U.S. and Russian officials will not hold talks on Syria in Geneva this week, despite an announcement by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that they would, sources familiar with the plans said on Tuesday. Lavrov said on Monday that Moscow would start talks with Washington on a...

The House passed a defense bill last week that included language giving the incoming Trump administration the authority to send shoulder-fired antiaircraft missiles to rebel groups fighting in Syria. While the bill provides certain restrictions for transferring the controversial weapons,...

Belgian police detained eight people on Tuesday suspected of recruiting extremists to fight in Syria and raising funds for ISIS, federal prosecutors said. The prosecutor's office said the eight were detained following raids on nine homes in the Dutch-speaking towns of Antwerp, Bruges and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Education Directorate in rebel-held Idlib province has suspended teaching in the schools for three days as the regime and Russian warplanes wage deadly aerial bombing that killed about 70 people in the past 4 days, including students. The volunteer Civil Defense group...