MOSCOW (Reuters) - An official document seen by Reuters shows that at least 131 Russian citizens died in Syria in the first nine months of this year, a number that relatives, friends and local officials say included private military contractors.   The document, a death certificate...

Daesh (ISIS) is building up its defenses in a pocket of territory on the Syrian-Iraqi frontier, the U.S.-led coalition said Friday, in an anticipation of assaults by Syrian and Iraqi forces aiming to snuff out the extremists' last stronghold. Iraq launched an offensive on Thursday to...

The U.N.'s top human rights official is calling the Syrian government's siege of the capital's suburbs "an outrage" and says food and medical supplies must be allowed to reach civilians inside. Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein said Friday in a statement that residents of the Eastern Ghouta suburbs of...

GENEVA (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad and his family have no role in the future of Syria, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday ahead of peace talks aiming at a political transition scheduled to resume next month. Tillerson said that the Trump administration...