U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry opened talks in Vienna Friday with his Russian, Saudi and Turkish counterparts aimed at reviving a moribund effort to end Syria's civil war. Kerry began a day-long series of meetings in the Austrian capital in consultations with Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad had told him he was ready to talk to armed opposition groups if they are genuinely committed to dialogue and to combating Islamic State. Speaking a day after Assad made a surprise visit to Moscow for...

 Iran has acknowledged the deaths of at least 400 militia fighters in Syria, according to information posted on the country’s official news agency. The IRNA agency didn’t issue a report on the latest casualty figure, but noted in a photo caption that the country has held 400 funerals...

The head of Syria's domestic opposition, the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change, told Zaman al Wasl that he opposed Russian air strikes targeting moderate Free Syrian Army since it accepts a political solution. Hassan Abdel Azim said hitting FSA's strongholds will not drive us to...