Around 25 schools in Syrian opposition-held areas have been targeted by Russian warplanes in recent months, according to the interim Syrian government. The interim government said this week that Russian airstrikes are primarily targeting moderate opposition-held areas and are generally not...

The United Nations invited Syria's government and opposition to peace talks in Geneva on Friday, but Saudi-backed opponents of President Bashar al-Assad have yet to decide whether to drop their objections to taking part. The U.N. Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura,...

The Syrian regime army on Monday recaptured from insurgents a strategic town in the southern province of Daraa after fierce fighting, securing its supply routes from the capital to the south, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the fighting is...

Senior Saudi and Iranian figures clashed behind closed doors at a private meeting convened by the World Economic Forum in Davos this week to try to promote peace in Syria, participants said. The barbed exchange between Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif at an...