The first U.N.-led Syria peace talks in almost a year are in danger of getting lost in procedure, as officials obsess about who will meet whom, but behind the scenes diplomats say it's largely up to Russia to call the tune. Russia and the United States were the prime movers behind the last...

The main Syrian opposition body said on Wednesday it wanted face-to-face negotiations with the Damascus government about a political transition at peace talks that are due to begin in Geneva next week. Salim al-Muslit, spokesman of the High Negotiations Committee (HNC), also told Reuters the...

A prominent Syrian dissident said Friday he believed the country's war was effectively over, as foreign governments have cut support to rebels fighting to overthrow President Bashar Assad. Louay Hussein said Russian-backed diplomacy had "launched a new path" towards ending the conflict,...

Russia intervened to halt a clash between Syrian government forces and Turkey-backed Syrian rebels in northern Syria, sources on both sides said on Friday, the first confrontation between them as both sides fight Islamic State in the area. Islamic State is under attack from separate campaigns...