The fate of President Bashar al-Assad will play no part in talks to end the Syrian war, the head of the government's delegation said, leading the U.N. peace envoy to warn that lack of progress on the issue could threaten a fragile cessation of hostilities. Damascus delegate...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday hailed the recent EU-Turkey agreement, under which refugees reaching Greece from Turkey will be sent back, as an important one. Welcoming Greek-born EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos in Athens, Tsipras said, "We now have an uphill...

More than 600 people have now left France for Syria and Iraq, with about 800 more wanting to leave to join Islamic State (IS), Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Sunday. The figures show little respite in the number of people joining the jihadist group despite multiple bombing...

Syrian government negotiators at Geneva peace talks are coming under unaccustomed pressure to discuss something far outside their comfort zone: the fate of President Bashar al-Assad. And they are doing their best to avoid it. U.N. mediator Staffan de Mistura describes Syria's...