The United Nations said on Monday it would issue invitations for marathon Syrian peace talks to begin this week, but opposition groups signaled they would stay away unless the government and its Russian allies halt air strikes and lift sieges on towns. The first talks in two...

Four months of Russian air strikes in Syria are taking their toll on rebel forces, strengthening the hand of a defiant President Bashar al-Assad as the United Nations struggles to get peace talks off the ground. Insurgents in the west are being hit harder, while in eastern and...

The U.S. military said Friday eight civilians likely were killed and three wounded in airstrikes against ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria between April 12 and July 4 last year. It was only the third time since the start of the U.S.-led air campaign against ISIS in 2014 that the U.S. military's...

 An Israeli air raid Wednesday in the northern Gaza Strip targeting alleged militants killed one Palestinian and wounded three others, a Palestinian official and the Israeli army said. Israeli aircraft "targeted a terror cell plotting to detonate an explosive device against (military)...