The Syrian regime army secured a road into the government-held side of Aleppo that was captured by rebels last month and was expected to open it soon for civilians, state-owned al-Ikhbariya TV reported on Friday. The advance by the Syrian army and allied militia in the Ramousah area of...

Germany has begun destroying toxic materials from Libya’s chemical weapons program, the country’s defense ministry revealed on Friday. Nearly 500 tons of toxic materials dating back to the Gaddafi era were transferred to a special center in northern Germany this week, the ministry said...

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday welcomed Turkey's increased efforts to fight Islamic State militants in Syria and said training local forces was the key to battling the hardline Sunni Muslim group. At a joint news conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu,...

The Syrian government has effectively stopped aid convoys this month and the besieged city of Aleppo is close to running out of fuel, making U.S.-Russian peace talks in Geneva on Friday even more urgent, the United Nations said. "Convoys are not rolling at the moment in Syria," the U.N....