Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin spoke on the phone Saturday with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the conflict in Syria and "continued security cooperation", his office said. The talks came as the 15-member U.N. Security Council unanimously voted to back a Russian-Turkish peace...

  Syrian rebel groups said on Saturday they would consider a ceasefire deal brokered by Russia and Turkey "null and void" if the Damascus government's forces and their allies continued to violate it. Russia, which supports Bashar al-Assad, has urged the United Nations to give its blessing...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian activists shed light on the armed opposition’s two representatives in the ongoing nationwide ceasefire that had been brokered by Russia and Turkey that went into force at midnight (2200 GMT on Thursday). Monzer Sarras, 53, and Osama Ma'termawi, 30, were...

A Russian-Turkish plan to end the war in Syria got off to a shaky start on Friday with the partial implementation of a new cease-fire agreement that excludes for now any involvement of the United States. There are hopes that this peace attempt will work where countless U.S.-backed...