Further diplomatic discussions on ending the Syrian conflict could occur as soon as the end of this week, a State Department spokesman said on Monday, acknowledging that Iran would eventually need to be involved in the talks on a political transition in Syria. "At some point ... we know there's...

A suicide bomb claimed by ISIS killed at least seven people, including two police, when it exploded on Monday near a Shiite Muslim procession in a northern Baghdad neighborhood, police and medical sources said. The explosion in Shaab, which the sources said left 23 wounded, was one of a...

At least 120,000 people have been displaced since early October in the Syrian governorates of Aleppo, Hama and Idlib, the United Nations said on Monday, more than doubling an earlier estimate of 50,000. According to Reuters, most of the people who have fled from an upsurge of fighting have...

A Russian foreign ministry official said on Monday delegations from the Western-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) had visited Moscow several times, Russian news agencies reported, as Moscow stepped up political efforts to resolve the crisis in Syria. The Kremlin also said President Vladimir Putin,...