Ahrar al Sham Islamic movement has no relation or links with the newly announced body, The Committee for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, in the northern city of Aleppo, the communication officer told Zaman al Wasl. Social media activists circulated on Saturday a video statement...

Delegations from Free Syrian Army rebel groups did not visit Moscow, representatives of four factions fighting under the FSA banner told Reuters on Tuesday, denying Russian news agency reports that such visits had taken place. Russian Foreign Ministry official Mikhail Bogdanov...

An Iranian official says the Revolutionary Guard has sent more military advisers to Syria to help President Bashar Assad in the fight against insurgents. Gen. Hossein Salami, the Guard's deputy leader, says this has led to more Iranian deaths in the conflict. Salami didn't give any specifics...

Further diplomatic discussions on ending the Syrian conflict could occur as soon as the end of this week, a State Department spokesman said on Monday, acknowledging that Iran would eventually need to be involved in the talks on a political transition in Syria. "At some point ... we know there's...