The Pentagon said Friday it believes that ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is indeed alive, despite repeated efforts by the U.S.-led coalition to take out the jihadist group leader. Baghdadi has kept a low profile, despite having declared himself the leader of a renewed Muslim caliphate, but...

The U.N. Security Council will vote Saturday on a resolution that would endorse the cease-fire agreement in Syria brokered by Russia and Turkey, and reiterate support for a roadmap to peace that starts with a transitional government. The resolution also calls for "rapid, safe and unhindered"...

  Syrian rebel groups said on Saturday they would consider a ceasefire deal brokered by Russia and Turkey "null and void" if the Damascus government's forces and their allies continued to violate it. Russia, which supports Bashar al-Assad, has urged the United Nations to give its blessing...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian activists shed light on the armed opposition’s two representatives in the ongoing nationwide ceasefire that had been brokered by Russia and Turkey that went into force at midnight (2200 GMT on Thursday). Monzer Sarras, 53, and Osama Ma'termawi, 30, were...