MOSCOW (AP) — Senior diplomats from Russia, Turkey, Syria and Iran wrapped up two days of talks in Moscow on Tuesday, part of the Kremlin's efforts to help broker a rapprochement between the Turkish and Syrian governments. The Russian and Turkish foreign ministries issued terse readouts,...

French judges have ordered senior officials of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria to stand trial for collusion in crimes against humanity, a first in France, according to court documents seen by AFP Tuesday. The order, signed last Wednesday, says the officials, all senior advisors to Assad,...

The Lebanese Ministry of Social Affairs rejected a request submitted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) demanding that Syrian refugees be given the financial assistance they are owed in dollars instead of Lebanese pounds. The ministry also rejected another request...

In the years since Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman catapulted to power, it has been hard to find a controversy in the Middle East that doesn't somehow involve the 37-year-old heir to the throne. Now he's pivoting to his next audacious plan: Giving peace a chance. The moves toward...