BEIRUT (Reuters) - Russia has invited the Kurdish-led authorities in northern Syria to its proposed congress of Syria’s rival parties in November, a senior Kurdish official said on Tuesday, as Moscow seeks to launch a new initiative to end the Syrian conflict. “We are studying the...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - With Islamic State near defeat in Syria, Damascus is setting its sights on territory held by Kurdish-led forces including eastern oil fields, risking a new confrontation that could draw the United States in more deeply and complicate Russian diplomacy. President...

A Russian submarine Tuesday fired cruise missiles at Daesh (ISIS) targets in Syria's Deir al-Zor province, the RIA news agency cited Russia's defense ministry as saying. The submarine, "Veliky Novgorod," launched three "Kalibr" missiles from the eastern Mediterranean, the agency...

A man seized by U.S. forces in Libya accused of involvement in an attack that killed the U.S. Ambassador in Benghazi in 2012 is a Syrian who had links to the suspected ringleader, Libyan military officials said Tuesday. U.S. special forces captured Mustafa al-Imam in the past few days...