U.S.-backed forces fighting Islamic State in Syria took several neighborhoods from the militant group in the town of Tabqa on Friday, they said in a statement, part of a campaign to oust Islamic State from its stronghold in Raqqa city. The multi-phased campaign against the jihadists by the...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Friday he would try to convince Donald Trump next month that Turkish-backed forces should be used to retake the Syrian city of Raqqa from ISIS rather than Kurdish militia Ankara views as a terrorist threat. Erdogan said Washington's support for Kurdish...

The chief of the international chemical weapons watchdog says his team of experts is ready and willing to travel to the site of a deadly nerve gas attack in Syria if their safety can be assured. Ahmet Uzumcu of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons says the experts are...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi next Tuesday to prepare the upcoming G20 summit in July and discuss geopolitical conflicts in Syria and Ukraine, a German government spokesman said Friday. "The visit serves the preparation of this year's G20...