At least 17 civilians including women and children were killed Saturday in a Syrian regime airstrike east of the capital Damascus, according to a pro-opposition civil defense official. The source, who wished to remain anonymous due to security concerns, said the attack, which targeted...

A non-profit organization that tracks civilian casualties caused by airstrikes in the Middle East said it has shifted nearly all of its resources to track a surge of claims regarding U.S.-led strikes in Syria and Iraq. The group, called Airwars.org, had been tracking deaths caused by both...

Syria's army and its allies retook a village near Hama Saturday, a Syrian military source said, as the government tries to turn back a major insurgent offensive, but bitter fighting continued, a war activist said. President Bashar Assad and his allies, Russia, Iran and Shi'ite fighters from...

Russia, Iran and Turkey need to convene more Syrian ceasefire talks as soon as possible to bring the situation on the ground under control, U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said on Friday. De Mistura is mediating political talks in Geneva, while a separate series of talks in the Kazakh...