Syria's warring sides entered a final day of U.N.-backed talks on Friday with little sign of progress towards ending the conflict and with negotiations overshadowed by swelling tensions on the ground. The sixth round of talks in Geneva was the latest effort to bring a political solution to...

A military source on the Syrian government side said on Friday that a U.S. air strike against a Damascus-backed militia the day before hit "one of our military points", without elaborating, state media outlets reported. The air strike late on Thursday killed several people and caused...

Syria Friday condemned a U.S.-led coalition strike on pro-government forces as a "brazen attack" and said it would "not be intimidated" after the surprise assault. U.S.-led warplanes carried out the Thursday strike in the east of the country against a convoy of pro-government forces headed...

Turkish authorities issued arrest warrants Friday for the owner and three employees of opposition daily Sozcu, state media reported, as the crackdown on opposition media widened. The owner, Burak Akbay, and the three others, including the executive in charge of the website, Mediha Olgun, are...