Two French school students who ran away to fight in Syria were back home Tuesday with some explaining to do to their bewildered parents and teachers and the police. The two boys, aged 15 and 16, flew to Turkey on January 6 with the apparent intention of crossing the border into Syria...

The Islamic State of Iraq and The Levant (ISIL) said never rejected the proposal of the Saudi preacher Abdullah bin Mohammed al-Moheisini for reconciliation, The Victorious Party In the Land of Ash-Sham, jihadist group, said in a statement posted online....

The UN failed to break a deadlock at Syrian peace talks in Geneva on Tuesday, with negotiations interrupted after President Bashar al-Assad's regime pushed for a statement condemning the United States. After announcing the start of a fourth day of talks with a morning...