At least 14 people, including 4 children and a woman, were killed when Russian warplanes struck rebel-held villages in the southern countryside of Aleppo, activists said Tuesday. Syrian troops and fighters from Iran and Lebanese Hezbollah militia, backed by Russian airstrikes have waged major...

A Russian foreign ministry official said on Monday delegations from the Western-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) had visited Moscow several times, Russian news agencies reported, as Moscow stepped up political efforts to resolve the crisis in Syria. The Kremlin also said President Vladimir Putin,...

Islam Army denied reports saying regime forces have been making gains in territory it controls east Damascus. The key rebel group operating in the embattled Eastern Ghouta suburbs and in the eastern Qalamoun region said in press statement it has killed 24 regime troops northeast the capital on...

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is willing to eventually hold parliamentary and presidential elections and is ready to run himself for president, a Russian lawmaker told AFP from Damascus on Sunday. "He is ready to conduct elections with the participation of all political forces who want...