Peace talks being prepared later this month in the Kazakh capital of Astana should aim to consolidate Syria's cease-fire and pave the way for wider U.N.-backed negotiations in February, the U.N. Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura said Thursday. Turkey and Russia brokered the Dec. 30 cessation...

In Syria’s Wadi Barada valley, the six days since a nationwide cease-fire was declared have only brought more bombs. Residents say the bombs have rained down daily, deepening the misery caused by a government-imposed siege that has emptied market shelves and left residents relying on wood...

Syrian pro-regime forces clashed with rebels around the main water source for Damascus Thursday, activists said, threatening a fragile ceasefire as it entered its seventh day. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said government troops backed by fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah...

The United States carried out an airstrike in Syria that reportedly killed at least 25 members of former Al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, including senior figures, a U.S. military official said Wednesday. "This was a U.S. strike," said Colonel John Dorrian, a U.S. military spokesman...