotiated truce....