Syrian government forces and their allies drove ISIS militants out of several villages northeast of Aleppo between Tuesday and Wednesday, opposition-aligned activists said, bringing them closer to territory held by Turkish-backed rebels. Advances in the last week have brought the Syrian army...

Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Jordan's King Abdullah Wednesday for supporting a round of Syria peace talks this week in the Kazakh capital of Astana. Abdullah said Russia was playing a critical role in solving the crisis in Syria. Putin said the Astana talks would become the basis...

British armed forces escorted a Russian aircraft carrier dubbed "the ship of shame" by Defense Secretary Michael Fallon as it passed through waters close to the English coast on its way back from bombing raids in Syria. Images released by the British defense ministry showed RAF Typhoon jets...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Wednesday that Egypt was "on the right track" six years after the uprising that overthrew Hosni Mubarak. Speaking in televised address commemorating the revolution, Sisi called on young activists who took part in mass protests in 2011 to work for...